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O'NEILL  LIBRARY  BOSTON  COLLEGE 


BOSTON: 


ITS  COMMERCE, 


FINANCE^LITERATURE 


WITH   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


1892 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE  A.  F.  PARSONS  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 
149  AND  151  Church  Street,  New  York. 


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GENERAL    INDEX. 


Adams,  J.  Q.,  &  Co.,  Subscription  Books 256 

Adams   &   Ilsley,  Mfrs.  Fine  Harness,   Saddlery  and 

Horse  Clothing 237 

Adams  &  Curtis,  Sewing  Silk i65 

Adams  House,  Geo.  G.  Hall,  Proprietor 270 

Ailman,  John  H.,  Optician 1S4 

Akron  Iron  Company 132 

Allandale  Spring  Company 249 

Allen,  J.  N.,  &  Berry,  Label  Printers.  - 283 

Allen,  Morse  &  Co.,  Fruit  and  Produce  Commission.  ..  281 

Allen,  Lane  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants  194 

Allen,  Charles  W.,  Cane  and  Wood  Seat  Chairs 183 

Amory,  G.  W.,  Cotton  Buyer 162 

American  Co-Operative  Association 273 

American  Decorative  Company 168 

American  Leaf  Tobacco  Company 214 

American  Postal  Machines  Company :  . . .  88 

American  Spiced  Food   Company,  James   O.    Boyle, 

Proprietor 2i8 

American  Tool  &   Machine  Company,  The 147 

Andersen,  Henry,  Ship   Supplies 214 

Anderson,  A.  T.,  &  Son,  General  Machinists'  Work.  . .  204 

Andrews,  Mark,  &  Co.,  Overcoats,  Reefers  and  Ulsters  267 

Andrews,  Frank  A.,  Watch  Maker 280 

Andrews  &  Stevens,  Provisions 283 

Angus,  George,  &  Co.  (limited).  Leather 177 

Appleton,  Geo.  C,  Real  Estate  Broker 164 

Arnold,  A.  A .  B. ,  Commission  Merchant 228 

Arnould  &  Sarremeigna,  Millinery  and  Feathers 279 

Ascher,  M.,  Tailor 282 

Ashton  Valve  Company,  The 128 

Atkins,  E.,  &  Co.,  Raw  Sugar 154 

Atlas  National  Bank 81 

Atteaux,  F.  E.,  &  Co.,   Mfrs.    and    Importers  of    Dye 

stuffs,  etc 86 

Automatic    Fire    Alarm     &    Extinguisher    Company, 

(limited)  The 239 

Ayer  &  Co.,  Opticians s 279 

Babcock,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  Independent  Illuminating  Oils  258 

Bacigalupo,  N.,  Sc  Co.,  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.. .  193 

Bailey,  J.  B.,  Specialties  in  Confectionery 282 

Bailey,  J.  W.,  &  Sons,  Co.,  Wood  Mantels,  etc 161 


Bailey,  T.  B.,  &  Co.,  Perfumers igi-273 

Baker,  M.  G.,  Oysters,  Clams,  etc 196 

Baker,  John  W.,  Stock   Broker. '. 1 . . .    152 

Baker,  Walter,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  of  Chocolate  and  Break- 
fast Cocoa Ill 

Balch,  Jos.,  Wool 281 

Balch  Bros.,  Subscription  Book  Publishers  and  Sellers  239 

Barbour,  F.  W.,  Real  Estate,  etc 250 

Barclay-Clements  Company,  Commission  Merchants..    153 

Barnes,  F.  G. ,  &  Son,  Auctioneers,  etc 203 

Barney  Ventilating  Fan  Company,  The 126 

Barrett,  C.  B.,  German  Peat  Moss 225 

Barta,  L.,  &  Co.,  Printers 169 

Batchelder  &  Lincoln,  Wholesale  Boots,  Shoes,  etc... .      84 

Batchelder,  Francis,  &  Co.,  Beef,  Mutton,  etc ■  279 

Bay  State  Brick  Company 183 

Beach  &  Co.,  Dyestuffs 213 

Beach  &  Carridge,  Concentrated  Extracts ig'^ 

Beckford's.Photo'-StJidio , 257 

Beggs  &  Cobb,  Tanners  and  Curriers 188 

Belledeu  &  Morgan,  Carpenters  and  Builders 161 

Bemis,  Emery,  &  Co.,  Leaf  Tobacco 214 

Benjamin,  W.  W. ,  Fruit  Commission 234 

Bennett,  B.  F.,  Mfg.  Stationer,  etc 281 

Bennett,  Dana  W.,  &  Co.,  Insurance 152 

Berlitz  School  of  Languages,  The ig8 

Bigelow,  H.  W.,  Company,  Brass  and  Iron  Bedsteads.   206 

Bigelow,  Austin,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef 165 

Bigelow,  F.  N.,  Paper,  Twine  and  Marlins 214 

Bigelow  &  Jordan,  Picture  Framing  282 

Binner,  Charles  S.,  &  Co.,  Makers  of  Manifold  Letter 

and  Order  Books,  etc 279 

Bird,  M.  T.,  &  Co.,  Stationers  and  Engravers 253 

Bishop,  D.  H.,  Tailor 268 

Bixby,  Thomas  E.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants. .  . .   283 

Blackwell,  E.  D.,  Contractor  and  Builder 203 

Blaisdell,  A.  C. ,  Real  Estate,  etc 205 

Bogigian,  Hagop  &  Co. ,  Rugs,  etc 256 

Bolton,  Kidder  &  Co.,  Beef,  Mutton,  etc 277 

Bond,  J.,  &  Co.,  Fruit  Commission  Merchants 202 

Boston  Bank  Note  and  Lithographing  Company 247 

Boston  Brass  Andiron  and  Polishing  Company 257 

Boston  Conservatory  of  Music 243 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Boston  Electric  Protective  Association,  The 114 

Boston  Engraving  Company 202 

Boston  Gear  Works 222 

Boston  Lead  Mfg.  Company gS 

Boston  Marble  Company 115 

Boston  &  Montana   Consolidated   Copper  and  Silver 

Mining  Company in 

Boston   Orange    Growers'    Company,    M.    D.    Brooks, 

General  Agent 226 

Boston  Rubber  Company 130 

Boston  Steam  Gage  Company 176 

Bowden,  J.  G.,  Mfrs'.  Agent 264 

Bowles,   F.   H.,   &   Co.,    Commission    Merchants   and 

Wholesale  Butter,  Eggs  and  Cheese 85 

Boyce,  E.  J.,  Mfr.  Diamond  Mountings 249 

Boynton,  Wm.,  Real  Estate 229 

Bradford,  Thomas  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  Jobbers 181 

Breck,  Chas.  E.  C,  Civil  Engineer,  etc 134 

Bridge,  J.  G.,  &  Co.,  Hides,  Calf  Skins,  etc 256 

Bridgham  &  Co.,  Importers  of  Fine  Woolens 197 

Briggs,  Robert,  &  Co.,  China,  Glass,  Crockery,  Lamps, 

etc 247 

Brigham,  Edward  A.,  Textile  Machinery 160 

Brigham  &  Spofford,  Architects 244 

Brigham's   Hotel  and   Restaurant,    N.    H   Bush,  S.  G. 

Willey,  Proprs 81 

Brooks,  E.  D.,  &  Co.,  Tanners'  Supplies 202 

Brooks,  Lyman  B. ,  Designer,  etc 273 

Brown,  Fred.  L.,  &  Co.,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 214 

Brown,  John  L,  &  Sons,  Chemists,  And  Mfrs.  Brown's 

Bronchial  Troches g6 

Brown,  Riley  &  Co.,  Stock  Brokers 80 

Brown,  C.  E.,  Real  Estate  and  Commercial  Broker  . . .  228 

Brown,  A.  D.,  &  Son,  Cotton  Buyers 255 

Brown,  T.  S.,  Carpenter  and  Builder 261 

Browne,  Arthur  Benj.,  Chemist 255 

Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial  School 168 

Bullock,  H.  M.,  Real  Estate,  etc 268 

Buntin,  J.  Parker,  Chiropodist 249 

Burke,  T.  S.,  U.  S.  Claim  Agent 258 

Burton,   A.   &  E.,   &   Co..  Mfrs.  Brushes   and  Feather 

Dusters 240 

Burton,  Mansfield  &  Pierce,  Wholesale  Clothiers 186 

Butchers,  William  B. ,  Mfr.  Harness,  etc 226 

Buzzell,  J.  G. ,  &  Co. ,  Boot  and  Shoe  Machinery 224 

Cain,  Eben  H.,  Diamonds  and  Mfr.  Diamond  Jewelry.  242 
Callahan,  The  Cornelius,  Company,  Mfrs.  Fire  Depart- 
ment Supplies 156 

Campbell,  John,  Commission  Merchants 166 

Capen,  George  W.,   &  Co.,  Mfrs.   Plush   and   Leather 

Toilet  Cases 215 

Carson  Trench  Machine  Company 170 

Carter,  John,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Paper  Dealers 150 

Case,    Dudley    &    Battelle,    Dry    Goods    Commission 

Merchants ; 193 

Cavagnaro,  J.,  &  Co.,  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.. .  85 

Chadbourne  &  Moore,  Shoe  Goods,  etc 269 

Chadwick  &  Stillings,  Builders 247 

Chadwick  Iron  Works,  A.  R.  Chadwick,  Propr 24S 

Chandler  &  Farquhar,  Machinists'  Supplies,  etc 222 


Chapman  &  Soden,  Roofing  and  Paving  Materials ....  171 

Chase,  L.  C,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Horse  Clothing,  etc 96 

Chase,  Amos  F.,  Mfr.  Shirts,  etc 216 

Chase,  J.  Eastman,  Paintings,  etc 266 

Chase,  Chas.  F.,  Insurance 265 

Cheever,  A.  G.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Paper  Boxes 141 

Chidsey  &  Partridge,    Surgical  and   Electrical   Instru- 
ments   274 

Child  Acme  Cutter  and  Press  Company,  The 206 

Choate  Drug  and  Chemical  Company 237 

Church  Cleansing  Company 232 

Church,  F.  T.,  &  Co.,  Pharmacists 282 

Church,  Herbert  C,  Banker  and  Broker 187 

Churchill,  F.  S.,  Ladies'  Fine  Boots 185 

Churchill,  N.  W.,  Mfr.  Shawls,  Fascinators,  etc 217 

Cibils  Company,  of  the  United  States,  Fluid   Extract 

of  Beef 218 

Clark  Bros.  &  Co.,  Fruits  and  Produce 278 

Clark,  G.  F.,  &  Co.,  Boston  Yacht  Agency 170 

Clark,  Geo.  H.,  Boot,  Shoe  and  Slipper  Patterns,  etc. .  192 

Clark,  B.  G.,  &  Co.,  Laces  and  Embroideries 24S 

Clark,  Edward  E.,  Art  Stationer 265 

Clarke,  Barnabas,  Wines  and  Liquors 251 

Clapp,  Alfred,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Lumber 188 

Clayton,  Fred.  I.,  Tailor 188 

Cleve,  Jos.,  &  Co.,  Wines  and  Liquors . .  269 

Cobb,  M.  L.,  Bituminous  Coal   179 

Coffin,  Altemus  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  Commission   Mer- 
chants   117 

Coffin,  George  Winthrop,  Insurance 181 

Coggan,  Alden,  Hides,  Calf  and  Lamb  Skins,  etc 217 

Cohen,  S.,  &  Co.,  Small  Wares,  etc 234 

Colby,  W.  M.,  &  Co.,  Builders'  and  Cabinet  Hardware  167 

Collamore  &  Co.,  Soap,  etc 219 

Collins,  J.   Lincoln,   Fancy  Brass,   Bronze,   Iron   and 

Wire  Work 175 

Collins,  Geo.    Z.,   &   Co.,   Leather    Board   and    Straw 

Board,  etc 219 

Collins  &  Co.,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages 240 

Comer's  Commercial  College 225 

Compagnie  Generate   Transatlantique,  Duncan    Bailly 

Blanchard,  Agent 156 

Conant  &  Bean,  Fruits  and  Produce 274 

Conlon,  John,  &  Co. ,  Wines  and  Liquors 267 

Connecticut  River  Lumber  Company,  The 112 

Connecticut   Mutual   Life  Insurance  Company,  D.  W. 

Kilburn,  General  Agent 122 

Constitution  Wharf  Company 23S 

Continental  National  Bank 176 

Converse,  Stanton  &   CuUen,  Dry  Goods   Commission 

Merchants 193 

Coolidge,  A.  H.,  Lumber  and  Coal 216 

Co-Operative  Farm  Agency 254 

Corne,  W.  F.,  Importer  of  Paper  Stock 18S 

Cotton,  Durgin  &  Maag,  Mfrs.  Mineral  Waters 228 

Covell  &  Rouk,  Men's  Furnishers 221 

Covert  Bros. ,  Ship  Stores,  etc 221 

Coy,  Samuel  I.,  Restaurant 183 

Craig,  Wm.  K.,  &  Co.,  Machinists  and  Engineers 269 

Crane,  L.  M.,  &  Co.,  Oils 235 

Cressy,  M.  D.,  &  Co.,  Teamsters  and  Forwarders 222 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Crehore,  C.  F.,  &  Sen,  Mfrs.  Press  Papers  and  Cards 

for  Jacquard  Looms 131 

Cronin  &  McGonagle,  Plumbers 246 

Crowell,  Timothy,  Lumber 221 

Crown,  W.  S.,  &  Co.,  Watches,  Clocks,  etc. 253 

Cumberland  Manufacturing  Company,  Mfrs.  the  War- 
ren Filters 92 

Cummings,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Flour  and  Commission  Mer- 
chants      93 

Cummings,  Josiah,  &  Son,  Mfrs.  and  Dealers  in  Trunks, 

etc 159 

Cummings,  H.  H.,  &  Co.,  Machinists.    212 

Cunard  Steamship  Company  (Limited) 132 

Cundall,  E.  M.,  Manfr.  Piano  Covers,  etc 258 

Cunningham,  J.  H.,  Wrought  Iron  Pipe  and  Fittings..     88 
Curtis,  C.  P.,  &  Co.,  Produce  Commission  and  Whole- 
sale Fresh  Fish 282 

Cushing,  Olmsted  &  Snow,  Men's,   Youths'  and  Boys' 

Clothing 200 

Cushman,  Ara,  Company,  Manfrs.  Boots  and  Shoes  . .  238 

Cutting,  Frank  A.,  Helmlock  Bark 159 

Cutting  Car  Company,  Patent  Tan  Bark  Cars. . .....   159 

Davenport,  J.,  Jr.,  Tobacco  and  Cigars 248 

Dale,  John  P.,  &  Co.,  Bookbinders 235 

Davidson,  W.  E.,  Fire  Insurance 182 

Davis,  F.  H.,  c&  Co.,  Paper  Mill  Machinery 215 

Davis,  Curtis,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Soap 132 

Davis,  Chapin  &  Co.,  Fruits  and  Produce 275 

Deering,  William,  &  Co.,  Harvesting  Machinery 179 

Denny,    Poor    &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  Commission   Mer- 
chants     229 

Derby,  P.,  &  Co..  Manfrs.  Chairs 154 

Derry,  C.  T.,  &  Co.,  Sea  Wall  Builders 190 

Desk  Exchange 244 

Desmond,  D.  W.,  Real  Estate,  etc 266 

Dexter,  Frederic,  &  Co 252 

Dexter  Bros.,  Manfrs.  English  Shingle  Stain 136 

DiUaway,  James  H.,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 277 

Dinsmore,  T.  H.,  U.  S.  War  Claim  Agent 226 

Dinsmore,  Wm.  J.,  Manfr.  Regalia  and  Supplies 271 

Dodge,  Albert,  Grain  Commission  Merchant 85 

Doll  &  Richards,  Fine  Arts 254 

Dooley's  Hotel,  John  Hewlett,  Proprietor 253 

Draper,  Albert,  &  Co. ,  Lumber .   242 

Drewsen  French  Cleansing  and  Dyeing  Company,  The  257 

DriscoU,  F.  F.,  &  Co.,  Provisions 279 

Duncan,  W.  D.,  &  Nickerson,  Submarine  Divers,  etc..    220 

Durkee,  Davis  &  Drake,  Liquors 285 

Dyer,  Rice  &  Co.,  Hats,  Straw  Goods,  etc.. 120 

Eaton,  Geo.  H.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Presses  and  Tools  for 

Working  Sheet  Metals 249 

Eaton,  Geo.  E.,  Auctioneer,  etc. 225 

Eco  Magneto  Clock  Company 136 

Edgerly,  W.  H.,  Note  Broker 207 

Edmands'  Art  Supply  Store 247 

Elastic  Tip  Company 141 

Electric    Gas    Lighting   Company,    Manfrs.    Electrical 

Goods 99 

Eliot  National  Bank 236 


Ellicott,  J.  P.,  &  Co.,  Ship  and  Insurance  Brokers 262 

Ellsworth  &  Piehler,  Furriers n8 

Elson,  George  H.,  Watches,  Clocks  and  Silverware  . . .  247 
Emerson,  D.  R.,  &  Co.,  Dress  and  Cloak  Trimmings, 

etc 240 

Emerson,  Thos.  W.,  &  Co.,  Seeds 224 

Empire  Laundry  Machinery  Company 131 

Endicott  &  Macomber,  Insurance 222 

Engineering  Equipment  Company 123 

Enterprise  Plating  Company,  Electro  Plating,  etc 250 

Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society,  of  New  York no 

Evans  Artificial  Leather  Company,  The 210 

Everett  Mills,  Manfrs.  Denims,  Cottonades,  Ginghams, 

etc 228 

Excelsior  Umbrella  Manufacturing  Company 211 

Fairlie,  J.  B.,  Bakers'  Supplies,  etc 279 

Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank 122 

Fenno,  Isaac,  &  Co. ,  Clothing 179 

Fenno  Bros.  &  Childs,  Wool  Commission  Merchants..  205 

Finn  &  Kelley,  Gents'  Furnishers 244 

Fisk,  G.  R.,  &  Co. ,  Ribbons,  Silks,  etc 125 

Fitch,  Nathan  A.,  Poultry  and  Game 243 

Flanders,  O.  H.,  Real  Estate,  etc 216 

Fleming,  E.,  &  Co.,  Bookbinders 264 

Fleming  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers 173 

Follett,  Geo.,  &  Co.,  Wool ; 210 

Fobes,  Hayward  &  Co.  (Incorporated),   Manfg.  Con- 
fectioners   231 

Foster,  Wm.  T.,  &  Co.,  Brass  Founders  and  Finishers.  247 
Fowle,  Seth  W.,  &  Sons,  Proprietors  of   Dr.  Wister's 

Balsam  of  Wild  Cherry,  etc 218 

Fowle,   Cobb  &   Pearson,   Manfrs.    Silk,    Flannel  and 

Cheviot  Shirts 91 

Fraternity  Publishing  Company,  The 248 

Freese,  August  H.,  Manfr.  Spring  Beds 216 

French,  Benj.,  &  Co.,  Photographic  Materials 250 

French,  William  C,  Manfr.  Bedsteads,  etc 174 

French's  Business  College 233 

Frink,  Alden,  Architect .'  208 

Frost,  Thos.  P.,  Forwarding  Agent  and  Truckman 275 

Fullarton,  J.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers'  Specialties.. .  283 

Fuller,  Harding  &  Co.,  Bankers loi 

Fuller,  J.  B. ,  &  Co.,  Wines,  Brandies,  etc 204 

Gahm,  Jos.,  Ales  and  Beer 157 

Gallison,  Wm.  H.,  Engineers'  Specialties 130 

Gamewell  Auxiliary  Fire  Alarm  Company 122 

Gill  &  Lootz,  Ship  Brokers 23 1 

Gilman,  J.  D.,  Dining  Rooms 203 

Gilpatrick,  J.  W.,  Carpenter  and  Builder 251 

Globe  Investment  Company 136 

Glover,  J.  L.,  Provisions 278 

Googins,  T.  B.,  &  Co.,   Butter,  Cheese,  etc 156 

G.  &  P.  Engraving  Company,  Die  Sinking,  Designing 

and  Engraving 216 

Grace,  J.  J.,  Millinery 242 

Graham,  J.,  Wrapping  Paper,  Twines,  etc 202 

Grant,  Jott,  Wooden  Boxes  and  Box  Shooks 262 

Granular  Metal  Company,  Joel  H.  Hills,  General  Agent  148 
Great  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Company,  The 185 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Gregory,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  Oils,  Varnishes,  etc 127 

Griffin,  H.  B.,  &  Co.,  Produce  Commission  Merchants.  227 

Gross,  J.,  &  Co.,  Beef,  Porlc,  etc 271 

Grundy  Brass  Works 201 

Hackett,  Geo.  G.,  Broker 266 

Haley,  Chas.  E. ,  &  Co.,  Druggists'  Sundries 139 

Hall,  Martin  L.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers 106 

Hallett,  Albert,   Printer 278 

Hallissy,  D.  J.,  Bookbinder 238 

Ham,  W.  A.,  Real  Estate 252 

Hamblin,  H.,  Sailmaker, 220 

Hamilton  Woolen  Company 208 

Hammond  Typewriter  Company,  Fred  S.  Barstow,  Mgr.  155 

Hanford-Stanford  Company,  The 98 

Harding,  F.  E.,  &  Co.,  Fish  and  Lobsters 203 

Harding,  Whitman    &  Co.,    Commission    Merchants, 

Woolen  Cloths,  Dress  Goods  and  Yarns 92 

Hardy,  A.  N.,  Photographer 251 

Hardy,  A.  C,  &  Co.,  Doors,  Sashes,  etc 187 

Harris,  H.,  &  Co.,  Auctioneers  and  Comm.  Merchants.   229 
Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection  and  Insurance  Com- 
pany    191 

Harvey  Manufacturing  Company 268 

Harvey,  Chas.  C.,  &  Co.,  Pianofortes 237 

Haskell,  W.,  &  Co.,  Fish 278 

HaskinsJ&  Montague,  Commission  Merchants,  Cotton, 

Wool,  etc 253 

Hastings,  George  H;,  Portraits 214 

Hastings,  Henry,  Swedish  Iron  and  Stetl 121 

Hatch's  Hat  House 212 

Hayes,  Geo.  H.,  Ship,  Derrick  and  General  Ironworker  268 

Hayes,  W.  J.,  &  Sons,  Municipal  Bonds 200 

Hayward,  J.  Francis,  Rubber  Goods 126 

Hazelton  &  Goddard,  Decorators,  etc 242 

Heath,  E.  C,  Real  Estate,  etc 153 

Heilbrun,  Edwin  S.,  Doussan  French  Perfumery  Com- 
pany, New  Orleans,  La 144 

Heliotype  Printing  Company,  The 233 

Henry,  John  J.,  &  Co. ,  Boots  and  Shoes 228 

Herrick,  Wm.,  Fish 158 

Hill,  Clarke  &  Co.,  Iron  and    Brassworking   Machin- 
ery, etc 1 27 

Hills,  Wm.  S.,  Company, Flour  and  Produce 265 

Hillson,  H.  M.,   Manfr.  Tinware,  Kitchen  Furnishing 

Goods,  etc 193 

Hodgdon,  D.  M.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  andjobbers  Clothing.   154 

Hodges,  Frank  F.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Straw  Goods 195 

Hodgkins  &  Hodgkins,  Tailors 245 

Hodgman  Rubber  Company 184 

Holland   Studios,  Ye,   Photographers,  W.  A.  Holland, 

Propr 109 

HoUis  &  Snow,  Insurance 200 

Holmes  &  Blanchard,  Mill  Furnishers 146 

Holt,  A.,  &  Co.,  Steam  and  Water  Heating 230 

Holt,  O.  J.,  &  Co.,  Metal  Platers 262 

Home  Savings  Bank ig8 

Homer,  Geo.  E.,  Watches,   etc 280 

Hood,  R.  S.,  Scrap  Iron,  etc 264 

Hood,  A.  L.,  Watchmaker  and  Jeweler 252 

Horle,  A.,  &  Son,  Manfis.  Paper  Boxts 226 


Hopkinson  &  Marden,  Wholesale  Wooden,  Willow  and 

Tin  Ware 145 

Horn,  The  E.  B.   Company,   Jewelers,  Wholesale  and 

Retail 246 

Hosmer,  C.  B.,  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruit 269 

Hotel  Grand  View,  P.  A.  Sheehan  &  Co.,  Proprs 221 

Hotel  Winthrop,  T.  Keleher,  Propr 175 

Houghton,  G.  B.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 252 

Houghton,  J.  H.,  Machinery 119 

Howe,  Elias,  Company,  Violins 176 

Howe,  Brown  &  Co.  (Limited),  Manfrs.  Steel 128 

Howe,  Irving  A.,  Manfr.  "  Hub"  Brand  Shirts,  Wraps 

and  Drawers 236 

Howard  National  Bank. 86 

Howard,  P.  B.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchant. . . .  187 

Hoyt  &  Tripp,  Mechanical  Draughtsmen,  etc 258 

Huckins,  P.  S. ,  &  Co. ,  Lumber 83 

Humphrey,  J.  B.,  Diamonds 269 

Hunt,  Geo.  W.,  &  Co.,  Steel 277 

Improved  Process  Glue  Company,  The 125 

India  Mutual  Insurance  Company 224 

Iowa  Loan  and  Trust  Company 178 

Irving  &  Co.,  Commission  Grain,  Flour,  etc 283 

Jackson,  Jos.  A.,  Hatter  and  Furrier 264 

Jackson,  W.,  &  Son,  Tailors 280 

Jacob,  S. ,  Antique  Furniture,  etc 226 

Jacobs,  David  H.,  &  Son,  Masons  and  Builders 223 

Jaynes  &  Co. ,  Pharmacists 278 

Jenkins,    L.    Edward,    Engineers',    Steamship,    Yacht 

Supplies,  etc 240 

Jennings,  C.  E;,  Real  Estate  ajid  Insurance  Broker. . .   243 

Johnson,  F.  H.,  &  Co.,  Fish 281 

Johnson  &  Glover,  Manfr.  Papier  Mache  Forms,  etc. .   220 

Johnson  Electric  Service  Company 210 

Johnston  Line,  The .  ■ 109 

Jones  &  Co.,  New  York  City  Roller  Flour  Mills 223 

Jones  Manufacturing  Company,  Gem  Water  Filters. . .   208 
Jones,  McDuffee  &  Stratton,  China,  Glass  and  Lamps.   i86 

Kearsarge  Mining  Company 113 

Keenan,  P.  J.,  Wool,  etc 248 

Kenison,  Dr.  N. ,  &  Sons,  Chiropodists 234 

Kimball,  Charles,  &  Co.,  Fruit  and  Produce i8g 

King  &  Goddard,  Plumbers'  Supplies,  etc 271 

Kingsley,  Gardner  P.,  Real  Estate,  etc 133 

Knapp,  B.  L.,  &  Co.,  Dentists'  Materials 233 

Knapp,  W.  B.,  Diamonds 243 

Knitted  Fabrics  Company,  The 203 

Krikorian,  H.,  Oriental  and  French  Confectionery... .   232 

Lacing  Stud  Company,  The 126 

Lagreze,  Hermann  C,  Insurance 216 

Lally  &  Collins,  Hosiery,  Underwear  and  Fancy  Dry 

Goods..... 183 

Lament,  Geo.  D  ,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 27S 

Lamprecht  Bros.  &  Co.,  Bankers 118 

Lane  &  Rowell,  Tailors ...    ■ 260 

Langdon,  W.  G.,  Watches  and  Clocks 194 

Lanzendoerfer,  Geo.,  &  Co.,  Chemists 240 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Lappen  Bros.,  Wooden  Ware,  Brooms,  etc 159 

Lawrence,    Charles,    &    Co.,    Foreign   and  Domestic 

Fruits,  etc 260 

Lawrence,  H.  L.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Poultry, 

Game,  etc 185 

Lawrence,  H.  S.,  Clothing  Company 262 

Leach,  H.    L.,    New    England  Agent   for   the  Boston 

Forge  Company,  etc 157 

Leach,  Shewell  &  Sanborn,   Publishers 149 

Leavitt  &  Co.,  Household  Specialties 163 

Lee  &  Shepard,  Publishers 142 

Leighton,  Royal  B.,  Insurance,  etc 224 

Leland,  Towle  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers 235 

Lenth,  Geo.  C,  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers 133 

Leonard,  Geo.  H.,  &  Co.,  Importers  of  Oils  and  Grease  181 
Lombard,  N.  C,  Mechanical  Engineer  and  Solicitor  of 

Patents 211 

Long,  J.  H.,  Machinist 255 

Lothrop,  D.,  Company,  Publishers 104-5 

Lott,  V.  F.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Stock  Brokers 216 

Low,   Wm.    F.,  Oils,   Steamship  and  Engineers'  Sup- 
plies   , 255 

Lowell,  John  A.,  &  Co.,  Engravers  and  Printers 200 

Lowell,  D.  W.,  &  Son,  Fruit  and  Produce  Commission.  238 

Lowry,  M.,  &  Co.,  Linen 230 

Lumb,  Wm.,  &  Co.,  Plumbers 158 

Lund,  Jewell  &  Welch,  Solicitors  of  Patents  jgi 

MacDonald  Bros.,  Manfrs.  Awnings,  etc 257 

Mack,  John,  Jr.,  Mason  and  Builder 161 

Mack,  John,   Plasterer 201 

Magee  Furnace  Company 137 

Maguire,  P.  J.,  &  Co.,  Military  Tailors 253 

Manchester  Locomotive  Works 232 

Mannall  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  etc 201 

Manning,  Wm.  E.,  &  Co.,  Investment  Bankers,  etc...  80 

Manufacturers  National  Bank 190 

Marble,  W.  P.,  &  Co.,  Brass  Finishers 244 

Marshall,  John  E.,  Manfr.  Saratoga  Potato  Chips 266 

Martell,  A.  E.,   N.   E.   Representative  of  the  Samuel 

Haho  Company 249 

Martin,  G.  P.,  Vapor  Stoves,  Torches,  etc 190 

Martin,  E.  A. ,  Real  Estate 194 

Mason,  Geo.  H.,  &  Co.,  Lanterns,  Tinware,  etc 151 

Mason,  W.  A.,  &  Co.,  Butter,  Cheese,  etc 196 

Mason  &  Risch,  Manfrs.  of  the  Vocalion 259 

Mason,  J.  B.,  Commission  Merchant 206 

Mather  Electric  Company,  The,  of  Manchester,  Conn..  134 

Mattson,  John,  Real  Estate 81 

Maynard  &  Child,  Commission  Merchants 177 

McClintock  &  Woodfall,  Civil  Engineers 97 

McDonald,  P.  F.,  Patent  Dump  Carts,  etc 245 

McDowell  Portable  Oven  Company,  The 213 

Mclnerney,  Daniel,  Merchandise  Broker  and  Manfrs.' 

Agent ; .  215 

McKay,  G.  R.,  D.  D.  S. 265 

McKee,  Thos.  W.,  Manfr.  Table  Luxuries    124 

McLauthlin,  Geo.  T.,  &  Co.,  Machinery 274 

McMillan,  A.,  &  Co.,  Tailors 202 

McPhail,  A.  M. ,  Piano  Company 273 

Meader,  J.  T.,  &  Co.,  Hides,  etc. 166 


Mercantile  Mutual  Accident  Association 127 

Merrill,  Dexter  &  Co.,  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes,  etc 205 

Merrimac  Chemical  Company 208 

Merriman,  F.  E.,  Whalebone 187 

Michigan  Radiator  and  Iron  Mfg.  Company 139 

Miles  &  Thompson,  Sheet  Music 254 

Miller,  Edmund  W.,  Mfr.  Miller's  Reform  Boot 185 

Minard's  Liniment  Mfg.  Company 162 

Mitchell,  Henry,  Medal  List,  Seal  and  Gem  Engraver.  282 

Monson  Maine  Slate  Company 2io 

Monument  National  Bank,  The 231 

Moore,  J.  A.,  Boots  and  Shoes 26S 

Moore,  George  W.,  Piano  Hardware 246 

Moors,  J.  B.,  &  Co.,  Bankers, 137 

Morley  Button  Sewing  Machine  Company t6i 

Morrell,  I.  R.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Dealers,  Fruits  and 

Produce 236 

Morrison,  C.  E.,  &  Co.,  Fruits  and  Produce 277 

Morrison,  Geo.  H.,   Engineer 130 

Morrow  &  Wilkinson,  Tin  Plate,  Sheet  Iron  and    Cop- 
per Workers 212 

Morse,  Walter  R.,  &  Co.,  Manufacturers'  Agents loi 

Moseley  T.  E.,  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 250 

Mount  Vernon  National  Bank 107 

Mt.  Washington  Cold  Spring  Mfg.  Company 205 

Mudge,  Alfred,  &  Son,  Printers 87 

Mudgett,  H.  L.,  Bananas 150 

Mullett,  Geo.  F.,  Weigher 221 

Murphy,  D.  J.,  Plate  Music  Printing,. 282 

Murphy  &  McCarthy,  Publishers  and  Manufacturers.  .  272 

Murphy  Varnish  Company 128 

Murray  &  Tregurtha  Company,  The,  Tool  Makers  and 

Machinists 20-/ 

Murtfeldt,  W.  A.,  Roofing 217 

Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  C.  A. 

Hopkins,  General  Agent 116 

Mutual  Reserve  Fund  Life  Association 270 

National  Bank  of  The  Commonwealth 78 

National  Typewriter  Company 261 

National  Webster  Bank,  The 16S 

Nason,  J.  L.,  &  Co.,  Auctioneers,  etc 140 

New  England  Autographic  Register  Company 213 

New  England  House,  C.  W.-  Parker  &  Co.,  Proprietors.   145 

New  England  Fire  and  Heat  Regulator  Company 152 

New  England  Mutual  Accident  Association. 100 

New  England  National  Bank,  The 188 

New  England  Printing  Telegraph  Company 241 

New  England  Roller  Grate  Company 178 

New  England  Soap  Company 180 

Newhall,  Henry  B.,  Company,  Shipping  and   Commis- 
sion Merchants 242 

Newman,  L.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Jewelers 226 

Newton,  John  F.,  Jr.,  &  Bro.,  Real  Estate,  etc 207 

Norcross,  Mellen   &  Co.,  Crockery,  China  and  Glass- 
ware   223 

North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Company. .  .  .   207 

North  Packing  and  Provision  Company 91 

Northern  Assurance  Company 123 

Norton  Door-Check  and  Spring  Company,  The 146 

Norton,  F.  P.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Cigars 280 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Ober,  C.  F.,  Artist 196 

Oriental  Coffee  House  Company,  "  Alhambra," 252 

Osborn  &  Wilson,  Wholesale  Paper 215 

Osborn,  A.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 139 

Osceola  Consolidated  Mining  Company 93 

Osgood,  H.  H.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Weather  Strips,  etc 250 

Page  &  Shaw,  Fine  Confectionery 246 

Page  Belting  Company,  Leather  and  Rubber  Belting.  155 

Page,  C.  J.,  Real  Estate  Agent  and  Broker 182 

Paige,  John  C,  Insurance  Agency 164 

Park   Bro.    &   Co.,    (Limited)    Black    Diamond    Steel 

Works 225 

Parker,  A.    B.,   &    Son,    Kansas    City    and    Chicago 

Dressed   Beef 245 

Parker,  Wilder  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 87 

Parker,    McCobb   &   Co.,    General   Commission  Mer- 
chants   114 

Parry  Bros.  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Brick i37 

Patch  &  Roberts,  Fruit  and  Produce  Commission  Mer. 

chants 186 

Pattee,  H.  W.,  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers 195 

Pazolt,  T.  C,  &  Son,  Mfg.  Furriers 169 

Peabody  Bros.,  Produce 260 

Peirson,  C.  L.,  &  Co.,  Iron 246 

Percival,  D.  C,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Watches,  Diamonds, 

etc 125 

Pettingell,  Andrews  Co.,   Electric  Light  and   Railway 

Supplies 103 

Philbrook,  Geo.   H.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Dealers  But- 
ter, Cheese  and  Eggs 212 

Philpott,  A.  J.,  &  Co.,  Printers 80 

Photo-Electro  Engraving  Company 225 

Pierce,  C.  F.,  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  etc 125 

Pickering,  John  &  Moseley,  Bankers  and  Brokers 230 

Pike  Manufacturing  Company,  Plumbers'  Specialties..  284 
Potter,  J.  S.,   Representing  the  Edison   Electric  Illu- 
minating Co.  of  Boston 258 

Powers,  W.  E.,  &  Co.,   Commission   and   Dealers   in 

Produce  and  Provisions 283 

Powlis,  J.  O.,  Manufacturers'  Agent 196 

Pratt,  William  Francis,  Optician no 

Pratt's,  Daniel,  Son,  Clocks,  etc 163 

Pray,  Arthur  H.,  Diamonds,  etc 256 

Prior,  Ingalls  &  Co.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Deal- 
ers in  Fresh  Fish 192 

Proctor,  W.  N.,  &  Co.,  Custom  House  Brokers 149 

QuiMBY  &  Co.,  Stock  Brokers 266 

Rand  &  Crane,  Jewelers 82 

Randall,  Goodale  &  Co.,   Mfrs.  of  Manilla  and   Sisal 

Cordage,  Cotton  Duck,  etc 180 

Reed,  H.  B.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Boots  and  Shoes 265 

Reed,  Frank  T.,  Shirts,  Collars  and  Cuffs   196 

Reynolds  &  Haley,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 271 

Rhodes,  Ripley  &  Co.,  Wholesale   Clothiers 149 

Rice,  A.  W.,  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  and  Notions 254 

Richards  &  Co.,  Tin  Plates,  Sheet  Iron  and  Metals. . .  195 

Richardson,  A.  P.,  Engines,  Boilers,  etc 258 

Richardson,  Hill  &  Co.,  Bonds,  Stocks,  etc 129 


Richardson,  Howe  &  Lovejoy,  Mfrs.  Wrappers,  Ladies' 

Cotton   Underwear,  Aprons,  etc 103 

Richardson,  Charles,  &  Co.,  Paints,  Oils  and  Varnishes  165 
Richardson,    Wm.    H.,    Ladies'    and    Gent's    Custom 

Hand-Sewed  Hygienic  Boots  and  Shoes 283 

Rico,  A.  F.,  &  Co.,  Tobacco 140 

Ridgway  Furnace  Company 121 

Roach,  J.,  &  Co.,  Fish,  etc 280 

Robbins,  Curtis  M.,  Paper  Ruler 166 

Robbins,  John    C,   Manufacturing   Company,    Manfr. 

Baggage  Checks,  Badges,  etc 245 

Robinson  &  Woodworth,  Tea  Importers 223 

Robinson,  William,  &  Co.,  Sailmakers 244 

Rockingham  Machine  Company,  Shoe  Machinery. . . .  139 

Rockwell  &  Churchill  Press,  The , 79 

Rockwell,  Harvey  G.,  Wool,  Dress  Goods,  etc 217 

Rolfe,  Franklin,    &  Co.,   Shipping    and    Commission 

Merchants . .  . .' 135 

Rollins,  John  A.,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  etc 241 

Ross,  Louis  H.,  &  Co.,  Musical  Merchandise 253 

"  Rossmore,  The,"  H.  P.  Morrissey,  Propr 233 

Rowe,  Thos.  A.,  Contractor  for  Public  Works,  etc.  . .  .  186 

Rutan,  W.  L.,  Contractor  and  Builder 267 

Sage  &  Co.,  Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes 267 

Sage's  Trunk  Depot 256 

Sanborn,  J.  W.,  &  Co.,  Opticians 236 

Sanford,  Albert  E.,  Real  Estate,  etc 219 

Sanford,  S.,  &  Sons,  of  New  York,  Carpets 269 

Schumacher,  Charles  J.,  &  Sons,  Church  Decorators. .  234 

Sears,  E.  B.,  Furs 275 

Security  Safe  Deposit  Company 174 

Sehlbach,  E.,  &  Co.,  Importers  of  Artificial  Alizarines 

and  Aniline  Colors 192 

Seldon,  E.  W.,  Builder 220 

Sewall,  Thos.,  Real  Estate,  etc 129 

Shaw,  John  W.,  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  etc 255 

Shepard  &  Co.,  Iron,  Steel  Ties  and  Bagging 248 

Shepard  &  Samuel,  Wholesale  Brooms,  etc 200 

Shipman  Engine  Company 147 

Shultz  Belting  Company 131 

Simmons,  Amsden  &  Co.,  Fruits  and  Vegetables 212 

Simpson  Bros.,  Rock  Asphalt  Floors 201 

Sioux  Investment  Company 174 

Slattery  &  D'Arcy,  Wholesale  Lumber 143 

Small,  Edwin  S.,  Real  Estate,  etc 221 

Small,  J.  B.,  &  Co.,  Agricultural  Implements 232 

Smardon,  John  A.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants  and 

Manufacturers'  Agents 235 

Smith,  Thos.  J.  M.,  &  Co.,  Printers 248 

Smith,  W.  E.  &  C.  W.,  Fruit,  Produce,  etc 241 

Smith,  William  A.,  Real  Estate  Broker 235 

Smith  &  Anthony  Stove  Company 213 

Smith,  J.  A.,  Agricultural  Implements  and  Machines..  211 

Smith,  Whiting,  Connor  &  Co.,  Clothing ig8 

Smith  Premier  Typewriter  Company,  The,  E.  F.  Jones, 

N.  E.,  Mgr 150 

Smith,  B.  F.,  &  Bro.,  Driven  Wells  143 

Smith,  Jos.  Wm.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Suspenders,  Shoulder 

Braces,  etc 171 

Smith,  J.  F.  &  G.  H.,  Architects 272 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Smethport  Extract  Company,  Manfrs.  Extract  of  Hem- 
lock Bark 224 

Snow,  J.  N.,  &  Son,  Groceries,  etc 268 

Snow  Flake  Axle  Grease  Company 265 

Soper,  J.  E.,  &  Co.,  Millers'  Agents  for  Cotton  Seed 

Meal,  etc 124 

Sorell,  A.  C.  F.,  Wholesale  Commission  Lumber  and 

Lime 223 

South  Boston  Iron  Works 281 

Spear,  Henry  T.,  &  Son,  Wholesale  Watches,   Silver- 
ware, etc 150 

Spear  &  Co.,  Fruit  and  Produce  Commission  Dealers..  212 
Spitz  Bros.,  &   Mork,  Manfrs.  Men's  and  Boys'  Cloth- 
ing   79 

Splane,  R.,   &    Co.,   Commission   Merchants,  Vessels, 

Lumber,  Produce  and  Fish 228 

Springer  Brothers,  Cloak  House 173 

Spurr,  Howard  W.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers 142 

Squire,  Joseph,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Provisions .  164 

Standard  Stave  and  Cooperage  Company 135 

Standard  Wire  Mattress  Company 151 

Standard,  The 239 

State  Street  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company,  The. . .  167 

State  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Co.  of  Worcester,  Mass. .  148 

Stearns,  The  A.  T.,  Lumber  Company 197 

Stebbins,  John,  &  Co.,  General  Transfer  Agents 266 

"  Stereo- Relief "    Decorative    Company,  of   New   Eng- 
land, The ..    276 

Stevenson,  John  L.,  &  Co.,  Wines,  Spirits,  etc 189 

Stewart  &  Binney,  Naval  Architects  and  Yacht  Brokers  175 

Stimpson,  Littlefield  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants. . .  102 

St.  James  Hotel,  E.  F.  Mclntire.  Manager 254 

Stubbs,  J.  A.,  Oysters,  Clams,  etc 277 

Sturgis  &  Cabot,  Architects 128 

Sturtevant  Mill  Company 140 

Sturtevant  &  Haley  Beef  and  Supply  Companj' 202 

Sugar  River  Farm  Cafe,  E.  S.  Fletcher,  Propr 219 

Sullivan  Harbor  Land  Company,  The 217 

Sullivan,  Richard  T.,  Manfr.  Wool  Extracts 142 

Swain  Lubricator  Company,  Sole  Manfrs.  Swain  Patent 

Lubricator  for  Journals 123 

Swan,  Harrison,  &  Co.,  Poultry  and  Wild  Game 277 

Swan  &  Atwood,  Auctioneers,  etc 155 

Swazey,  H.  B.,  &  Co.,  Lumber  Commission  Merchants  157 

Swett,  Geo.  W. ,  Wholesale  Druggist 260 

Swift  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Commission  Merchants 149 

Swift,  M.  A.,  &  Son,  Wholesale   Manfrs.  and    Paper 

Dealers 170 

Swift,  J.  B.,  Mfrs.'  Agent  and  Commission  Merchant. .  185 

Sylvester  &  Co. ,  Somerville  Spike  Works 208 

Tamarack  Mining  Company 118 

Taylor  &  Rathvon,  Mining  Investments 171 

Third  National  Bank,  The 120 

Thomas    &    Wadsworth,    Printers'    and    Bookbinders' 

Machinists 264 

Thomson  &  Fessenden,  Linens  and  Jute  Goods 229 

Thurlow,  G.  M.,  Suspender  Webs 255 

Tilton,  Stephen,  &  Co.,  Tobaccos 266 

Toppan,  F.  B.,  Importer  of  Novelties 239 

Tucker,  J.  A.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Leather  Garments,  etc.. .  .  230 


Travelers'  Insurance  Company,  S.  F.  Woodman,  Gen- 
eral Agent 127 

Turner  &  Brown,  Boots,  Shoes,  etc '. 255 

Turner,  N.  W.,  Company,  Electric  Light  Fixtures,  etc.  199 

Tuttle,  Henry  H.,  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 199 

Tuttle  &  Bailey  Manufacturing  Company 177 

Twombly,  W.  A. ,  Florist 271 

Typewriter  Improvement  Company,  The 251 

Underhay  Oil  Company 182 

Union  Paste  Company 2'j6 

Union  Carpet  Lining  Company 158 

Union  Safe  Deposit  Vaults,  The 181 

United  States  Sewage   Filtering  and  Fertilizer  Com- 
pany   230 

United  States  Hotel,  Tilly  Haynes,  Resident  Propr  ...   112 

Upham,  H.  W.,  Bookbinder  and  Gilder 247 

Utley  &  Boynton,  Produce  Commission  Merchants igg 

Van  Alstine,  Dr.  S.  M.  ,  Trusses,  etc 256 

Wade,  J.  M.,  Real  Estate,  etc 257 

Wadsworth,  Geo.  L.,  Real  Estate,  etc 184 

Wain  Wright   Manufacturing   Company,  The,  Heaters, 

Condensers,  etc 151 

Walker  &  Co.,  Oils 246 

Walker-Stetson-Sawyer    Company,    Mfrs.,    Importers 

and  Jobbers,  Fancy  Goods,  Notions,  etc 108-9 

Walker,  E.  W.,  &  Co.,  Publishers 172 

Walkinshaw  &  Voight,  Woolens 257 

Walter,  Tucker  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers 218 

Walworth  Manufacturing  Company,  Steam  Engineers 

and  Contractors 90 

Ware,  Leonard,  &  Sons,  Oils 89 

Warren  Chemical  and  Manufacturing  Company 121 

Warren  Soap  Manufacturing  Company,  The 145 

Washburn-Crosby    Company,    Merchant    Millers,  Col. 

C.  C.  G.  Thornton,  General  Agt 134 

Wason,  Pierce  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers 250 

Waterhouse,  Wm.  E.,  Naval  Architect,  etc 132 

Wayne,  John  D.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.'  Agents 220 

Wayne,  A.  A.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.'  Agents 147 

Webber,  Dr.  C. ,  Dentist 264 

Weeks,  W.  B.  P.,  Real  Estate,  etc 141 

Weeks  &  Potter  Company,  The,  Wholesale  Drugs 77 

Weeman,  Orin,  Violins,  etc 245 

Wehde,  Carl,  Mfr.  Piano  Cases '.  .   250 

Welch  Bros. ,  Cut  Flowers,  etc 261 

Wendell,  A.  Q.,  Mfrs.'  Agent  and  Commission   Mer- 
chant    235 

Wentworth,  V.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Pianofortes 177 

Weston,  W.  M.,  Wholesale  Watches,  Clocks,  etc 211 

Whalen  &  Farnum,  Engravers  and  Printers 205 

Wheeler,  Jos.  H.,  Plate  Printer,  etc 262 

Wheeler  Bros.,  Children's  Lace  Caps,  etc 257 

Wheeler  &  Wilson  Manufacturing  Company 209 

Wheeler  &  Cummings,  Mfrs.  Boot  and  Shoe  Patterns..  163 

Whidden,  A.  A.,  Merchandise  Broker 178 

Whitaker,  L.  A.,  Beef 280 

Whitcomb,  H.  C  ,  &  Co.,  Electro  and  Stereotypers 185 

White,  J.  H.,  &  Co.,  Mfrs'.  Agents 214 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


White,  J.  Henry,  Musical  Instruments 252 

White,  Jean,  Music  Publisher 154 

White,  Thos.,.  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  Boots  and  Shoes 267 

White,  The  S.  S.,  Dental  Manufacturing  Company..  . .   209 
Whitman  &  Barnes  .Manufacturing  Company,  Mower 

Knives,  Reaper  Sickles,  etc 194 

Whitmore  &  Robinson,  Consulting  Electrical  Engineers.   163 

Whittemore,  S.  D.,  Real  Estate,  etc 197 

Whitney,  F.  E.,  Machinist 237 

Whitney,  Clough  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 113 

Whitney,  R.  H.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Brokers 162 

Wieck,  John  A.,  Engineer  and  Machinist. 235 

Wight  Brothers,  Furs  and  Skins 164 

Williams  Manufacturing  Company,  Mfrs.  Manvel  Wind 

Engines 206 

Williams,  H.  A.,  Manufacturing  Company 229 

Wilkinson  &  Tinkham,  Electrical  Engineers  and  Con- 
tractors    192 

Willison,  E.  C,  Marble,  Granite,  etc 260 


Wilson,  R.  D.,  &  Co.,  Electric  Securities 243 

Wilson,  J.  F.,  Real  Estate 261 

Wilson  &:  Silsby,  Sailmakers 258 

Wing,  L.  J.,  Company,  Mfrs.  and  Contractors  for  Ven- 
tilating, Heating,  etc. ,  apparatus 162 

Woodward,  C.  E.,  &  Co.,  Druggists 254 

Woodward,  H.  E.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Salt  and  Pickled 

Fish 222 

Woonsocket  Rubber  Company 270 

Worthen  Hosiery  Company 173 

Wright,  S.  B.,  Manufacturing  Company,  Chemists,  etc.  231 
Wright,  Brown  &  Crossley,  Solicitors  of  Patents.. , . . .    144 

Wright,  J.,  Company,  Tobacco  Mfrs 120 

Wyckoff,  Seamans  &  Benedict,  Remington  Standard 

Typewriters  and  Supplies,  H.  V.  Rowell,  Mgr....   164 

Yarmouth  Steamship  Company,  (Limited)  J.  F.  Spin- 
ney, Agt 167 

Young's  Hotel,  J.  R.  Whipple  &  Co.,  Proprs 94 


OSTON  has  long  been  justly  regarded  as  the  home  of  culture,  refinement  and 
art,  while  being  best  known  as  the  "  Hub "  of  the  universe.  It  also  com- 
mands the  attention  of  the  historian  and  reviewer  for  its  historic  memories, 
its  commercial  greatness  and  its  wonderful  advance  in  wealth  and  popu- 
lation. The  first  authentic  settlement  of  Boston,  which  was  originally  called 
"  Shawmut "  by  the  Indians,  was  in  the  year  1630,  by  the  colonists  from 
Salem,  who  named  the  site  of  the  present  city  Trimountaine — a  name 
derived  from  the  three  peaks  afterwards  known  as  Copp's,  Beacon  and 
Fort  Hills.  History  states  that  an  eccentric  gospel  minister,  the,  Rev. 
William  Blaxton,  first  purchased  from  the  Indians  the  entire  peninsula  on  1  ;wl^ich 
Boston  now  stands.  The  civic  intolerance  and  religious  bigotry  on  the  part  of 
the  Puritans  proved  too  much  for  rninister  Blaxton,  however,  for,  said  he,  "I 
came  from  England  because  I  did  not  like  the  Lord  Bishops,  but  I  cannot  join 
with  you  because  I  would  not  be  under  the  Lord's  Brethren."  He  accordingly  sold 
to  the  colonists  the  whole  of  the  peninsula,  except  six  acres  where  his  houses  stood 
on  Beacon  Hill,  for  ^30  ($150).  What  was  once  Governor  Hancock's  pasture'- was 
purchased  by  the  town  of  Boston  in  1795  and  presented  to  the  State  as  the  site 
for  the  new  state  house;  and  on  July  4th  of  that  year  the  corner  stone  was'  laid 
with  imposing  ceremonies.  In  January  1798,  the  legislature  took  possession  of  the 
new  Capitol,  whose  gilded  dome  is  at  this  day  the  first  object  that  strikes"  the  eye  of  the 
stranger    approaching    Boston    in    any    direction,    by    land    or     sea,i  standing,  majestically,    as    it  does, 


26  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

on  the  highest  point  of  Beacon  Hill.  Its  foundations  are  more  than  one  hundred  feet  above 
water  level,  and  its  dome,  which  was  covered  with  gold  leaf  in  1874,  rises  to  an  altitude  of 
one  hundred  and  ten  feet.  On  the  slope  and  at  the  base  of  the  hill,  overlooked  by  the  Capitol, 
is  the  Common,  probably  the  most  famous  bit  of  land  on  the  American  Continent.  It  is  a 
natural  park  of  forty-eight  acres,  shaded  by  a  thousand  ancient  and  graceful  elms,  and  the  resting 
place  for  the  visitor,  the  tourist  and  the  sight-seer,  as  well  as  the  resort  of  citizens,  young  and 
old.  It  is- surrounded  on  its  five  sides  by  Tremont,  Boylston,  Beacon,  Charles  and  Park  Streets, 
and  contains  many  handsome  monuments  and  lovely  walks.  The  Public  Garden  lies  just  west  of 
the  Common,  and  forms  one  of  the  handsomest  parks  in  the  country.  It  contains  some  twenty- 
four  acres ;  in  the  center  is  an  artificial  lake,  with  fountains,  iron  bridge,  pleasure  boats,  etc ; 
the  velvety  lawns  are  kept  in  perfect  order,  and  the  floral  displays  are  the  finest  in  America. 
The  Garden  contains  many  fine  statues,  among  them  being  a  colossal  equestrian  one  of  Gen- 
eral Washington,  bronze  statues  of  Charles  Sumner  and  Edward  Everett,  and  a  granite  and  red 
marble  monument  to  commemorate  the  discovery  in  Boston  of  ether  as  an  anaesthetic.  By  night 
the  Garden  is  briJliantiy  illuminated  by  electric  lights,  and  in  summer  presents  an  ever-moving 
paBorama  of   beamty   and   fashion. 

^GIBOWTH  IN  AREA. 

Probably  no  city  in  the  Union  has  extended  her  domain  and  grown  rich  by  acquirement  of  land 
on  all  sides  as  has  been  the  case  with  Boston.  When  Blaxton  was  here,  "lord  of  all  he 
surveyed,"  his  landed  possessions  formed  a  pear-like  peninsula,  two  miles  in  length  and  a  little 
more  than  one  mile  at  its  greatest  breadth.  Now  the  original  783  acres  of  solid  land  have 
become  1829 ;  the  marshes  have  been  reclaimed,  the  hills  have  been  cut  down,  the  whole  sur- 
face of  the  original  ground  has  been  leveled  and  graded,  and  every  square  inch  turned  over 
and  over;  while  new  territory  has  been  added  by  annexing  adjoining  cities  and  towns,  until  now 
the  area  of  the  city  is  23,661  acres  (36  7-10  square  miles) — more  than  thirty  times  as  great  as 
the  original  area.  The  districts  acquired  are  as  follows,  viz.:  South  Boston,  1002  acres ;  East 
Boston,  836;  Roxbury,  2700;  Dorchester,  5614;  West  Roxbury,  7848;  Brighton,  2277;  Charles- 
town,  586,  Breed's  Island,  785  ;  Deer  Island,  184.  The  city  has  within  it  123,268,652  feet  of 
marsh-land  flats ;  and  the  measurement  of  the  city  from  north  to  south  is  eleven  miles  and 
froin  east  to  west  nine  miles.  The  principal  business  section  of  the  city,  lying  between  the  har- 
bor and  Charles  River,  is  a  mile  and  a  quarter  across.  Some  of  the  most  valuable  sections  of  the 
city  have  been  stolen,  as  it  were,  by  engineering  skill  from  the  boundless  and  restless  ocean.  All 
the  present  water-front  extending  to  a  line  with  Commercial  Street,  and  in  places  beyond  it,  is 
made  land,  and  the  most  valuable  in  the  city.  Atlantic  Avenue,  extending  from  the  junction 
of  Commercial  Street  and  Eastern  Avenue  to  Federal  Street  was  constructed  by  the  city  at  a 
cost  of  $2,404,078,  and  is  one  hundred  feet  in  width.  It  was  at  one  of  the  wharves,  whose 
site    this    avenue    now   traverses,    where   the    famous   "  Boston    Tea    Party "    took    place. 


SECTIONAL  DIVISIONS  OF  THE  CITY. 

The  term  "  JNorth  End "  is  applied  to  fhat  section  of  the  city  lying  towards  Charlestown, 
between  the  BostoTi  and  Maine  Station  and  Faneuil  Mall.  This  was  the  first  settled  part  of 
the  town,  and  is  historic  ground ;  once  the  Iiom-e  of  Boston's  aristocracy,  now  the  abode  of 
thousands  of  the  humbler  classes.  In  this  'quarter  may  be  found  Salem  Street — ^the  "Bowery" 
of  Boston  ;  old  Christ  Church,  fronting  on  Salem  Street,  and  associated  with  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revoihitionary  'War,  in  whose  steeple  t!he  signal  lanterns  of  Paul  Revere  were  displayed  which 
warned  the  countiy  of  the  march  of  the  British  troops  to  Lexington  and  Concord.  Here,  too, 
is     the     oldest    chime    of   bells    in    America.       Near   by    the   church    is    the    ancient   burial-ground    of 


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Copp's  Hill,  laid  out  in  1660.  In  late  years  the  whole  of  the  North  End  has  undergone  great 
transformations.  New  churches  have  arisen,  streets  have  been  straightened  and  widened,  and 
large  warehouses,  hotels  and  factories  have  come  up  like  magic.  Haymarket  Square,  once  a 
pond  with  a  bridge  over  it,  is  now  one  of  the  busiest  centers  in  the  city.  Washington  Street 
was  opened  up  from  Dock  Square  to  Haymarket  Square  in  1873-74,  at  a  cost  of  $1,500,000. 
.  The  name  of  the  "  South  End "  is  given  to  that  part  of  the  city  lying  to  the  south  of 
Dover  Street  and  extending  to  Roxbury  Street.  All  this  area  is  largely  made  land,  and  the 
newer  portion  towards  the  West  joins  the  new  West  End,  or  Back  Bay  District.  For  many 
years  the  .South  End  contained  the  principal  shops,  the  finest  hotels  and  the  Common.  What 
is  now  known  as  the  South  End  was  then  the  Neck  Field.  At  a  later  date  the  present  Win- 
ter Street  formed  the  down-town  boundary.  Then  the  boundary  was  extended  to  Boylston  Street, 
and  next  to  Dover  Street,  which  is  now  recognized  as  the  line  between  the  Central  portion  of 
the    city   and    the    South    End.       The    work     of    creating     the     area     comprised    within     the    modern 


"Winthrop  Square. 


South  End  was  begun  about  the  year  1853,  by  widening  the  Neck.  This  was  done  by  reclaim- 
ing :he  flats  on  either  side  of  it.  When  in  1856  the  street  railway  system  was  introduced,  ithe 
South  End  at  once  became  the  favorite  residence  portion.  Scattered  all  through  the  South  End 
are  many  large  public  and  private  buildings,  noted  church  edifices,  extensive  manufactories  and 
the  finest  apartment  houses  in  the  city.  The  leading  streets  and  avenues  stretching  from  north 
to  south  extend  for  miles,  and  are  lined  with  richly-equipped  marts  of  trade,  and  attractive  res- 
idences,   sanctuaries,    hospitals,    halls    and   educational    institutions. 

The  region  between  the  North  End  and  South  End,  ,the  Common  and  the  Harbor,  is  the 
"  Business  District,"  .where  the  chief  whoksale  ,and  retail  shops  are  grpiipfid,  with  the  leading 
hotels,    theaters    and 


28  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

Prominent  among  the  latter  are  the  new  Court  House,  on  Pemberton  Square ;  the  new 
Exchange  Building,  on  State  Street ;  the  famous  Parker  House  on  School  Street,  which,  before 
its  costly  enlargement,  Dickens  called  the  best  hotel  in  America;  the  great  Music  Hall,  seating 
2600  people;  the  new  Globe  Building,  the  City  Post  Office,  the  Adams  House,  the  Quincy  House, 
the  Equitable  Building,  the  Mason  Building,  Faneuil  Hall  and  the  historic  Old  South  Church. 
Besides  these  should  be  named  the  New  Old  South  Church,  one  of  the  finest  church  edifices 
in  the  country;  as  well  as  numerous  theaters  and  business  blocks  that  are  imposing  and  notice- 
able. A  peculiarity  of  Boston  architecture  is  the  richness  and  variety  of  the  building  material. 
The  most  popular  is  red  brick,  but  there  is  an  abundance  of  light,  dark  and  red  granite;  a 
fine  grade  of  marble  and  several  varieties  of  sandstone.  With  the  increase  of  popular  travel, 
the  influence  of  foreign  models  has  become  more  strongly  felt  in  a  great  variety  of  styles. 
Northern  and  Southern  Gothic,  Romanesque  and  Renaissance  are  the  styles  of  many  public  and 
business  blocks;  while  Gothic  has  remained  the  favorite  for  churches.  There  are  some  two 
hundred  and  twenty  churches  in  the  city,  and  many  of  their  pastors  have  won  fame  both  at 
home    and    abroad. 

MANUFACTURES. 

There  are  now  over  four  thousand  manufacturing  establishments  in  Boston,  including  over 
one  hundred  devoted  to  the  boot  and  shoe  industry ;  over  one  hundred  to  the  manufacture  of 
leather ;  thirty-seven  manufactories  of  musical  instruments,  one  hundred  and  fifty  furniture  manu- 
factories, two  hundred  and  sixty  metal  factories,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  machinery  estab- 
lishments, etc.,  etc.  Boston  also  has  the  heaviest  pork-packer  east  of  Chicago,  with  over  two 
hundred  other  establishments  engaged  in  turning  out  food  preparations ;  while  another  conspicu- 
ous industry  is  the  manufacture  of  clothing,  in  which  there  are  over  three  hundred  houses 
engaged.  The  inception  of  some  of  the  most  essential  comforts  of  life  can  be  traced  back  to 
Boston  invention,  while  the  examination  of '  the  industries  of  this  "city  for  the  first  quarter  of 
the  present  century  shows  the  wonders  of  Yankee  pluck  and  enterprise.  It  was  here  that  gas, 
steam  and  water  fittings  as  a  separate  industry  were  first  inaugurated.  The  manufacture  of 
locomotives  was  first  begun  in  South  Boston  in  1846.  It  was  in  this  city  that  the  system  of 
steam-heating  was  first  introduced ;  while  the  manufacture  of  stationary  and  marine  engines 
early  made  Boston  famous.  The  first  successful  sewing-machine  was  made  here,  and  that 
immense  industry  first  gained  headway  in  Boston.  In  the  production  of  pianos  and  organs  she 
leads  the  world,  while  from  Boston  radiate  the  colossal  interests  that  govern  the  great  shoe 
trade  of  the  country.  The  New  England  Shoe  and  Leather  Association  is  to-day  one  of  the 
leading  trade  organizations  of  the  country  and  is  widely  recognized  for  the  advanced  and  hon- 
orable   position    it   occupies. 

COMMERCE  AND  TRADE. 

Next  to  London,  the  Boston  wool  market  is  the  most  important  in  the  world,  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  having  taken  second  and  third  places  after  Boston,  their  principal  houses 
having  their  headquarters  here.  In  fact,  the  whole  wool  trade  is  fast  concentrating  here  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  Of  the  foreign  wool  brought  into  the  United  States  by  far  the 
largest  portion  is  imported  at  Boston.  An  immense  amount  of  capital  is  invested  in  the  Boston 
wool  business,  and  the  merchants  engaged  therein  represent  many  millions,  including  names  that 
have    been    prominent    in    the    political   history    and    literature   of   the    country. 

As  a  shipping-port,  Boston  has  been  enabled  to  successfully  compete  with  the  great  water- 
routes  terminating  at  New  York  City  by  the  reduction  of  rates  by  railway  companies  and  the 
securing  of  cotton  from  the  South  for  light  freights  for  the  steamship  lines,  which  latter  was 
accomplished  by  offering  low  rates  of  freight  and  thus  diverting  cotton  from  New  York. 
Another   iinportant    improvement    is    the    system    of    through-billing   from    interior   points    to    Europe. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE.  39 

These  through  bills  given  to  shippers  in  the  South  and  West  are  negotiable  at  the  banks. 
The  foreign  commerce  of  the  city  in  recent  years  has  come  to  be  fed  by  other  railroad  trunk 
lines    and    through   the    Hoosac    Tunnel;    and     Boston     now   holds    direct    communication    with     the 


Summer  St.,  from  "Washington  St.,  looking  East. 


great  trunk  lines  of  the  country,  possessing,  through  her  recent  improvemements,  the  best  terminal 
facilities  of  any  port  on  the  coast.  Boston  at  the  present  day  occupies  the  proud  position  of 
the   second    port   in    the   Union. 


30  BOSTON ;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

A  PEEP  AT  THE  CITY. 

While  those  who  are  to  "  the  manner  born "  may  seldom  give  more  than  a  passing  thought  to- 
the  distinctions  which  mark  the  various  localities  or  divisions  of  this  cosmopolitan  metropolis, 
whether  used  as  trading  or  residental  centers,  the  newly  arrived  immigrant  is  deeply  impressed 
by  them,  and  the  more  so  as  ocular  demonstration  totally '  dispels  the  preconceived  notion  that  in 
the  freest  country  in  the  world  the  rich  dwell  among  the  poor  and  that  both  rich  and  poor  occupy 
the  same  level,  recognizing  no  social  distinctions  of  race  and  color,  and  acknowledging  only  one 
platform,  the  common  brotherhood  of  man.  He  soon  discovers,  though,  that  the  idea  is  merely 
Utopian,  and  that  such  earthly  bliss  no  more  exists  here  than  in  the  land  from  whose  persecutions 
arid  poverty  he  has  escaped,  but  that  here  likes  and  dislikes  divide  races  into  separate  commu- 
nities or  petty  nationalities,  and  that  even  different  branches  of  trade  seek  separate  and  distinct 
localities  in  which  to  conduct  business.  Boston  is  eminently  a  cosmopolitan  city  and  its  population 
includes  the  people  of  every  clime,  color  and  tongue.  The  various  classes  of  foreigners  have 
their  special  districts  where  their  special  clan  resides.  The  Jews,  for  instance,  are  residents  and 
tradesmen  of  Salem  Street,  while  to  their  credit  be  it  said  they  contribute  less  than  a  hundredth 
part  of  the  criininal  classes  of  the  city.  Seldom  is  a  Hebrew  relieved  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 
They  have  nearly  a  dozen  synagogues,  as  well  as  many  smaller  shrines  and  a.  score  of  societies 
of  charit)'.  North  Street  is  noted  as  the  habitat  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  sunny  Italy. 
Here  large  numbers  of  them  may  be  seen,  still  wearing  their  picturesque  native  costumes  and 
speaking  no  language  but  their  own.  We  should  be  charged  with  irony  were  we  to  say  that  the 
lower  classes,  who  are  chiefly  occupied  as  organ  grinders,  rag  pickers,  fruit  venders  and  laborers, 
were  remarkable  for  their  love  of  soap  and  water.  The  higher  classes  of  Italians,  however,  are 
numbered  among  our  best  citizens  and  embrace  professors  of  languages,  music  teachers  and  authors. 
The  Irish  are  numerous  all  over  the  city,  and  the  Germans  prevail  to  a  great  degree  m  the 
extreme  South  End.  The  emigrant  from  the  "  Vaterland "  occupies  a  proud  position  in  the 
wealth  and  commerce  of  the  city,  being  foremost  in  the  music  world,  as  piano  and  organ  iwartu- 
facturers,  orchestra  leaders  and  instrumental  teachers,  and  ■  are  also  prominent  as  caterers  to  the 
public  taste '  in  many  of  our  best  restaurants  and  largest  summer  gardens.  The  Chinese  are  located 
all  over  the  city,  and  find  remunerative  employment  in  attending  to  the  "washee,  washee "  of  the 
"Melican  man."  These  almond-eyed  Celestials  are  an  interesting  study,  especially  on  a  Sunday, 
arrayed  in  all  the  magnificence  of  Chinese  raiment,  and  their  "  pigtails "  in  full  display.  On  a 
Sunday  night  "  John "  is  in  his  element,  and,  as  in  all  his  leisure  iiours,  he  either  gives  atten- 
tion to  his  peculiar  mode  of  worship,  plays  his  mysterious  games  of  chance,  or  smokes  his  pipe  of 
opium  until  he  passes  into  dreamland.  In  whatever  he  engages  in,  he  is  diligent,  shrewd  and 
enterprising,  and  in  this  respect  he  sets  an  example  to  many  who  claim  to  be  his  superiors  in 
civilization  and  intelligence.  He  has  what  Christians  call  "strange  gods"  in  his  joss-house,  but, 
heathen  as  he  is,  he  and  his  race  figure  less  seldom  in  the  police  courts  than  some  others  who 
profess  to  be  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  "true  religion."  No  one  is  likely  to  accuse  "John"  of 
being  handsome,  but  he  has,  nevertheless,  come  to  be  looked  upon  as  a  prize  in  the  market 
matrimonial,  especially  by  the  "ladies"  of  the  lower  class  of  Irish  and  Italians,  and  occasionally 
he  may  be  heard  of  as  having  been  captured  by  a  flaxen-haired  German  lassie  or  a  Yankee  girl 
determined  to  wed.  Al  all  events,  "John"  makes  a  useful  "maid  of  all  wQrk,"  and  is  bandy 
in  washing,  sewing,  cooking  and  rocking  the  cradle,  and  is  peaceful  as  long  as  his  pigtail  is  not 
seized  upon  from  behind  ;  when  it  is  he  suddenly  waxes  wroth  and  is  in  no  degree  fastidious 
whether  it  is  a  flat-iron  or  a  brick  that  he  throws.  The  children  of  Africa  may  be  found 
scattered  over  all  parts  of  the  city,  filling  all  kinds  of  occupations,  being  especially  in  demand  as 
waiters  in  our  best  hotels  and  cafds,  and  pre-eminent  as  barbers.  In  some  minds  there  is  an 
inseparable  relationship  between  a  negro  and  a  razor,  and  a  belief  is  abroad  that  the  "  gentle- 
man of  color"  so  loves  gore  that  On  the  slightest  pretext  he  will  pull  out  a  razor '  from  some 
part   of   his    attire   and    proceed    to    carve   every  one     within    his    reach.       Though    it  frequently    hap- 


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pens,  when  a  negro  is  mixed  up  in  a  row,  that  a  razor  causes  mischief,  the  negroes,  as  a  class, 
are   industrious    and    peaceable    citizens,   good    natured    and   contented. 

THE  "BACK   BAY" 

is  the  stronghold  of  the  wealth  and  social  pride  of  Boston.  In  this  district,  running  from  Arling- 
ton Street  (the  western  border  of  the  Public  Garden),  and  parallel  with  Beacon  Street,  are  Com- 
monwealth Avenue,  Newburj',  Marlborough  and  Boylston  Streets,  with  Huntington  Avenue  branching 
off  the  latter  at  its  junction  with  Clarendon  Street ;  while  parallel  with  Arlington  Street  are 
Berkeley,  Clarendon,  Dartmouth,  Exeter,  Fairfield,  Gloucester  and  Hereford  Streets,  West  Chester 
Park,  etc.  Probably  there  is  no  city  neighborhood  in  this  country  wherein  are  more  exquisite 
collections  of  those  trifles  of  art  and  taste  which  bespeak  a  higher  order  of  civilization  and  thor- 
ough cultivation  than  is  to  be  found  in  this  section — the  Belgravia  of  the  "  Hub,"  the  center  of 
its  fashion  and  splendor,  the  home  of  its  merchant  princes.  It  is  at  its  best  on  a  pleasant 
Sunday  at  the  time  when  churches  are  out ;  or  on  a  bright  afternoon,  when  long  lines  of  car- 
riages are  seen  rumbling  along  its  broad,  asphalt  pavements.  Commonwealth  Avenue,  especially, 
presents  an  unbroken  array  of  '  splendid  dwellings  and  noble  churches,  with  here  and  there  a 
hotel,  and  many  of  the  structures  in  this  long  line  of  costly  domiciles  possess  marked  beauty  of 
architectural  design  and  are  built  in  massive  blocks,  chiefly  of  brown  stone.  To  describe  in 
detail  the  many  objects  of  interest  to  be  seen  on  this  avenue  would  require  more  space  than  we 
have  at  command.  It  may  be  appropriately  remarked  in  this  connection  that  an  inquisitive  visitor 
should,  on  taking  a  stroll  through  the  Back  Bay,  be  accompanied  by  a  herald,  a  mercantile 
register,  an  elite  directory,  and  a  wise  old  club  man  with  his  stores  of  personal  and  family 
gossip.  Volumes  might  be  written  of  its  broad  thoroughfares,  its  architectural  splend&r,  its  palatial 
mansions,    its  magnificent   hotels    and   its    creation   from 

OUT  OF  THE  SEA 

into  one   of   the    most   charming   spots   in    which    to   dwell. 

It  was  in  1849  (hat  the  State  appointed'  a  commission  to  deaf  with  the  subject  of  creating 
new  land  here.  By  continuous  contracts  the  work  extended  over  twenty  years.  The  city  has  for 
years  been  engaged  in  filling  up  swamps,  leveling  lands,  constructing  avenues,  driveways  and 
parks,  and  ornamenting  the  whole  of  this  region,  which,  for  beauty  and  residential'  magnificence> 
has    no   counterpart   in   either   the    New  or   Old   World. 

Take  the  map  of  the  city  as  it  exists  to-day,  ,and  strike  a  line  through  Charles,  Bo3'lston 
and  Essex  Streets,  running  crookedly  through  from  Charles  River  on  the  west  to  Fort  Point  Chan- 
nel, dividing  the  city  proper  from  South  Boston.  All  the  area  represented  below  this  line  up  to 
the  foot  of  the  Highlands  is  "  created "  lands  save  where  Washington  Street  runs,  and  this:  thor- 
oughfare is  over  the  Neck,  which  was  itself  frequently  lapped  by  the  waters  of  the  ocean.  All  th& 
land  lying  to  the  south  of  the  Boston  and  Providence  Railroad,  including  Columbus  Avenue,  is  now 
territorially  identified  with  the  "South  End."  The  "Back  Bay"  includes  all  the  "made  land"  on 
the    West    side    of   the    railroad. 

COMMONWEALTH  AVENUE 

is,  in  realit)',  two  streets  in  one,  having  a  fine  park  in  the  center,  containing  rows  of  ornamental 
trees,  neatly  kept  paths,  benches  and  several  statues.  The  width  of  the  thoroughfare  from  house 
to  house  is  250  feet,  and  from  curb  to  curb,  r75  feet.  It  extends  through  the  new  Back  Bay 
Park  to  Brookline  Avenue  and  contains  such  notable  structures  as  the  Hotel  Vendome,  the  mas- 
sive stone  edifice  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  the  residences  of  ex-Governoii  Ames,  Charles. 
Francis   Adams,     Fred    L.  Ames,  Eugene    V.    R,     Thayer,     Nathaniel    Thayer,    Mrs.     William    Powell 


32  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

Mason,  Alexander  Cochran  and  others  noted  for  their  imposing  proportions  and  modern,  artistic  or 
striking    architecture,    as  well  as  for  the  amount  of  investment  which  they  represent.       Other 

ARCHITECTURAL  CHARACTERISTICS 

of  the  Back  Bay  are  the  palatial  homes  of  Beacon  Street,  beyond  West  Chester  Park,  the  numerous 
first-class  apartment  houses  and  the  great  number  of  famous  institutions  of  learning  centered  here. 
On  Boylston  Street  is  the  handsome  building  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  the  far- 
famed  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  Trinity  Church  (of  which  Bishop  Phillips  Brooks  was 
so  long  pastor),  the  Natural  History  Society  Building  and  the  Second  Congregational  Unitarian 
Church,  of  which  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  was  once  pastor.  Near  this  church  is  the  well-known 
Chauncy  School ;  opposite  to  it,  with  entrance  on  St.  James  Avenue,  is  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts, 
and  beyond,  on  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Exeter  Streets  is  the  Harvard  Medical  School.  Near 
by,  on  the  corner  of  Exeter  and  Newbury  Streets,  is  the  Prince  School  building,  the  only  public 
school  in  the  district.  The  other  corners  of  Exeter  and  Newbury  Streets  are  occupied  by  the 
South  Congregational  Church  (Unitarian),  the  First  Spiritual  Temple — a  costly,  curious  edifice — and 
the  Massachusetts  Normal  School.  Farther  on,  on  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Hereford  Streets, 
is  a  handsome  new  Romanesque  building,  occupied  by  the  Back  Bay  police  and  fire  departments. 
On  Dartmouth  Street,  nearly  opposite  Trinity  Church,  the  immense  new  Public  Library  Building 
stands,  an  ornament  to  the  neighborhood  and  a  credit  to  the  city.  On  Exeter  Street  and  St. 
James  Avenue  stands  the  Athletic  Association  building,  the  finest  edifice,  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
erected  in  1888  at  a  cost  of  $300,000.  The  New  Old  South — one  of  the  costliest  and  most 
imposing  church  structures  in  the  city — stands  on  Dartmouth  Street,  side  of  Copley  Square,  on  the 
corner  of  Boylston  Street.  The  society  worshiping  here  formerly  occupied  the  historic  Old  South, 
at  Washington  and  Milk  Streets.  Near  the  New  Old  South,  on  Dartmouth  Street  is  the  hand- 
some new  building  of  the  Art  Club.  On  Newbury  Street  is  noticeable  the.  Emmanuel  Church, 
(Protestant  Episcopal),  which  has  a  very  rich  interior,  and  a  short  distance  away,  at  the  corner 
of  Berkeley  Street,  is  the  handsome  Central'  Church  (Congregational  Trinitarian),  which  possesses 
the  tallest  spire  in  the  city,  the  height  being  236  feet..  On  Berkeley  Street  is  the  Notre  Dame 
Academy,  and  at  the  corner,  of  Boylston  and,  ,4i'li"gtQn  Streets  is  the  widely  known  Arlington 
(Unitarian)  Church,  of  which  Reverend  Brooke  Hereford  is  the  popular .  pastor.  Huntington  Ave- 
nue has  on  its  broad  expanse  the  famous  exhibition  building  of  the  Charitable  Mechanic  Associa- 
tion, covering  an  area  of  96,000  square  feet  and  erected  in  iSSr.  A  short  distance  from  it  is 
the   Children's   Hospital,    a   useful    and    well,  conducted    institution. 

WASHINGTON     STREET 

has  always  been  the  main  artery  of  the  city.  lis  name  was  given  to  it  as  an  honor  to  Gen- 
eral Washington  on  the  occasion  of  his  visit  here  in  1789.  Originally  it  consisted  of  a  series 
of  streets  from  doWn-town  to  the  Roxbury  line,  known  as  Cornhill,  Marlborough,  Newbury,  Orange 
and  Washington ;  and  it  was  not  until  1824  that  the  old  names  were'  dropped,  and  the  entire 
thoroughfare  known  as  now.  Until  1873,  the  down-town  end  of  Washington  Street  was  at 
Cornhill  and  Dock  Square,  but  in  that  year  the  street  was  extended  through  to  Haymarket 
Square,  from  which  point  it  now  stretches  through  the  city  and  the  Roxbury  district  to  the 
Dedham  boundary.  On  account  of  its  centrality  and  directness  it  is  touched  by  nearly  every 
moving  inhabitant  of  the  city  in  his  daily  walks.  The  country  visitor,  coming  from  whichever 
direction,  feels  secure  when  he  reaches  Washington  Street,  and  while  he  keeps  to  it  he  cannot 
go  far  astray,  no  matter  what  his  destination  is.  It  is  not  only  a  channel  of  commercial  traf- 
fic, but  a  favorite  promenade  of  the  idler  and  pleasure-seeker,  and  though  the  acquaintances 
of  a  man  may  be  few,  a  walk  up  and  down  Washington  Street  is  sure  to  bring  him  in  contact 
with  some  one  he  knows.  This  "  backbone"  of  the  metropolis  is  never  lacking  in  texts  for 
the  satirist,  the    moralist,    the   humorist,    and    the    preacher,  for  life    on  this    bustling    thoroughfare    is 


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pretty  nearly  everything  ;  the  agglomeration  embracing  the  heaviest  farce,  the  broadest  tragedy,  the 
most  delicate  comedy,  and  exhibiting  human  nature  in  its  most  pathetic,  caustic,  sad,  and  frolic- 
some moods.  There  is  no  ambition,  passion  or  creed  which  may  not  be  studied  along  this 
far-famed  street,  where  are  grouped  together,  as  it  were,  personages  that  are  by  nature — in 
color,  tastes,  language,  sentiments  and  temperament — widely  apart,  and  effect  a  grand  ensem- 
ble of  vividly  dramatic  contrasts.  At  all  hours,  from  early  morn  until  after  sunset,  this  car- 
riage-way is  crowded  with  vehicles  of  every  conceivable  kind,  and  the  footwalks  are  occupied 
with   a  constantly   moving   mass    of   humanity,    the    like  of    which   neither  the   capitals   of   England   or 


State  St.,  from  Old  State  House,  looking  Sast. 


France  can  present.  There  is  a  cheeriness,  impetuosity,  vehemence  and  brilliancy  in  a  Boston 
crowd  one  cioes  not  meet  elsewhere.  It  has  a  sparkle  even  in  places  where  business  is  para- 
mount: its  tread  is  springy,  buoyant  and  almost  rhythmic,  as  it  follows  the  din  and  rattle  of 
locomotion.  Nervous  people  and  those  from  rural  homes  find  the  noise  and  friction  painfully 
bewildering ;  but  the  active  citizen,  trained  in  bustle  and  excitement,  and  whose  nerves  are  in 
good  condition,  finds  stimulation  in  the  rattle  and  roar.  This  crowd  of  elbowing  and  pushing 
humanity  is  not  a  distinctly  fashionable  one,  though  well-dressed  people  preponderate  ;  the  hardy 
sons  of  toil  and  work-girls  appear  in  the  stream  alongside  the  threadbare  adventurer  and 
the  impecunious  devotee  of  the  gutter.  The  crowd,  made  up  of  most  dissimilar  elements 
of  nationality  and  condition,  represents  the  very  opposite  points  of  human  life — from  those  who 
are  troubled  because  they  have  so  much  wealth  to  care  for,  to  those  who  are  perplexed  because 
they   have   none    to    care   for ;    from     the     sad    to    (he    gay ;    from    the   weakly    cripple    to   the    giant. 


34  BOSTON ;  ITS  PIMANCEv  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

strong   in    limb     and    lung;    and   from     the    most   ignorant    and  depraved  to  the  most    intelligent   and 
refined.     Such    a  crowd    affords   abundant    stud}-   for   reflective    minds    in    every   branch  of   ethnology. 

SIGHTS     AND     SCENES. 

The  variety  of  architecture  to  be  met  with  along  this  street  is  extraordinary.  Every  material 
has  been  used  in  every  style — brick,  iron,  glass,  marble,  granite,  brownstone,  yellow-stone,  wood 
and  stucco.  Never  was  there  such  heterogeneous  architecture  as  is  here  displayed,  where  the 
Gothic  and  the  Greek,  the  Renaissance  and  Romanesque  are  crowded  side  by  side,  but  all  in 
a  manner  harmonized  by  the  distortions  which  the  city  architects  of  our  country  are 
compelled  to  devise  that  they  may  secure  the  three  prime  essentials  of  light,  air  and  space.  The 
modern  structures  are  fine,  imposing  buildings,  containing  many  stories.  In  the  building  of 
tliese  iron  is  largely  used,  and  long  colonnaded  facades,  simulating  marble  or  brownstone,  are 
composed  of  iron  castings,  riveted  together.  Here  and  there  are  to  be  found  small,  modest 
dwellings  of  an  early  period,  with  old-fashioned  dormer  windows  projecting  from  the  upper 
stories,  and  modern  plate-glass  windows  inserted  in  the  lower  story;  but  these  grow  fewer  in 
number  year  by  year,  and  more  stately  buildings  supplant  them.  Sign-boards  hang  out  in  pro- 
fusion, and  flag-staffs  rise  from  nearly  every  building.  On  a  gala  day,  when  all  the  patriotic 
bunting  is  unfurled,  the  view  is  more  brilliant  than  ever.  The  great  hotels  on  this  thorough- 
fare rival  in  luxury,  comfort  and  elegance  the  most  noted  hostelries  of  London  or  Paris ; 
the  banks  and  insurance  buildings  of  marble,  granite  and  iron  are  representative  of  the  ancient 
and  modern  architecture  of  Europe,  as  well  as  of  the  "pure  and  unadulterated "  American 
architecture,  and  the  magnificent  shops  and  warehouses  have  their  fronts  relieved  by  wide 
expanses  of  glass.  All  these  follow  each  other  in  bewildering  succession,  many  so  high  as 
to  tire  the  neck  of  the  pedestrian  who  is  interestedi  in  inspecting  their  facades  from  eaves  to 
floor. 

On  the  corner  of  Essex  Street  is  noted  a  tablet,  on  the  front  of  a  building,  with  a 
representation  of  a  spreading  tree,  indicating  the  spot  where  stood  the  "Liberty  Tree "  under 
which  the  "Sons  of  Liberty"  were  organized  in  1765:  which  shows  that  we  aie  on  historic 
grounds. 

At  the  corner  of  Milk  Street  stands  the  famous  Old  South  Church,  that  relic  of  the  revolu- 
tionary times,  erected  in  1669,  rebuilt  in  1729,  and  on  the  site  of  which  was  the  house  in 
which  the  immortal  Governor  Winthrop  lived  and  died.  The  church  is  now  used  for  the  exlii- 
bition  of   historic  relics,    for  lectures,    etc. 

Nearly  opposite,  on  the  corner  of  School  Street,  is  the  "  Old  Corner  Book  Store,"  another  of 
Boston's  oldest  landmarks,  surrounded  by  pleasant  historic  associations.  Its  site  was  once  occu- 
pied by  a  dwelling  in  which  Ann  Hutchinson  held  her  famous  seances;  and  the  present  build- 
ing was  erected  in  1712.  Dr.  Samuel  Clarke,  father  of  the  late  Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke, 
was  born  here.  Here  were  wont  to  gather  men  conspicuous  in  literature — Lowell,  Longfellow, 
Holmes,  Whittier,  Emerson  and  Hawthorne,  among  ^others  of  wide  fame  in  the  world  of  letters 
— for  the    interchange    of  good  fellowship    and   art. 

Within  a  stone's  throw  stands  the  new  Boston  Tavern,  one  of  the  popular  institutions  of 
the  "  Hub,"  on  the  site  where  formerly  stood  the  Old  Province  House,,  of  whose  quaintness 
Hawthorne  wrote  so  charmingly.  It  was  built  in  1679,  and  became  the  vice-regal  residence  of  Sir 
William    Howe    and   a   long   line    of    British    governors. 

On  Milk,  near  the  corner  of  Washington,  is  the  Post  Building,  occupying  the  site  of  the 
house   where    Benjamin    Franklin    first  saw    the    light. 

A  few  doors  north  of  Boylston,  on  Washington  Street,  is  the  theater  district,  where  are 
located  the  Boston,  the  Globe,  the  Park  and  the  Bijou  Theaters,  and  which  neighborhood  pre- 
sents  a   very   brilliant    appearance   at    evening   or   just   after   matinees. 

In  this    immediate    vicinity   are    the    great    retail   dry-goods    houses  of    the    city,    with    their  acres 


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of  floor  space  and  their  magnificent  show-windows  ;  the  side\vall<s  here  are  filled  from  morning' 
until  night  with  an  ever  moving  throng,  while  the  street  is  too  narrow  for  the  accommodation  of 
the    immense    crowds    and    the   daily   business   traffic. 

THE     STATE     HOUSE    ANNEX 

is  one  of  the  important  additions  to  Boston,  about  which  Boston  people  even  as  yet  know  little. 
For  over  two  years  the  back  yard  of  Beacon  Hill  has  been  undergoing  a  remarkable  transfor- 
mation. Laboring  there  daily  are  hundreds  of  busy  workmen,  under  the  guidance  of  architects 
and  builders.  Layer  upon  layer  of  bricks  are  deftly  laid.  Enormous  blocks  of  granite  and 
marble  are  quickly  placed  in  position.  Huge  girders  of  steel  swing  in  mid-air  and  are  dropped 
by  the  great  derrick's  arm  to  their  resting  place.  Beautiful  columns  of  white  marble  and  won- 
derful arches  spring  into  view.  Iron  and  steel  are  brought  from  Pittsburg,  bricks  from  across 
the  sea,  timber  from  Northern  forests  and  granite  from  quarries  in  this  and  neighboring 
States.  All  these  are  brought  into  Boston  in  quantities  that  would  have  appalled  the  temple 
builders  of  old.  The  architect's  magic  touch  is  omnipotent,  and  they  are  skillfully  fitted  into 
position  by  master  hands.  This  work  was  given  to  Messrs.  Brigham  &  Spofford,  the  well-known 
architects  of  Boston,  and  on  the  21st  of  December,  1889,  the  corner  stone  of  this  extension 
was  laid  by  Governor  Ames  at  the  corner  of  Temple  and  Derne  Streets.  The  "  Annex  "  when  fin- 
ished, will  be  so  connected  with  the  rear  of  the  main  building  as  to  make  one  continuous  structure, 
from  the  second  story  up,  of  over  five  hundred  feet  in  length.  In  the  center  of  the  frontage  on 
Temple  Street  is  to  be  a  magnificent  entrance.  A  platform  raised  three  steps  above  the  side- 
walk, and  entered  between  heavy  granite  buttresses  mounted  with  lions  couchant,  on  either  hand 
leads  the  way  through  four  etruscan  columns  to  the  basement.  These  columns  support  the  por- 
tico above.  In  the  front  of  the  portico,  which  stands  considerably  out  from  the  building,  are 
four  marble  Doric  pillars,  supporting  the  portico  roof,  projecting  from  the  second  floor.  Above 
this  roof,  on  the  third'  floor  and  recessed  into  the  building,  is  a  colonnade  of  the  width  corre- 
sponding to  the  whole  structure.  Six  fluted  marble  columns,  20  feet  high  and  28  inches  in  diame^^ 
ter,  tapering  with  exquisite  proportions  into  their  Corinthian  capitals,  Stand  at  the  front 
of  the  colonnade  and  support  the  entablature  above.  A  casement  window  from  the  interior 
opens  upon  the  colonnade.  The  entrance,  composed  from  the  ground  to  the  first  floor  of  granite- 
and  from  there  up  of  marble,  is  a  work  of  art.  There  are  to  be  four  other  colonnades 
similar  to  the  one  on  this  side.  One  upon  Derne  Street  will  be  entered  from  the  library 
on  the  fourth  floor  and  will  ofi^er  an  unobstructed  view  of  the  city  on'  the  northerly  side 
of  Beacon  Hill,  extending  out  across  the  Charles  and  Mystic  Rivers  into  the  outlying  districts, 
beyond.  The  archways  which  lead  from  Hancock  and  Temple  Streets  into  the  covered'  portion 
of  Mt.  Vernon  Street,  between  the  two  sections  of  the  building,  are  three  in  number,  and!-  are 
made  of  marble  blocks  t,)4  feet  in  thickness.  The  center  arch  is  18  feet  above  the  street  andl 
the  two  side  arches  13  feet  above  the  sidewalks.  The  arches,  however,  do  not  continue  through- 
out the  covered  space.  The  flooring  of  Memorial  Hall,  which  is  to  be  situated  between  the  two 
buildings,  makes  a  flat,  enamel  brick  ceiling  for  the  Mt.  Vernon  Street  passage-way.  The  front 
entrance  to  the  extension,  leading  into,  the  main  staircase  hall,  is  in  this  passage-wa)',  and  being  thus 
concealed  from  public  view,  it  has  not  the  magnificence  of  the  Temple  Street  entrance.  The  grand 
staircase  hall  is  to  extend  two  stories  in  height  and  have  a  floor  area  of  88  by  90  feet.  It  is 
to  be  finished  in  marble.  The  main  staircase,  35  feet  in  width  at  the  base  and  curving  inward 
to    a   width   of    22    feet,    will  reach   to    the    third    floor,   where    the    chamber    for   the 

HOUSE     OF     REPRESENTATIVES 

is  situated,  on  the  corner  of  Hancock  and  Mount  Vernon  Streets.  It  will  be  oval  in  form  with 
an  elliptical  ceiling,  and  have  a  height  of  45  feet.  Its  floor  area  is  89  by  79  feet.  The  gal- 
leries,   upon    a    level    with    the   fourth   floor,    are   to    be    upon    three     sides  of    the'  room,    and  are    di- 


36  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

vided  off  for  the  public  and  press  reporters.  In  connection  with  this  chamber,  there  will  be 
rooms  for  the  Speaker  and  Clerk  of  the  House,  reception,  coat,  reading  and  smoking  floors. 
This  floor  will  also  have  a  room  for  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  rooms  for  the 
Secretary  of  State  and  Attorney  General  on  the  Temple  Street  side.  The  Secretary  of  State  is 
to  have  a  private  office  and  general  reception  room  for  the  public,  42  by  50  feet ;  together  with 
three   other   rooms   for  general    public   offices. 

MEMORIAL     HALL, 

which  is  to  be  the  main  feature  of  the  second  story,  is  to  contain  the  flags  and  other  relics 
from  Doric  Hall,  now  in  the  main  building.  The  hall  will  have  a  floor  area  of  60  feet  square. 
A  beautiful  effect  is  to  be  produced  on  this  floor  by  the  architect's  plan  of  having  an  uninter- 
rupted view  from  the  main  entrance  to  the  main  building  through  Doric  and  Memorial  Halls, 
and  through  the  main  staircase  hall  of  the  extension,  to  the  triple  windows  looking  into  the  cen- 
tral court.  Side  corridors,  with  beautiful  ceilings  in  the  Gustavino  arch  style,  on  this  floor  will 
give    an    unobstructed    passage    for   a   distance    of   490  feet. 

At  the  rear  of  the  building  on  the  fourth  floor  is  situated  the  library,  93  x  40  feet,  and 
stock  rooms,  40  x  60  feet,  with  a  capacity  of  not  less  than  230,000  volumes.  The  roof  of  the 
main  library  hall  will  ascend  to  an  apex  of  sixty  feet.  It  is  claimed  that  the  stock  rooms 
will  be  the  best  lighted  in  the  country.  At  the  rear  of  the  library  is  the  colonnade.  A  por- 
tion of  the  fifth  floor  will  be  used  for  a  dining-room,  55  x  30  feet,  with  kitchen  and  serving- 
rooms. 

THE     GENERAL     STYLE 

of  architecture  is  Corinthian,  and  in  the  color  of  the  external  walls  and  facings  of  the  build- 
ing the  colonial  white  and  yellow  has  been  used  to  harmonize  with  the  colors  of  the  older 
building.  The  basement  and  sub-basement  are  of  granite,  the  first  story  of  white  marble  and 
the  walls  of  the  rest  of  the  building  are  of  the  Welch  yellow  brick  of  a  superior  quality 
imported  from  Wales,  England,  the  color  of  which  will  not  fade.  There  will  be  needed  from 
12,000,000  to  14,000,000  of  these  bricks.  The  yellow  of  the  bricks  is  set  off  by  white  marble 
trimmings  of  half  and  three-quarter  columns  in  the  walls.  The  extension,  as  a  whole,  will  har- 
monize with  the  style  and  proportions  of  the  main  building.  The  ventilation,  consisting  of  a 
system  of  hot-air  chambers  in  the  ceilings  of  the  corridors,  communicating  through  open  regis- 
ters with  the  various  rooms,  as  well  as  methods  to  render  the  building  fire-proof  by  thick  brick 
partitions  and  floor  tilings,  have  been  very  carefully  provided.  The  extension  entire  will  cover 
55,000  square  feet,  exclusive  of  the  courtyard.  Its  greatest  length  from  Mount  Vernon  to 
Derne  Street  is  336  feet  6  inches;  its  greatest  width  220  feet.  The  height  from  the 
ground  at  the  corner  of  Temple  and  Derne  Streets  to  the  top  of  the  cornice  is  92  feet ;  at 
the  center  of  Temple  Street  entrance,  8b  feet,  and  at  Mount  Vernon  Street,  70  feet.  Money 
for  the  construction  of  the  extension  was  raised  by  the  issuance  of  $2,500,000  of  scrip. 
Next    in    importance    in    architectural    additions    to    the   city  of   recent   date    is    the 

NEW  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 
at  No.  53  State  Street.  This  new  and  elegant  structure  is  in  every  way  an  ornament  to  the 
city.  It  is  built  of  stone  and  brick,  with  handsome  stone  trimmings,  and  stands  ten  stories 
above  the  basement.  The  interior  finish  is  of  marble,  natural  woods,  and  plastered  walls  suita- 
bly tinted,  and  is  appropriate  and  thoroughly  serviceable.  The  Boston  Stock  Exchange  occu- 
pies a  hall  in  the  first  story,  on  a  twenty  years'  lease.  This  hall  has  an  area  of  5,000 
feet  and  is  in  a  wing  fronting  on  Exchange  Place.  Here  are  also  three  large  rooms  for  "  puts " 
and  "calls,"  and  the  bonds  and  telephones.  The  main  portion  of  this  floor,  with  frontage  on 
State  and  Kilby  Streets,  will  be  devoted  to  the  banking  and  insurance  offices,  which  are  sub- 
divided to  suit  tenants.  The  arrangement  of  the  second  story  is  very  similar  to  the  first, 
the    Exchange    Place    wing    being   taken    up   by    the    Stock    Exchange    Hall,    which    is  two   stories  in 


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37 


height,  and  the  State  and  Kilby  Street  fronts  being  divided  up  into  banlcing  and  insurance 
offices.  Upon  this  story  begins  the  light  well,  ii6  x  38  feet,  situated  west  of  the  central  stair- 
way and  over  the  safe-deposit  vaults,  which,  as  well  as  the  rear  of  the  offices  on  the  first 
story,  are  lighted  by  it.  This  well  extends  from  the  Tremont  Bank  Building,  parallel  with 
State  Street,  and  is  nearly  as  broad  as  Kilby  Street.  By  means  of  it,  an  additional  row  of 
well-lighted  offices  is  obtained  in  the  upper  stories.  Above  the  second  story  the  arrangement 
of  the  floors  is  substantially  alike,  devoted  to  offices,  ranging  in  size  from  12  x  20  to  20  x  20 
feet.  There  are  three  hundred  and  fifty  offices  in  the  building.  In  the  basement  are  rooms 
and  vaults  for  a  safe  deposit  company,  while  a  number  of  national  banks  have  already  taken 
possession  of  the  spacious  banking  rooms  on  the  first  floor.  From  the  sidewalk  on  State  Street 
the  building  has  a  height  of  160  feet.  It  has  a  frontage  of  171  feet  on  State  Street,  about 
the  same  on  Kilby  Street,  and  52  feet  on  Exchange  Place  and  Post  Office  Avenue,  the  last 
named  leading  from  Congress  Street,  just  in  the  rear  of  the  Tremont  Bank  Building.  Steam 
heat,  open  fireplaces,  electric  lights,  and  six  fast-running  elevators  serve  to  make  the  build- 
ing desirable  in  every  way  for  all  classes  of  occupants.  The  cost  of  the  building  and  land 
was  upwards  of  $3,000,000.  Boston  has  numerous  other  exchanges  of  which  she  can  well  be 
proud. 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  SHOE  AND  LEATHER  ASSOCIATION 


Building   at    Nos.    79   to    87    Bedford    Street,    is  an  elegant    six-story   structure,   having    an    area   of 


State  House  Vista. 


38  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITEBATWEE. 

12,500  square  feet  on  the  ground  floor,  and  has  been  occupied  since  1883.  This  association 
has  numbered,  since  its  organization  in  1869,  the  very  elite  of  the  trade  among  its  .officers, 
while  the  influence  it  has  exercised  here  and  elsewhere  has  demonstrated  that  its  early  pro- 
moters  were    none    too   sanguine   in   expectations    of   its   benefits.     The 

BOSTON     CHAMBER     OF     COMMERCE 

is  the  outcome  of  the  amalgamation  of  the  Boston  Commercial  Exchange  and  the  Boston  Prod- 
uce Exchange,  which  was  effected  on  the  24th  of  September,  1885.  The  new  organization 
took  possession  of  the  quarters'  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  under  the  dome  of  Quincy  Market. 
The  objects  of  the  Association  are  to  promote  just  and  equitable  principles  of  trade ;  to  estab- 
lish and  maintain  uniformity  in  commercial  usages;  to  correct  any  abuses  which  may  exist;  to 
acquire,  preserve  and  disseminate  valuable  business  information ;  to  adjust  controversies  and  mis- 
understandings between  its  members,  and  generally  to  advance  the  interests  of  trade  and  com- 
merce in  the  city  of  Boston.  The  membership  is  limited  to  one  thousand  five  hundred 
members.  There  are  standards  of  produce,  etc. ;  committees  on,  inspectors  of,  and  weighers  of 
flour,  grain,  provisions,  butter  and  cheese,  eggs,  beans  and  fruit;  committees  for  managing  the 
rooms  and  the  finances;  settling  trade  disputes  between  members,  arranging  transportation  charges 
with  carrying  companies,  and  adjusting  grievances  with  respect  to  freight,  regulating  the  call 
board,  and  keeping  a  record  of  the  proceedings,  and  for  preparing  statistics  of  daily  receipts  of 
produce,  etc.  There  are  two  public  "  calls "  each  business  da)',  one  at  twelve  m.  and  the 
second   at   one  p.    m.       The 

NEW     ENGLAND     FURNITURE     EXCHANGE 

is  of  great  benefit  not  only  to  citizens  of  Boston,  but  to  the  people  of  a  large  section  of  the 
country  who  look  to  this  city  for  quotations  and  to  a  large  extent  for  their  supplies  of  furni- 
ture. The  object  of  the  organization  of  the  Exchange  is  to  afford  manufacturers  and  furni- 
ture dealers  mutual  protection.  On  the  6th  of  March,  1879,  the  Exchange  was  incorporated, 
and  its  headquarters  are  at  No.  182  Hanover  Street.  It  has  a  paid-up  capital  of  |ioo,ooo, 
and  is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  The  membership  now  numbers  one  hundred,  and  it 
includes  all  the  leading  furniture  firms  in  New  England,  and  it  is,  therefore,  a  representative 
institution.  The  Exchange  is  in  direct  communication  with  the  furniture  .Exchanges  of  other 
leading  cities,  which  are  combined  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  each  other  informed  of  the  finan- 
cial standing  of  furniture  firms  and  traders  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  In  this  combination 
the  Boston  Exchange  manages  what  is  called  the  "  Boston  section,"  which  includes  Massachu- 
setts, Maine,  Vermont,  New  Hampshire,  Rhode  Island,  and  Connecticut  east  of  the  Connecticut 
River,  and  the  Provinces  of  New  Brunswick,  Nova  Scotia  and  Quebec.  The  Boston  Exchange 
furnishes  to  its  own  members  and  other  Exchanges  a  book  of  "  credits "  of  much  value  to  the 
trade  generally.  The  Exchange  does  not  attempt  to  control  prices,  bwt  it  fixes  the  rate  of 
cash  discounts,  and  to  a  considerable  extent  regulates  the  length  aad  .condilion  ©f  .credits,  and 
in  this    way    serves   a   very   useful    purpose  to    the    trade. 

THE  BOSTON  FISH    BUREAU. 

As  Boston  takes  the  lead  of  all  other  cities  in  the  country  in  the  extent  of  its  traffic  in  fish,  it 
is  eminently  fitting  that  this  interest  should  be  represented  by  an  Exchange,  to  bring  about  unity  of 
action  and  thoroughly  understood  methods  and  practices  in  the  trade.  Boston  is  the  great 
center  to  which  fishermen  in  all  sections  of  New  England  forward  their  "  catches,"  and  it  is  to 
this  great  fish-mart  that  dealers  aad  consumers  in  all  parts  of  the  country  look  for  the  hulk  of 
their  supplies.  The  fish  dealers  trf  Boston  are  a  large  and  important  body,  and  constitute  a  prom- 
inent element  in  our  mercantile  interests.  Finding  it  essential  to  their  common  interests  to  have 
some    organization    among    them    by  which   they  could   secure  general     standards    or    grades   of    fish, 


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settlements  of  trade  disputes  without  tiaving  recourse  to  law  courts,  and  improved  transportation  facil- 
ities, the  leading  fish  merchants  joined  the  Boston  •Commercial  Exchange  on  the  occasion  of  its 
reorganization  in  187 1  ;  but  in  1875  they  became  strong  enough  to  found  and  continue  an 
Exchange  of  their  own,  and  forthwith  proceeded  to  establish  one  under  the  title  of  the  Boston 
Fish  Bureau.  The  organization  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State,  and  now  occupies 
eligible  and  commodious  quarters  on  State  Street.  It  is  open  daily  on  business  days,  and  is 
frequented  regularly  by  the  most  active  men  in  the  business  to  buy  and  sell.  The  officers  of 
the  Bureau  consist  of  a  president,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  affairs  of  the  Bureau  are  gov- 
erned by  an  Executive  Committee,  who  have  the  exclusive  management  of  the  finances,  judge  of 
the  qualifications  for  membership,  assess  fines  for  violations  of  rules,  etc.  The  Arbitration  Com- 
mittee decide  upon  trade  disputes  between  the  members  of  tlie  Bureau  and  keep  a  record  of 
their  decisions.  The  Transportation  Committee  have  the  supervision  of  all  transportation  matters 
that  may  affect  the  interests  of  the  Bureau.  They  also  effect  all  arrangements  and  agreements 
with  the  various  carrying  companies  in  reference  to  the  transportation  of  fish  that  become  desirable, 
subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Bureau,  and  they  endeavor  to  adjust  all  differences  between  the 
carrying  companies  and  the  members  of  the  Bureau.  The  organization  is  in  a  thoroughly  healthy 
state,    and    occupies    a    wide  field   of   usefulness.       Other 

PROMINENT  BUSINESS  ASSOCIATIONS 

include  the  Boston  Boards  of  Marine  and  Fire  Underwriters,  Boston  Board  of  Trade,  Boston  Fire 
Underwriters'  Union,  Boston  Grocers'  Association,  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  Home  Market 
Club,  Fire  Notification  Association,  Firemen's  Exchange,  Master  Builders'  Association,  National 
Association  Wool  Manufacturers,  New  'England  Cotton  Manufacturers'  Association,  New  England 
Retail  Grocers'  Association,  New  England  Saddlery  Hardware  Association,  Mechanics'  Exchange, 
Master  Plumbers'   Association,   Merchants'    Exchange    and   Reading  Room. 

Much  of  the  commerce  of  the  city  is  centered  around  Faneuil  Hall  Square  and  Merchants 
Row,  where  are  located  the  historic  Faneuil  Hall — the  "  Cradle  of  Liberty " — and  the  New  Fan- 
euil   Hall  or  Quincy    Market. 

FANEUIL  HALL 

was  built  in  1742,  and  presented  to  the  town  by  Peter  Faneuil,  a  prosperous  Huguenot  mer- 
chant, as  a  market  and  public  hall  ;  and  the  present  city  charter  contains  a  provision  forbid- 
ding its  sale  or  lease.  The  lower  floor  is  occupied  as  a  market,  and  the  upper  floor  as  a 
hall,  the  latter  containing  no  seats  but  having  standing  room  for  thousands  of  people.  In  the 
galleries    however,     there    are    settees.  The    platform     is    spacious,     the    walls    are   adorned    with 

copies  of  large  and  valuable  historic  oil-paintings,  the  originals  being  deposited  in  the  Art 
Museum  for  safe  keeping;  while  the  quaint  and  antiquated  architecture  is  very  interesting.  When 
any  great  question  takes  definite  form,  the  people  are  wont  to  say,  "Let's  go  and  rock  the 
cradle,"  and  all  assemble  in  the  old  hall  to  be  addressed  by  their  favorite  orators  and  leaders. 
It  'was  so  before  the  Revolution  ;  it  has  been  so  since.  It  has,  in  fact,  been  used  for  all  sorts 
of  purposes.  The  coronation  of  George  the  Third  was  celebrated  in  it,  pirates  and  robbers 
"have  been  tried  in  it,  and  the  Earl  of  Elgin  was  feasted  there.  Every  political  party  in  the 
country  'has  had  its  use  at  one  time  or  another.  Anarchists,  Socialists,  Fenians  and  Land  Leaguers 
have  spoken  there.  The  Chinese  have  been  'told  to  go,  and  the  poor  Indian  has  been  pitied  by 
large  audiences.  The  Constitution  of  the  United  States  has  been  styled  "  a  covenant  with 
death  and  a  league  with  hell,"  in  this  'hall,  while  its  walls  have  echoed  with  the  eloquence  of 
Webster,  Everett,  Phillips,  Beecher,  Sumner,  Andrew,  Evarts,  Hoar,  Long,  Reed  and  others  of 
this  later  day  and  generation.  In  June,  1887,  the  British  Charitable  Society  obtained  the  con- 
sent of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  for  its  use  on  the  occasion  of  a  banquet  on  the 
2ist   of    the    month,    to    celebrate    the   jubilee    of   Queen    Victoria.      It   provoked    a   howl    among   the 


40  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

Irish  residents  against  such  a  "desecration"  of  the  hall,  the  use  of  which  they  tliemselves 
secured  to  protest  against  the  same  and  to  •  say  hard  things  against  Britishers  generally.  The 
Aldermen  reconsidered  their  resolution  granting  the  use  of  the  hall,  but  without  change,  and 
the  Britishers  held  their  banquet,  and  that  a  lively  one,  for  a  mob  of  about  fifteen  hundred 
persons  gathered  about  the  hall  ready  to  turn  the  "cradle"  over.  The  whole  police  force,  of 
over  eight  hundred  men,  was  called  out,  armed  with  revolvers,  and  four  hundred  were  stationed 
around  the  hall.  Several  of  the  military  companies  were  under  arms,  and  Galling  guns  were 
placed  in  position  to  rake  the  mob  if  necessary.  Several  persons  were  seriously  injured,  and  during 
the  night  an  attempt  was  made  to  pull  with  ropes  the  lion  and  unicorn  from  off  the  old  State 
House.  The  occasion  served  as  a  lesson  to  the  English,  who  had  generally  been  indifferent  to 
naturalization  ;  they  formed  the  British-American  Association  with  branches  all  over  the 
country,  the  object  of  which  was  to  encourage  Englishmen  to  become  American  citizens  and  to 
vote   against   class    rule. 

QUINCY  MARKET 

was  built  in  1825-26,  and  is  a  granite  structure  two  stories  high,  covering  27,000  feet  of  land. 
The  center  part  rises  to  a  height  of  77  feet,  and  is  ornamented  by  a  graceful  dome  The 
height  of  the  wings  on  either  side  of  the  central  part  is  thirty  feet.  The  market  is  on  the 
lower  floor,  the  stalls  are  well  arranged  and  the  place  is  a  busy  one  at  all  seasons  of  the 
year. 

North  Market  and  South  Market  Streets,  Chatham,  Clinton  and  Commerce  Streets,  running 
parallel  with  Faneuil  Hall  and  Quincy  Markets,  and  Blackstone,  Fulton  and  Commercial 
Streets,  are  great  centers  for  the  wholesale  and  commission  trade  in  all  kinds  of  food  products. 
The  conversion  of  the  so-called  Mercantile  Wharf  property,  at  the  foot  of  Clinton  Street  and 
on  Atlantic  Avenue,  into  a  country  market,  as  well  as  a  wholesale  meat  market,  has  attracted 
provision  dealers  and  grocerymen  to  that  section  of  the  city,  and  naturally  the  wholesale  gro- 
cers in  that  vicinity  have  pushed  their  trade.  Below  this  market,  on  Atlantic  Avenue,  is  the 
Fish  Market,  another  attraction  to  dealers.  Property  between  Richmond  Street  and  Faneuil 
Hall  Market  has  improved  recently  in  value,  in  keeping  with  the  improved  surrounding  property 
On  Fulton  Street  the  wholesale  fruit  trade  is  advancing,  and  tall  warehouses  have  been  and 
are  being  erected.  To  meet  the  exigencies  of  the  shipping  trade,  costly  warehouses  have  been 
erected  along  Atlantic  Avenue,  from  near  the  corner  of  which,  and  extending  almost  up  to  the 
Custom  House  on  State  Street,  a  magnificent  and  extensive  granite  blpck  of  spacious  ware- 
houses  of   pleasing   exterior   has   been    put    up. 

THE     CUSTOM     HOUSE 

is  one  of  the  principal  attractions  of  State  Street,  which  maintains  its  old-time  supremacy  as 
the  financial  center.  The  building  was  erected  in  1849,  at  a  cost  of  over  one  million  dollars, 
and  rests  on  ground  reclaimed  from  the  sea,  the  foundation  being  composed  of  a  deep  bed  of 
granite  masonry,  laid  in  hydraulic  cement  on  the  heads  of  three  thousand  piles.  It  is  a  mas- 
sive granite  structure,  built  to  stand  for  generations.  It  is  Doric  in  style,  cruciform  in  shape,  and 
fire-proof  in  construction,  with  thirty-two  fluted  monolithic  columns,  weighing  forty-two  tons  each, 
fronting  its  stately  porticoes  and  extending  around  the  sides,  surmounted  by  classic  cornices  and 
pediments,  and  sustaining  a  roof  and  dome  of  granite  slabs.  Under  the  dome  is  a  handsome 
rotunda,    surrounded   by    twelve    tall    Corinthian    columns  of   white   marble. 

On  both  State,  Devonshire,  Congress  and  Kilby  Streets,  banks  and  brokers'  and  insurance 
offices  are  to  be  found  in  great  numbers,  and  nearly  all  are  located  in  buildings  of  large  size 
and  great  architectural  beauty.  Congress,  Devonshire,  Milk  and  Water  Streets,  at  their  crossings, 
form 

POST     OFFICE     SQUARE, 

wherein    stands    the    Government    Building,    an    immense    but    very    ornamental-    pile    of     Cape'    Ann 


BOSTON ;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


granite.  The  erection  of  the  building  was  begun  in  187 1  and  some  fifteen  years  elapsed 
before  it  was  entirely  completed,  at  a  cost  of  over  $6,000,000.  Fronting  on  this  Square,  are 
several    very    fine   specimens    of    modern    architecture.       On    the     south     side     of      the     square     is     a 


Federal  St.,  looking  North. 


43  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

magnificent  white  marble  building,  with  a  majestic  clock  tower.  This  is  considered  by  many 
the  handsomest  block  in  New  England,  and  cost  $900,000  to  build.  It  is  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York.  The  tower  is  surmounted  by 
gilded  crests  and  an  iron  flag-staff,  and  the  height  from  the  street  to  the  top  of  the  flag-staff 
is  "234  feet.  At  a  height  of  ig8  feet  is  a  balcony  on  the  tower,  from  which  a  charming  view 
of  the  city  and  harbor  is  to  be  obtained.  Adjoining,  and  occupying  the  corner  of  Congress 
Street,  is  the  handsome  building  of  the  New  England  Mutual  Life  'Insurance  Company,  erected 
at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000.  A  few  yards  away,  at  the  corner  of  Devonshire  and  Milk  Streets, 
is  the  splendid  building  of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  New  York,  built  at  a  cost 
of  between  one  and  two  million  dollars.  It  stands  on  the  site  of  the  house  where  lived  Robert 
Treat  Paine,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Within  a  stone's  throw 
is  the  Mason  Building,  which  presents  a  rounding  front  on  Kilby  Street,  and  has  a 
peculiar  dome-like  roof.  This  is  occupied  by  banks  and  offices.  Nearly  opposite  the  •  Milk 
Street    end    of    Mason    Building   we   enter    Oliver    Street    and 

"THE     BURNT     DISTRICT." 

From  here  the  entire  area,  stretching  to  Essex  and  Washington  Streets  on  the  one  hand, 
and  from  Atlantic  Avenue  to  Milk  Street  on  the  other,  is  occupied  by  Oliver,  Pearl,  Franklin, 
Purchase,  Congress,  Devonshire,  Summer,  Bedford,  Kingston,  Arch,  Chauncy  and  Hawley 
Streets,  and  Winthrop  Square;  and  here  are  centered  the  great  wool,  shoe  and  leather,  hides, 
fur,  oil,  dry  goods,  paper,  hardware  and  crockery  jobbing  houses.  This  was  the  area  swept 
and  laid  waste  by  the  great  fire  of  1872.  Here  are  now  to  be  found  some  of  the  finest 
specimens  of  modern  architecture  in  the  city,  and  no  business  section  of  any  of  our  American 
cities  boasts  more  solid  and  attractive  features  than  are  here  represented.  The  buildings  are  palatial 
in  character,  and  new  structures  are  continually  arising.  On  Atlantic  Avenue,  from  the  corner  of  Con- 
gress Street  down  to  the  New  York  and  New  England  Railway  depot,  there  is  a  row  of  six  magnifi- 
cent blocks  of  business  structures  of  recent  erection,  the  equal  of  which  it  would  be  difficult  to  match 
in  the  country.  Five  of  them  are  occupied  by  extensive  wool  firms.  All  are  six  stories  high,  of 
solid  and  substantial  construction,  with  enough  difference  in  facade  to  break  the  monotony,  and  each 
cost  $4ri,ooo  to  erect.  On  one  corner  of  Purchase  and  Pearl  Streets  formerly  stood  a  Protestant 
Church,  which  subsequently  became  a  Catholic  Church,  and  now  it  has  been  replaced,  at  a  cost 
of  $60,000,  by  a  handsome  six-story  business  block.  In  the  year  to  come  a  large  increase  ia 
building  operations  is  prophesied,  and  plans  are  now  maturing  for  the  erection  of  several  office 
buildings  which   will    rival,   if   not    surpass,    any   in    the    Union. 

BOSTON  HARBOR 

is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  on  the  Atlantic  coast  containing,  as  it  does,  more  than  fifty 
islands  and  masses  of  rocks,  while  its  great  commercial  advantages  are  universally  conceded. 
The  term  "inner  harbor"  is  commonly  applied  to  that  portion  lying  between  the  bridges  about 
the  city  and  Governor's  and  Castle  Islands,  on  which  are  respectively.  Forts  Winthrop  and 
Independence,  and  the  part  beyond  these  islands  through  Broad  Sound  to  the  sea,  and  the 
Main  Ship  Channel  to  the  entrance  from  Massachusetts  Bay,  is  designated  as  the  "outer  harbor." 
According  to  this  division  the  inner  harbor  contains  about  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  but  the  harbor  commissioners  regard  as  really  the  inner  harbor  the  general  area  which 
comprises  the  water-spaces,  including  this  upper  basin,  which  are  inclosed  and  protected  by  the 
high  grounds  of  East.  Boston  and  Winthrop  on  the  north.  Deer  Island  and  Long  Island  on  the 
east,  and  Spectacle  Island,  Moon  Head  and  Squantum  on  the  south, — a  nearly  land-locked  basis 
capable  of  an  improved  area  of  not  less  than  about  six  thousand  three  hundred  acres.  This 
includes  President  Roads,  which  itself  contains  nearly  one  thousand  acres  of  anchorage  grounds 
of    the    first   order    as    to    depth    of    water — 23    to    50     feet     at    mean     low-tide — "holding   ground" 


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and  "  shelter."  The  wharves  of  the  city  are  numerous,  and  those  running  into  the  harbor  have 
been  constructed  at  great  expense.  Upon  several  of  these  are  extensive  warehouses — a  commer- 
cial feature  unlike  any  other  American  city.  During  the  last  twenty  years  very  great  improve- 
ments have  been  made  along  the  entire  water-front,  and  Boston  of  to-day  is  very  much  in 
advance  of  her  sister  cities  on  the  coast  in  this  important  adjunct  of  commerce.  The  terminal 
facilities  of  her  great  railroads  for  foreign  shipiT>eni  have  in  a  like  degree  been  very  much 
enhanced,  and  Boston  is  now  in  a  position  to  handle  much  of  the  western  shipping  trade  in  a 
more  satisfactory  manner  than  at  any  time  previous  in  her  history.  Better  adapted  than  New 
York  for  foreign  trade,  Boston  is  gaining  not  only  the  trade  that  was  lost  by  the  decline  of 
the  American  shipping  interests,  but  a  considerable  portion  of  the  increase  that,  the  country's 
rapid   growth    in    population    has    given    to    New  York. 

It   may   be    a  partial     pen    that    indites     the     sentence,    but    it    seems     that     viewed    from     any 
standpoint,  PROGRESS    is    the   handwriting   on    the    walls   of-Boston. 

THE  RAILWAY  SYSTEM 

as  it  exists  to-day  is  one  of  her  foundations  of  strength,  as  it  is  one  of  her  powers.  She  is 
not  only  the  starting  point  of  eight  extensive  railway  lines  having  important  connections  with 
every  section  of  the  country,  but  it  is  the  headquarters  of  many  great  railroad  corporations 
existing  in  the  northwest  and  southwest  and  other  distant  parts ;  while  many  of  Boston's  capi- 
talists have  large  investments  and  control  railroads  in  different  sections  of  the  United  States, 
the    British    Provinces,    Mexico    and    South    Ameiica. 

THE  BOSTON  AND  LOWELL 

was  the  first  line  of  railway  formed  in  Massachusetts,  being  chartered  in  1830.  It  is  now 
part  of  a  system  connecting  with  the  leading  railroads  of  New  Hampshire,  Vermont  and  Canada, 
and  forming  a  continuous  line  to  Montreal  and  other  parts  of  Canada  and  the  West.  It  con- 
trols a  terminus  at  tide  water  on  the  Mystic  River,  where  there  are  piers,  wharves,  elevators 
and   all   facilities  for   steam    vessels. 

THE  BOSTON  AND  PROVIDENCE 

was  the  second  line  of  railway  opened  in  Boston,  and  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  railroads  in 
the  country.  Its  charter  was  granted  in  1831,  and  the  road  was  opened  for  traffic  in  1835. 
The  route  proper  from  Boston  to  Providence  is  forty-four  miles,  and  the  branches  and  leased 
lines  are  twenty-three  and  one-half  miles  in  length.  This  road  is  an  important  part  of  the 
"  all-rail "  shore  line  to  New  York,  while  the  6.30  p.  m.  express  train  carries  a  large  number 
of  passengers  nightly  to  Stonington,  where  they  board  the  famous  Stonington  line  of  Sound  steamers 
to  New  York.  The  Boston  depot  on  Park  Square,  stands  on  historic  ground.  It  was  from  this 
point  that  the  British  soldiers  embarked  for  their  raid  on  Lexington  and  Concord.  The  depot, 
built  at  a  cost  of  $800,000  is  one  of  the  finest  buildings  in  the  Back  Bay  district,  and  is 
800  feet  long,  with  a  large  illuminated  clock  in  its  lofty  and  finely  proportioned  tower,  which 
can    be    seen    at   a   great   distance. 

THE  OLD  COLONY  RAILROAD 

was  chartered  in  1844,  to  build  and  operate  a  railroad  from  Boston  to  Plymouth,  and  the  road 
was  opened  for  traffic  the  following  year.  Since  then  the  company  has  absorbed  the  Old 
Colony  and  Fall  River,  the  Fall  River  and  Newport,  the  Cape  Cod,  the  South  Shore,  the  Dux- 
bury  and  Cohasset,  the  Middleboro  and  Taunton,  the  Dorchester  and  Milton,  the  Boston,  Clin- 
ton and  Fitchburg,  and  the  New  Bedford,  Framingham  and  Lowell  roads.  The  present  main 
line  is  two  hundred  and  forty-nine  miles  in  length,  and  with  its  various  branches  the  company 
controls  and  operates  in  all  four  hundred  and  seventy-five  miles  of  railroad  .and  two  hundred 
and   twenty-five    miles    of   steamboat  routes,    making  a   grand    total    of   seven    hundred   miles    of    land 


44  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

and  water  routes.  One  terminus  of  the  main  line  is  at  Provincetown,  the  farthest  seaward 
point  of  Cape  Cod.  Another  terminus  of  the  line  is  Fall  River,  between  which  place  and  New 
York  the  famous  Fall  River  line  of  steamboats  are  run.  Thus  the  Old  Colon)'  line  of  railways 
and  the  Fall  River  line  of  steamboats  form  the  great  route  between  Washington,  Baltimore, 
Philadelphia,  New  York,  Boston,  Lowell,  Fitchburg,  Portland  and  Bangor,  Me.,  St.  John,  N.  B., 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  the  White  Mountains,  Mount  Desert  and  all  the  mountain,  seashore  and  island 
resorts   of    New    England    and    the    Provinces. 

THE  NEW  YORK  AND  NEW  ENGLAND 

Railroad  Company  was  organized  in  1873,  as  the  successor  of  the  old  Boston,  Hartford  and 
Erie  railroad,  which  had  been  an  amalgamation  of  various  roads,  the  oldest  being  the  New 
York  and  Hartford  Railway  Company,  incorporated  in  1845.  The  New  York  and  New  Eng- 
land also  came  into  control  of  the  Norwich  and  Worcester  Railroad,  extending  from  Worcester  to 
Allyn's  Point,  and  also  of  a  fine  line  of  steamers  running  from  Norwich,  AUyn's  Point  and 
New  London  to  New  York.  The  following  lines  are  now  operated  by  this  company,  viz : 
Boston  to  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  225  miles ;  Providence  to  Williraantic,  Conn.,  59  miles ;  Newton  to 
Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  28  miles ;  Worcester  to  Norwich,  Conn.,  66  miles ;  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  to 
Springfield,  29  miles ;  branches  to  Providence  and  Southbridge,  Mass.,  61  miles ;  New  London 
and  Allyn's  Point  to  New  York,  Norwich  and  New  York  Trans.  Company's  steamers,  125 
miles,  making  a  total  of  596  miles.  Too  much  space  would  be  required  to  describe  the  docks, 
large  freight  houses,  the  grain  elevator  and  other  buildings  owned  by  the  company  in  this  city. 
It  is  sufficient  to  say  that  the  largest  steamers  and  ships  can  lie  at  the  wharves  and  discharge 
their  freight  at  once  into  the  cars  to  carry  it  onward  to  its  destination.  By  means  of  a 
transfer  steamer  plying  between  Harlem  River  and  Jersey  City  sleeping  cars  are  run  through 
from  Boston  to  Philadelphia  and  Washington  daily,  and  thus  a  large  amount  of  Western  busi- 
ness  is   done   over   this   road. 

THE  BOSTON  AND  FITCHBURG 

operates  a  line  to  the  Hoosac  Tunnel,  and  has  a  lease  of  the  Vermont  and  Massachusetts^ 
extending  from  Fitchburg  to  Greenfield,  and  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  line,  from  Greenfield  to 
North  Adams.  The  main  line  of  the  Boston  and  Fitchburg,  extending  from  Boston  to  Fitch- 
burg is  49.60  miles  in  length  and  that  of  the  Vermont  and  Massachusetts,  practically  a  contin- 
uous  route   to   Greenfield,    is    56    miles.       The   road    operates    in    all    227.32    miles. 

THE  BOSTON  AND  MAINE 

is  a  power  in  the  railway  traffic  of  New  England,  and  extends  its  influence  to  the  remotest 
parts  of  the  West.  The  main  line  from  Boston  to  Portland  is  115  miles  long,  and  in  sum- 
mer this  line  does  an  immense  business  in  carrying  passengers  to  the  White  Mountain  resorts 
by  its  connections  at  Winnepesaukee  and  Portland ;  while  the  company  have  lately  acquired 
control  of  the  Passumpsic  R.  R.  which  gives  them  an  outlet  to  the  West.  The  Boston  and 
Maine  also  operate  the  Eastern  Railroad  running  from  Boston  to  Portland,  and  from  Conway 
Junction  to  North  Conway,  N.  H.,  and  connecting  there  with  the  Portland  and  Ogdensburg. 
It  has  a  close  alliance  with  the  Maine  Central,  and  thus  substantially  controls  all  the  traffic  to 
the  east  of  Portland  with  the  Maritime  Provinces.  Passing  along  the  north  shore  the  main 
line  and  branches  touch  the  principal  summer  resorts  of  that  region.  The  Gloucester  branch 
from  Beverly,  through  Beverly  Farms,  Manchester-by-the-sea,  Magnolia  and  Rockport  is  a 
busy    route    in   the    summer. 

THE  BOSTON  AND  ALBANY 

is    noted    as  forming   one    continuous    road   to   the    Hudson    River,    a    desideratum     long    wished     for 


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by  Bostonians.  The  length  of  the  main  line,  all  double-tracked,  is  201.65  miles,  and  the  total 
length  of  road  owned,  leased  and  worked  by  the  company  is  323.66  miles.  The  company  also 
own  and  operate  the  Grand  Junction  road  and  its  extensive  wharves  at  East  Boston.  This  line 
is  connected  with  the  company's  main  line,  and  thus  a  deep  water  connection  is  secured.  The 
company  also  own  and  operate  a  large  grain  elevator  at  East  Boston,  having  a  capacity  of  one 
million  bushels,  and  another  at  the  corner  of  Chandler  and  Berkeley  Streets  in  this  city  which 
has   a   capacity   of   about    half    a   million    bushels.        The 


"Washington  St.,  from  Dock  Square,  looking  ITortli. 

BOSTON,  REVERE  BEACH  AND  LYNN 
Railroad  Company's  works  consist  of  a  ferry,  starting  from  the  depot  on  Atlantic  Avenue  at  the 
foot  of  High  Street  and  running  across  to  East  Boston,  and  of  a  line  of  railroad  thence  along 
the  crest  of  Revere  Beach  to  Lynn.  The  road  is  a  three  feet  gauge,  and  trains  are  run  half- 
hourly.  The  Boston,  Winthrop  and  Shore  Road  connects  with  the  main  line  at  Winthrop  Junc- 
tion,   and    runs   thence   to    the    watering    places  of   Ocean    Spray   and    Winthrop. 


FINANCIAL  FACILITIES 
are  afforded  by  upwards  of  sixty  national  banks,  thirteen  savings  banks  and  various  trust  companies 
and  other  banking  institutions,  that,  for  extent  of  business  transacted,  stability  and  character  of  man- 
agement, take  rank  among  the  foremost  in  the  country ;  while  their  flourishing  condition  places  them 
and  their  officers  far  beyond  the  requirements  of  any  praise  which  these  pages  could  bestow.  Among 
the  oldest  are  the   Massachusetts   National,  established  1784;  the  National  Union,  established  1792;  the 


46  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

Old    Boston    National,     established  1803  ;      State    National,     1811;     New    England    National,     1813  ; 

Tremont     National,    1814;    Suffolk  National,     1818;     National     City,    1822;      National    Eagle,    1822; 

Columbian  National,  1822  ;  Globe  National,  1824 ;  Bunker  Hill  National,  1825 ;  Atlantic  National, 
1828;    Merchants'   National,  1831. 

THE  HOTELS  OF  BOSTON 
next   claim    attention    as    being   among   the    most    important    of    the   city's    public   institutions,    inas- 
much   as  they  determine   the   pulse    of   public    activity.       It  goes    without  saying    that  the    hotel    sys- 
tem   of  Boston    is    the   finest   in   the    world,    while    her   hostelries  have  no  superior,    either   for   archi- 
tectural   splendor   or    appointments,    in    the    universe. 

THE  QUINCY  HOUSE 

is  probably  the  largest  hotel  in  the  city,  having  five  hundred  rooms  to  offer  its  guests,  and  is  con- 
ducted  on    a   scale  of  great  liberality    and   excellence,    both    on    the    American    and    European  plans. 

THE    PARKER   HOUSE 

is  one  of  the  most  notable  inns  of  the  city,  from  the  fact  that  it  is  a  pojjular  headquarters  for  the 
leading   statesmen    of   America,    as 

THE  HOTEL  VENDOME 

is  the  destiny  of  all  the  distinguished  foreign  visitors  to  Boston.  Then  there  is  Young's,  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  patronized  of  the  European  plan  hotels ;  the  Tremont,  where  Henry  Clay, 
Andrew  Jackson,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Charles  Dickens  and  other  notables  have  sojourned  ;  and  such 
really  first-class  hotels  as  the  Adams,  the  American,  the  Brunswick,  the  Revere,  the  Hotel 
Florence  and  the  United  States.  The  total  of  Boston's  hotels,  which  may  really  be  called  worthy 
of  mention    is    about  fifty. 

THE  CHURCHES 

of  Boston  are  part  and  parcel  of  the  city's  grandest,  wealthiest,  best,  most  influential  and  most 
magnificent  of  all  her  mighty  institutions.  Their  congregations  are  extensive  and  generous ;  her 
ministers  are  learned  and  eloquent,  and  her  choirs  are  among  the  finest  and  most  noted  in 
America.  There  are  about  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  churches  in  this  city,  of  which  forty 
are  Congregational  Trinitarian,  twenty-five  are  Congregational  Unitarian,  thirty  are  Roman  Catholic, 
twenty-seven  are  Baptist,  thirty  are  Methodist  Episcopal,  twenty-five  are  Episcopal,  eleven  are 
Union    and   eleven    are    Universalist. 

THE  FIRST  CHURCH 

(Congregational  Unitarian),  located  on  Marlborough  and  Berkeley  Streets,  is  the  direct  descendant 
of  the  first  church  established  in  Boston.  The  church  was  first  formed  in  Charlestown,  and  the 
members  of  it,  on  coming  to  Boston,  built  the  first  meeting  house  on  State  Street,  near  where 
the  Brazer  Building  stands.  The  church  was  afterwards  removed  to  Washington  Street,  near  the 
head  of  State  Street,  then  to  Chauncy  Place  and  finally  to  its  present  location. 
No  city  in  the    country,    save    New    York,    has    so   many  grand 

THEATERS 
as    Boston.        The     number     of    first-class     houses     is    ten,    including     the     Boston     Theatre,      Boston 


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Museum,  Globe  Theater,  Park  Theater,  HolHs  Street  Theatre,  Bijou  Theater,  Columbia  Theater 
Tremont  Theater,  Grand    Opera    House    and    the   Howard   Athenaeum  ;  while 

PUBLIC   HALLS 

are  numerous,  embracing  such  extensive  and  popular  resorts  as  Tremont  Temple,  Music  Hall, 
Faneuil  Hall,  Odd  Fellows  Hall,  Grand  Army  Hall,  Parker  Memorial  Hall,  Turnhalle,  Armory 
Hall  and  Horticultural  Hall.  Neither  residents  in  nor  visitors  to  Boston  need  let  time  hang 
heavily  on  their  hands.  Every  section  of  the  city  has  its  theaters,  its  gardens,  concert  and 
lecture  halls  and  other  places  of  amusements.  The  plays  presented  at  the  theaters  are  the  best 
productions  of  European  and  American  playwrights,  and  prices  of  admission  are  moderate. 
Many  of  the  theaters  make  a  fine  architectural  display ;  each  has  a  history  of  success  peculiarly 
its  own;  and  upon  the  boards  of  these  houses  pf  entertainment  the  greatest  actors  and  actresses  of 
the  past  and  present,  from  Charlotte  Cushinan  to  Maude  Banks,  from  the  elder  Booth  to  Richard 
Mansfield,  have  delighted  thousands  by  their  faithful  portrayals  of  the  different  phases  of  human 
life.       Many 

NOTABLE  GATHERINGS 

have  been  held  in  Tremont  Temple  and  the  other  large  halls  of  the  city,  which  have  served  to 
give  them  a    national    interest    and  iinportance.       In    1890   the    Twenty-fourth    National 

ENCAMPMENT  OF  THE  G.  A.  R. 

was  held  in  this  city,  which  brought  together  the  veterans  of  the  War  for  the  Union  from  all 
parts  of  the  country,  and  which  was  the  greatest  encampment  week  that  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  had  known  within  the  quarter  of  a  century  since  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  The 
streets  of  Boston  witnessed  during  the  parade  a  spectacle  which,  in  its  merging  of  martial  honors 
with  civic  recognition,  had  not  been  conceived  in  the  old  world  and  was  never  surpassed  as  a 
pageant  in  the  new,  even  as  compared  with  the  days  when  the  triumphant,  though  war-spent 
armies  of  the  Potomac,  the  Cumberland,  Ohio  and  Tennessee,  amid  tumultuous  acclaim,  assein- 
bled  for  grand  review  in  Washington.  Here  were  present  more  than  two  hundred  thousand  cit- 
izens, attracted  by  the  pomp  and  panoply  of  war  enlisted  in  the  service  of  peace  ;  and  in  the 
parading  bodies  were  represented  forty-three  States  and  territories,  connecting  every  section  of 
the  land  from  Maine  to_  Oregon.  For  some  six  hours  the  grand  procession  passed  through  the 
leading  avenues  of  Boston,  while  the  insignia  of  patriotism  and  the  popular  enthusiasm  that  envi- 
roned them  bespoke  the  tributes  of  all  classes  of  people.  The  encampment  was  graced  by  the 
presence  of  President  Harrison,  Vice-President  Morton,  Secretaries  Proctor,  Noble  and  Rusk  of 
the  Cabinet,  and  the  proceedings  throughout  the  week  were  of  the  greatest  interest.  The  most 
noted  social  event  was  the  reception  of  the  Mayor's  Club  of  Massachusetts  at  Young's  Hotel, 
■where  an  elaborate  banquet  was  enjoyed,  and  speeches  were  made  by  President  Harrison,  Gen. 
Daniel  E.  Sickles,  Gen.  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  Congressman  Boutelle  of  Maine,  Hon.  Warner 
Miller,  Gen.  Lucius  Fairchild,  Gen.  Charles  Devens,  and  others;  while  a  big  camp-fire  was  held 
at  Mechanics  Hall  where  the  speakers  included  Gen.  W.  T.  Sherman,  Gen.  Russell  A.  Alger, 
Gov.    J.   Q.   A.    Brackett,    Mayor   Hart    of    Boston,    President   Harrison    and    Vice-President    Morton. 

AS  A  MUSICAL  CENTER, 

Boston  ranks  first  and  foremost  among  the  cities  of  the  Union.  She  has  long  been  the  home 
of  the  best  musicians  and  most  noted  musical  organizations  of  the  country.  It  was  here  that 
the  Mendelssohn  Quintette  Club  was  organized,  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  were  unequaled 
as  an  orchestral  combination.  Here  the  Temple  Quartette  became  noted  as  the  best  male 
quartette  extant.        Here  the  Ruggles    Street    Quartette  are   still   singing  at  the    Ruggles    Street    Bap- 


48  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

tist  Church,  with  occasional  visits  to  different  parts  of  the  country,  where  their  splendid  voices 
and  perfect  training  are  universally  appreciated  by  musical  critics.  Here  are  still  held  the  finest 
symphony  concerts  in  the  land,  and  new  troups  are  constantly  forming  and  rare  vocalists  and 
instrumentalists  are  developing  their  powers  under  the  tuition  of  Boston's  far-famed  instructors. 
Boston  is  also  the  seat  of  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  one  of  the  largest  and 
most   useful  educational    institutions    in   the   country;     while   in    the    manufacture  of 

PIANOS  AND  ORGANS 

this  city  permanently  maintains  the  lead.  The  piano  industry  was  established  in  Boston  in  1823 
by  Mr.  Jonas  Chickering,  the  founder  of  the  present  great  house  of  Chickering  &  Sons.  To 
him  is  due  the  honor  and  credit  of  first  producing  the  piano  as  it  is  generally  made  to-day, 
his  improvements  being  known  as  "the  American  system"  among  piano  manufacturers  abroad. 
The  Chickering  factory,  on  Tremont  Street,  in  this  cit)',  affords  employment  to  over  four  hun- 
dred hands.  Above  the  warerooms  of  the  firm  on  Tremont  Street  is  Chickering  Hall,-  so  justly 
popular   for   the    holding  of    concerts,    musicales,   etc. 

The  firm  of  Mason  &  Hamlin  have  been  equally  renowned  in  the  manufacture  of  reed 
organs,  and  Boston  has  been  the  real  basis  of  their  operations,  although  their  factory  is  located 
across  the  river  in  Cambridgeport.  The  organ  industry  was  established  in  1854,  by  Messrs. 
Henry  Mason  and  Emmons  Hamlin,  who  made  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  organ  widely  celebrated. 
The  Mason  &  Hamlin  Organ  and  Piano  Company  has  since  succeeded  to  the  control,  and 
pianos  as  well  as  organs  are  now  a  part  of  the  product.  They  also  have  extensive  warerooms 
on  Tremont  Street.  This  city  is  the  seat  of  the  industry  conducted  by  the  Hallett  &  Davis  Com- 
pany, the  Smith  American  Piano  Company,  the  Emerson  Piano  Company,  the  Ivers  &  Pond 
Piano  Co.,  Vose  &  Sons,  Geo.  M.  Guild  &  Co.,  S.  G.  Chickering  &  Co.,  J.  C.  Haynes  &  Co., 
and  others  no  less  noted  in  the  musical  instrument  trade.  Boston  skill  is  also  in  demand  for 
building  church  organs  for  prominent  churches  in  the  east,  west  and  south.  This  industry  is  pros- 
ecuted under  such  favorable  conditions,  the  material  is  so  accessible,  the  advantages  so  many,  that 
there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  it  will  not  only  continue  to  grow  and  develop,  but  that 
many  other  manufactories  will    be  added    to  the    rank  and  file.       Boston  offers,    also 

GREAT     ADVANTAGES     FOR     LABOR, 

cheap  and  comfortable  homes  in  city  and  countr}',  healthful  air,  many  avenues  of  employment, 
and  favorable  conditions  between  the  employer  and  the  employee,  besides  many  other  benefits, 
all  of  which  tend  to  promote  the  almost  unlimited  development  of  this  magnificent  array  of 
industries  so  auspiciously  founded.  As  is  probably  seen  by  the  reader,  there  is  no  attempt  in 
these  pages  to  present  in  detail  the  thousand  and  one  distinct  products  of  Boston's  factories. 
The  effort  is  only  made  to  show  the  progress  of  Boston,  and  through  what  sources  she  has 
grown  to  her  present  eminence  and  will  reach  still  greater  prominence;  by  the  leading  indus- 
tries to  indicate  the  ramifications  thereof,  through  which  she  is  year  after  year  acquiring  new 
attractions  as  a  continental  store-house  of  manufacture,  and  a  foremost  commercial  city  as  well. 
Her  claim  as  a  manufacturing  center  is  justified  by  the  facts,  not  only  has  nature  been  lavish 
in  her  gifts  of  material  required,  providing  much  of  it  on  the  spot,  but  the  position  of  the 
city   geographically,    and    the    fact   that    the 

RICH     TREASURIES     OF     SUPPLIES      ' 

can  be  obtained  as  by  magic  and  in  unlimited  quantities,  from  any  part  of  the  world  through 
the  abundant  transportation  facilities  she  possesses,  gives  additional  confirmation  to  her  claim. 
Situated  in  a  productive  agricultural  region,  and  furnishing  a  home  market  for  the  produce  of 
the    surrounding   country,    a     larger    demand   for   the    products  of   her    industries    exists    at   her   very 


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door  than  could  be  the  case  in  a  sparsely-settled  sterile  region,  while  her  transportation  facili- 
ties naturally  supply  speedy  and  profitable  outlet  for  surplus  production.  Having  on  Massachu- 
setts soil,  and  in  close  proximity,  inexhaustible  ore  beds,  endless  quantities  of  coal  and  quarries 
of  marble,  granite  and  other  kinds  of  building  stone,  as  well  as  clay,  producing  the  finest 
bricks  anywhere  manufactured — the  cheerful  appearance  of  the  city  itself  being  largely  attributed 
to  the  quality  of  home-manufactured  brick  used,  the  clay  being  of  the  most  pleasing  color,  and 
when  taken  from  the  kilns  being  neither  a  dull  nor  a  glaring  red,  while  the  Quincy  and  Cape 
Ann  granite,  Vermont  marble  and  granite,  which  are  extensively  used  in  building  churches, 
hotels,  public  buildings  and  more  ornate  residences,  all  contribute  to  the  general  effect ;  having 
all  these  home  supplies  of  material  with  her  agricultural  supplies  of  grain  and  vegetables,  her 
magnificent  fisheries  and  other  fields  of  production, — is  there  any  hesitation  in  yielding  that  nature 
certainly  vindicates  the  claim  of  Boston  as  a  great  manufacturing  center,  while  her  citizens  have 
as  positively  accepted  the  challenge  of  the  situation,  and  proved  in  action  what  the  conditions 
suggest   in    theory. 

BOSTON'S     BUSINESS     OPPORTUNITIES 

as  a  great  center  of  supply  and  distribution  cannot  be  excelled  in  many  respects  by  any  city 
in  the  United  States.  The  mere  statement  of  her  advantages  for  trade,  commerce  and  manu- 
factures, together  with  her  superior  conditions  as  a  municipality,  prove  the  argument.  Boston 
has  a  history ;  she  has  developed  strength  through  struggle  and  disaster ;  her  experience  in 
itself  is  one  form  of  capital ;  while  she  has  a  broad  and  enduring  reputation  upon  which  to 
rear  a  truly  magnificent  superstructure.  The  vicissitudes  of  the  past,  while  conducing  to  the 
strength  of  "overcoming"  have  naturally  developed  conservatism  of  spirit  to  some  extent,  but 
the  progressive  tendency  of  the  age  has  not  sought  in  vain  for  a  suitable  base  of  operations  in 
this  favored  city.  Even  slender  facilities  and  poor  opportunities,  when  backed  by  the  might 
of  incessant,  indefatigable  push,  have  been  known  to  acquire  an  almost  omnipotent  power. 
"Eternal  vigilance"  is  the  price  of  all  permanent  success  in  the  midst  of  contending  forces. 
The  careful  consideration  of  the  policy  of  railroad  lines  connecting  with  the  great  trunk  lines 
and  the  city,  as  well  as  of  agreements  or  pools  entered  into  with  trunk  lines  reaching  other 
markets,  is  a  method  of  defensive  warfare  and  of  obtaining  freedom  from  trammeling  and  injuri- 
ous agreements.  But  the  situation  admits  of  aggressive  as  well  as  defensive  measures.  The 
householder  finds  constant  and  endless  repairs  and  improvements  to  make,  and  the  castle  of  the 
Commonwealth  illustrates  the  same  law  on  a  larger  and  more  exalted  scale.  What  might  not 
be  achieved  with  the  magnificent  facilities,  materials  an'd  opportunities  that  Boston  possesses,  were 
they  backed  by  the  genuis  and  superhuman  force  which  is  often  seen  to  be  developed  by  great 
convictions .''  It  is  true  the  outlook  is  promising.  There  is  an  increasingly  improved  and  healthy 
condition  in  commercial  and  monetary  affairs.  The  financial  condition  of  the  city  is  admi- 
able.-  The  prospect  is  for  still  more  profitable  business  in  the  various  departments  of  activity. 
The 

SPIRIT     OF     THE     PRESENT     AGE 

is  to  look  forward  and  not  backward,  and  the  tendency  is  a  good  one.  While  New  York  is 
overcrowded,  and  the  area  left  for  more  inhabitants  and  workshops  is  very  limited,  Boston  has 
ground  room  ad  libitum  for  the  expansion  of  its  chest  and  the  stretching  of  its  limbs,  and  the 
splendid  possibilities  of  the  enormous  resources  and  facilities  at  its  command  have  not  yet  been 
put  to  anything  like  an  actual  test.  Whatever  may  have  been  the  case  at  one  time,  it  should  not 
now  be  content  with  merely  keeping  its  own.  The  sun  of  its  own  prosperity  is  ready  to  sweep 
higher  above  the  horizon  than  ever  before.  A  spirit  of  local  pride  and  independence  should 
become  more  universally  diffused  among  its  people,  and  a  more  aggressive  temper  should  mold 
and  direct  their  business  operations.  Good  schools  are  necessary  for  the  storing  and  training 
of   the   mind,    and   churches    for    the    refreshment   of    the     soul ;    handsome    dwellings,    suggestive    of 


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wealth  and  cointorc,  are  a  delight ;  lovely  parks  are  a  permanent  joy ;  and  the  art  that  deco- 
rates and  beautifies  our  cemeteries  robs  death  of  half  its  sling.  But  these  and  what  they  predi- 
cate and  represent  do  not  constitute  a  live  American  city  in  harmony  with  the  genius  of  the 
coming  Twentieth  Century.  In  this  new  age  Commerce  is  a  king  that  never  abdicates,  whose 
scepter  dominates  all  lands  and  seas,  and  whose  zeal  for  empire  brooks  no  half-service  or 
divided    allegiance. 

GEOGRAPHICAL     POSITION 

and  manufacturing  advantages  are  necessarily  so  homogeneous  in  the  progress  as  well  as  in  the 
birth  of  a  great  manufacturing  community  that  in  the  subject  matter  of  this  volume  these 
requisites  to  the  growth  of  such  a  population  are  combined  in  their  exposition  as  they  naturally 
are  in  their  power.  Fiom  whatever  standpoint  regarded,  whether  of  trade,  manufactures,  com- 
merce, sanitary  influences,  or  the  purely  artistic  and  beautiful,  the  location  of  the  city  of  Boston 
is  as  superior  as  it  is  unique.  In  outgrowing  its  early  boundary  lines,  the  city  has  extended 
back  frond  its  water  front  over  terraced  slopes  and  picturesque  eminences  until  its  beautiful 
homes,    luxuriant    foliage,    cultivated    grounds     and    brnnd    avenues     of    the     newer    sections     combine 


Mount  Auburn  Cemetery 


with  imposing  public  buildings,  exquisite  views  and  generous  parks,  to  form  a  most  pleasing  pic- 
ture. To  the  abundance  of  these  the  city  by  its  location  to  disport  itself  in  almost  any  direc- 
tion may  be  attributed  the  freedom  from  intrusive  tenement  houses  and  the  attractive  sight  of 
neat  pleasing  "  homes,"  occupied  by  the  great  army  of  workers  who  find  employment  in  the 
city's  varied  avenues  of  industry.  For  many  reasons  to  which  location  conduces,  Boston  has 
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THE     MOST     HEALTHFUL     OF     CITIES. 

The  tables  of  mortality  treating  upon  this  subject  are  conclusive  of  the  superiority  of  this  com- 
munity in  that  regard;  and,  without  doubt,  the  health  possessed  by  this  population  weighs 
heavily  in  the  summing  up  of  the  advantages  of  this  location  as  a  manufacturing  point.  Not 
only  to  the  workman  is  the  health  of  himself  and  of  his  family  of  importance,  but  to  the 
manufacturer  as  well.  The  loss  of  income  by  three  or  four  weeks'  sickness  of  a  workman, 
or  by  the  increased  demands  upon  his  earnings  from  frequent  illness  in  his  family,  is  seriously 
felt  in  the  consequent  deprivation  of  comforts  which  the  money  lost  from  lost  time,  and  necessarily 
expended  in  druggist's  and  doctor's  bills,  would  purchase.  The  lessening  of  such  misfortunes  is 
an  object  in  the  selection  of  his  place  of  toil.  To  the  manufacturer,  whose  profits  often  depend 
upon  the  skilled  and  unbroken  labor  of  a  set  of  hands,  the  loss  from  the  forced  substitution 
of  green  hands  for  competent  hands,  or  the  ragged  running  of  machinery  from  the  forced  deple- 
tion of  his  working  force  by  illness,  is  also,  especially  if  occurring  when  his  order  books  are 
full,  a  great  injury,  not  only  to  his  profits,  but  to  the  smooth  working  of  his  business.  To 
the  employer,  therefore,  as  well  as  the  employee,  is  the  healthfulness  of  a  location  a  subject  of 
careful  consideration.  The  cheapness  with  which  workmen  can  live  is  another  point  in  manu- 
facturing advantages.  In  this  respect  Boston  compares  favorably  with  other  cities ;  a  majority 
of  the  articles  of  food  are  low  in  price,  and  articles  of  clothing  as  cheap  as  in  any  of  the 
cities  of  the  Union.  There  is  plenty  of  room  in  and  about  Boston  for  the  establishment  of 
manufactories,  and  to  the  capitalist  desirous  of  investing  money,  the  mechanic  of  employing 
his  skill,  and  the  merchant  of  exerting  ability,  a  closer  and  personal  examination  into  the  sub- 
jects briefly   treated    of   in    this    volume    will    undoubtedly    prove   advantageous,    while. 


AS     A     PLACE     OF     RESIDENCE 

Boston  and  its  environs  stand  unexcelled.  If  beauty  of  situation,  the  benefits  of  rare  business 
opportunity,  all  that  is  wise  in  conservatism  united  with  all  that  is  noble  in  the  grand  progres- 
sive movement  of  the  present  age ;  if  surroundings  elevating  in  influence,  institutions  helpful  in 
an  honorable  struggle  with  the  vicissitudes  of  practical  life;  if  health,  wealth,  and  happiness 
are  attractions  in  a  place  of  residence,  then  Boston  must  win  like  a  mother  or  command  like 
a  queen.  The  great  problem  of  how  and  where  to  live  never  agitated  so  many  minds  as  novy. 
The  pressure  of  a  high  civilization,  the  requirements  of  life  under  conditions  of  tense  strain, 
the  increasing  impraciicability  with  rich  and  poor  alike  of  making  both  ends  meet  in  what 
seems  inevitable  responsibilities  and  importunate  demand,  all  combine  to  render  the  question  a 
vital  one.  Many  perplex  themselves  awhile,  and  then  give  up  the  conundrum.  The  capable 
workman  drifts  into  swarming  tenement-houses.  The  well-to-do  ,  organizers  of  business  interests 
drop  into  boarding-houses  and  hotels.  The  wealthy  emigrate  to  Europe  on  indefinite  tours  and 
errands  to  escape  the  annoyances  of  unfaithful  servants  and  the  care  of  large  establishments. 
Young  men  take  a  practical  view  of  the  situation  and  omit  to  marry.  Young  women  take 
advantage  of  the  situation  and  educate  themselves  for  teachers,  doctors,  lawyers,  etc,  and  very 
sensibly  make  royal  and  hospitable  homes  for  themselves,  welcoming  whom  and.  when  they  choose. 
But  the  little  children  of  native-born  American  citizens  become  fewer  and  fewer,  and  children 
of  the  immigrant  and  the  hireling  outnumber  'the  home-born  sons  and  daughters  of  the  Republic. 
In  considering  how  and  where  to  live  there  are  growing  indications  that  the  native  citizen  is, 
in  his  bewilderment,  more  and  more  ceasing  to  "live"  at  all  in  the  sense  of  domesticity,  but 
is  just  perching  like  an  uncertain  bird  between  trips  "on  the  wing,"  or  losing  individuality  in 
tenement-herds,    and    hotel    hives,   and    pleasure    haunts. 

Growing     more    slowly    and     clinging   more    to    traditions,    "without    haste,    without    rest,"    Boston 
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52  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

TRUE     CONDinONS     FOR     REAL     LIFE 

more  hopeful  and  rounded  standards  of  life  for  "  all  classes  and  conditions  of  men  "  than  almost 
any  othe  community.  The  resident  of  Boston,  be  he  workman  with  hands  or  brain,  may  have 
his  own  home  made  attainable  by  the  large  industries  which  are  glad  to  exchange  just  coin  for  fair 
service,  and  by  low  rents,  with  room  for  the  garden  and  leave  to  own  his  own  spot  of  ground, 
while  the  cheapness  of  the  overflowing  home  market,  spilling  itself  in  surplus,  into  all  the  world 
relieves  him  from  an  existence  of  mere  animal  slavery  to  the  common  needs  of  life.  Thus  the 
manufacturer  and  capitalist  seeking  a  home  in  Boston  finds  his  interests  and  the  safety  and  well- 
being  of  society  resting  upon  a  sound  basis  of  well-conditioned  labor.  It  is  sometimes  charged 
that  there  is  more  aristocracy  and  the  boast  of  "  blue  blood "  in  Boston  than  in  other  cities.  It 
may  be  true  in  a  certain  social  sense  that  "  the  rank "  is  there,  "  the  guinea's  stamp"  to  certain 
kinds  of  recognition,  but  the  only  aristocracy  is  the  "  aristocracy  of  education,"  and  in  no  city 
under  the  blue  sky  could  it  be  more  truthfully  and  emphatically  affirmed  "  a  man's  a  man  for  a' 
that."  The  absolute  rectitude,  which  is  the  truest  charity,  and  which,  if  practiced,  would  render 
half  the  so-called  charities  unnecessar}',  has  noticeably  been  shown  by  Boston  corporations  toward 
their  large  armies  of  employees,  and  mutual  esteem  and  conditions  of  true  individual  development 
and  manliness  are  the  outcome  of  such  relations  as  are  maintained  between  the  so-called  different 
classes  in  this  city.  The  superior  system  of  public  schools  which  Boston  has  long  fostered  with 
especial  solicitude,  the  inestimable  benefits  of  the  religious  privileges  afforded  by  the  many 
churches,  where  each  may  find  his  most  congenial  church-home,  the  advantages  of  free  libraries, 
art  galleries,  and  the  most  charming  social  circles  in  the  United  States — all  these  advantages  in  a 
setting  of  healthful  climate  and  sanitary  local  influences,  together  with  the  oft-quoted  business 
opportunities  of  the  city,  make,'  as  it  were,  a  medley  of  substantial  attractions  as  a  residence 
suited  to  the  varied  requirements  of  the  multitudinous  types  of  men  and  women  in  whose  lives 
and  business    schemes  and   aspirations  there   is  ever   an    undertone    of    "  Home,    Sweet    Home." 

EAST  BOSTON 
is  to-day  one  of  the  most  populous  sections  in  the  city ;  where  the  well-to-do  people  of  indus- 
trial callings  principally  have  homes.  It  is,  in  truth,  a  district  of  homes,  and  has  not  within  its 
limits  a  modern  apartment  house,  though  there  are  many  blocks  where  two  or  more  tenements 
for  family  housekeeping  exist.  It  has  abundant  school  and  church  accommodations,  and  a  popula- 
lation  of  over  forty  thousand.  The  building  improvements  in  recent  years  have  been  marked, 
particularly  on  Chelsea,  Maverick,  Paris  and  Havre  Streets,  where  unsightly  vacant  lots  have 
been  brought  up  to  the  street  grade  and  fine  tenement  houses  erected  thereon.  The  Atlantic 
Works  here  give  employment  to  three  hundred  men.  The  New  England  Cooperage  Company  employs 
here  one  hundred  men.  The  machine  works  of  the  Boston  Tow  Boat  Company  is  one  of  the 
most  extensive  of  recent  improvements,  covering  several  acres  ;  while  great  improvements  have  been 
made  by  the  East  Boston  Company,  who  own  about  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  square  feet 
of  ground,  which  was  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  feet  above  grade,  and  about  thirty-six  acres  of 
high  marsh  land,  and  who  have  carted  the  material  from  the  high  lands  on  to  the  marsh  prop- 
erty, bringing  the  street  and  cellar  grades  up  to  the  city  standard.  This  is  one  of  the  choicest 
locations  in  East  Boston,  being  on  the  harbor  front  and  near  the  city  park,  where  many  of  the 
best  houses  recently  built  are  located. 

ROXBURY  DISTRICT 
has  of  late  years  become  a  favorite  residential  quarter,  and  experienced  a  large  growth  in  popu- 
lation. It  comprises  four  wards  of  the  city,  and  these  wards  contain  more  than  one-sixth  of  the 
polls  of  the  city  of  Boston.  Its  great  advance  in  population  is  due  in  the  first  place  to 
high  lands,  abounding  in  the  finest  sites  for  residences,  and  being  so  situated  that 
Boston  seems  naturally  to  merge  into  it,  and  to  form  a  part  of  the  city  itself  in  reality,  while 
still   retaining  many    rural    features.       Another    important    fact    is     that    there     are    several     parallel 


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lines  of  horse-railways  penetrating  every  section  of  the  district,  and  these  led  to  the  more  conven- 
ient localities  being  seized  upon  for  dwellings  and  to  the  building  of  apartment  houses  in  great 
numbers.  Land  has  greatly  appreciated  in  value,  and  there  is  but  little  left  in  the  limits  of  old 
Roxbury  to  build  on.  In  the  section  known  as  Elm  Hill,  many  palatial  residences  ha\>e  been 
erected,  varying  in  cost  from  $12,000  to  $60,000,  representing  all  styles  of  architecture,  and 
many  of  them  being  surrounded  with  trees,  shrubbery,  flower  gardens  and  grassy  lawns,  which 
add  greatly  to  the  beauty  and  attractiveness  of  the  streets  and  avenues  as  excellent  driveways. 
Walnut  Avenue,  Humboldt  Avenue  and  Elm  Hill  Avenue  all  lead  up  to  Franklin  Park,  a  feature 
of  Roxbury.  This  park  is  of  vast  extent,  and,  as  no  residential  buildings  can  be  put  upon  it, 
the  rush  of  settlement  in  that  direction  has  been  stopped  to  some  extent,  and  the  operations  here 
now  consist  of  filling  up  the  gaps,  which  will  result  in  a  few  years  in  a  compactly  built  dis- 
trict. On  the  north-west  side  of  the  Roxbury  district  is  Parker  Hill,  a  splendid  location,  over- 
looking  the  city,    which    is    in   the    line    of  future  occupation 

THE  DORCHESTER  DISTRICT 

is  delightfully  situated  on  Dorchester  Bay,  an  arm  of  Boston  Harbor,  and  in  a  very  healthy,  attractive 
and  picturesque  region.  It  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  outlying  districts  of  the  cit}',  and  a 
popular  place  for  suburban  residence.  Dorchester  has  its  quaint  old  town  hall,  its  ancient  meet- 
ing house  and  a  magnificent  soldiers'  monument  on  Meeting  House  Hill ;  at  Upham's  Corner  the 
graves  of  several  prominent  public  men  of  the  Colonial  and  Provincial  periods ;  while  Jones's  Hill 
affords  from  its  summit  one  of  the  finest  and  most  extensive  views  in  the  neighborhood  of  Bos- 
ton. Northward  is  seen  the  old  city  and  the  famous  Dorchester  Heights.  Westward  is  presented 
an  amphitheatre  of  hills  and  villages.  Southward  is  a  wide  and  deep  intervale,  the  famous  Blue 
Hills  of  Milton  showing  up  on  the  horizon.  Looking  eastward  the  eye  embraces  within  the  range 
of  vision  nearly  all  the  islands  of  the  harbor,  with  its  shipping,  and  the  ocean  in  the  extreme 
distance.  Farm  lands  are  here  being  constantly  cut  up  into  streets,  and  building  lots  are  rapidly 
taken    by    discriminating  buyers. 

CHARLESTOWN  DISTRICT 

is  an  old-fashioned  place,  once  a  distinct  city  by  itself,  and  now  comprises  the  Third,  Fourth  and 
Fifth  wards    of  Boston.       It    is    best  known  as   the  seat  of  the    Charlestown   Navy  Yard    and 

BUNKER  HILL  MONUMENT. 

This  famous  granite  obelisk  rises  to  a  height  of  221^^  feet.  It  has  a  base  30  feet  square 
and  the  column  tapers  gradually  to  15^  feet  at  the  apex.  Inside  the  shaft  is  a  hollow  cone, 
surrounding  which  is  a  spiral  flight  of  two  hundred  and  ninety-five  stone  steps,  ascending  to  a 
chamber  11  feet  square  and  17  feet  high,  whence  a  beautiful  view  is  obtained  from  the  four  win- 
dows. The  capstone  of  the  apex,  above  this  observatory,  is  in  one  piece  and  weighs  two  and 
one-half  tons.  The  room  contains  two  small  cannon,  the  inscriptions  upon  which  tell  their  story. 
The  corner  stone  was  laid  June  17,  1825,  by  General  Lafayette,  and  it  was  dedicated  June  17, 
1843.  The  orator  on  both  occasions  was  Daniel  Webster.  The  monument  cost  over  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  at  the  foot  of  it  is  a  building  containing  a  marble  statue  of  General 
Warren    and    various  memorials    of   the   battle   of   Bunker    Hill. 

THE  NAVY  YARD 

is  located  on  what  was  once  Moulton's  Point,  at  the  confluence  of  the  Charles  and  Mystic  Rivers 
and  was  founded  in  1800.  The  yard  and  buildings  cover  an  extensive  area,  and,  as  they  are 
daily   open   to  visitors,    an  inspection   is  to   be    commended. 

This  district  also  contains  a  handsome  Soldiers  and  Sailors  Monument,  the  old  state  prison,  a 
free    dispensary   and  hospital,    a  public    free  library,    schools    and    churches   of   all   denominations  and 


54  BOSTON ;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

many  fine  mansions.  On  Main  Street  is  Edes  House,  the  birtliplace  of  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  the  oldest 
house  in  the  district.  Here  also  is  the  oldest  burying  ground,  where  a  granite  monument  marks 
the  grave  of  John  Harvard,  founder  of  Harvard  College.  Charlestown  has  many  mercantile  estab- 
lishments   and   numerous  industries,    which   are    constantly   being   multiplied. 

THE  BRIGHTON  DISTRICT 

possesses  a  situation  unsurpassed  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  The  neighborhood  is  noted  for  high 
lands,  possessing  fine  facilities  for  drainage  and  abounding  in  the  finest  locations  for  dwelling  pur- 
poses to  be  found  anywhere.  A  great  feature  of  this  district  is  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  and  the 
parkways  about  it.  The  construction  of  the  reservoir  was  begun  in  1865  and  cost  some  $120,000 
before  it  was  finished.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  double  reservoir,  divided  by  a  water-tight  dam  into  two 
basins  of  irregular  shape  which  have  a  capacity  of  730,000,000  gallons,  and  a  water  surface  of 
i23j^  acres.  A  magnificent  driveway,  varying  from  60  to  80  feet  in  width,  surrounds  the  entire 
work.  This  driveway  is  reached  from  Boston  by  the  Brighton  Road,  which  is  a  continuation  of 
Beacon  Street,  and  a  noted  trotting  and  driving  course  that,  especially  on  pleasant  afternoons,  is 
crowded  with  gay  equipages  and  presents  a  brilliant  appearance.  Brighton  can  also  be  reached 
by  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad,  and  by  horse  and  electric  cars.  Brighton  has  long  been 
noted  for  its  abattoirs,  and  people  unacquainted  with  the  place  would  imagine  that  fact  to  be  a 
serious  detriment  to  its  advantage  as  a  residence.  Such,  however,  is  not  the  case.  The  abattoirs 
are  situated  near  the  line  of  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad  and,  while  thousands  of  cattle,  sheep 
and  pigs  are  slaughtered  here  weekly,  so  retired  are  the  slaughter  houses  that  the  most  refined 
inhabitant  may  abide  here  in  happy  ignorance  of  their  presence.  The  District  contains  many 
beautiful  mansions,  the  elevated  lands  afford  charming  views,  and  the  streets  are  pleasant  and 
well  shaded.  Within  the  last  few  years  building  operations  have  been  active,  land  has  increased 
in  value,  the  population  has  multiplied,  and  it  is  predicted  that  the  range  of  hills  in  this  district 
running   southwest    from    Corey   Hill    will    be    the    "court    end"  of    Boston. 

SOUTH  BOSTON 

is  widely  renowned  for  its  numerous  and  varied  foundries,  sugar  refineries,  breweries,  and  other 
noteworthy  industries.  These  are  mostly  located  along  the  water-front  and  afford  employment  to 
vast  numbers  of  workmen.  The  most  noted  industry  here  is  the  South  Boston  Iron  Works. 
These  are  the  largest  works  of  the  kind  in  the  country  and  the  plant  covers  some  seven  acres. 
Here  have  been  produced  the  largest  cannon  ever  made  in  America.  The  street  sj'stem  of  South 
Boston  is  very  regular,  which  is  more  than  can  be  said  for  the  city  proper,  especially  in  its  origi- 
nal parts.  Broadway  is  the'  principal  thoroughfare,  and  runs  through  the  center  from  Albany 
Street,  in  the  city  proper,  to  City  Point,  at  the  extreme  end  of  South  Boston.  On  this  street 
are  located  many  fine  business  blocks,  splendid  church  edifices  and  handsome  residences.  City 
Point   is    one  of   the    noted 

SUMMER     RESORTS 

of  Boston,  and  during  the  heated  term  it  presents  a  lively  appearance,  visitors  finding  here  all 
necessary  facilities  for  pleasure  and  recreation.  The  Point  commands  magnificent  harbor  views  and 
yachting  sights  innumerable,  while  it  is  one  of  the  greatest  rendezvous  on  the  Eastern  Massachusetts 
coast  for  seaside  hotels  and  cafes,  besides  having  the  new  Marine  Park,  with  its  long  promenade  pier 
extending  nearly  to  Fort  Independence  in  the  harbor.  Southerly,  a  fine  view  is  obtained  of 
Dorchester,  the  Blue  Hills,  and  parts  of  Quincy.  No  city  has  more  attractive  and  picturesque 
suburbs  than  Boston,  and  its  most  frequented  summer  resort  is  Nantasket  Beach,  which  may 
justly   be    styled 


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BOSTON'S     "PORCH     BY     THE     SEA." 

There  are  many  things  that  make  thi.s  threshold  of  the  sea  alluring.  One  is  the  pulse  of 
the  great  city  beating  in  a  subdued  way  and  felt  especially  when  a  train  comes  in.  These 
human    waves   reach   here    robbed    almost    entirely   of    the    city  fever.     They   lap    the  verandas    of 


ASTashlngton  St.  from  Bedford  St.  to  Adams  House,  looking  South. 


the  great  hotels  quite  playfully,  and  eddy  around  the  tables  in  gleeful  currents  of  gingham  and 
gossamer.  The  young  man  is  seen  to  drop  down  at  a  table  with  her.  He  looks  sidewise  out 
to  the  great,  deep  blue  horizon  just  flecked  with  white  caps  along  its  brim  and  flaming  there 
with   a    sail    that    is    touched    by    the    last    ray   of    sunlight.       The    sentiment    formed    by   his    lips 


56  BOSTON;   ITS  FINANCE,    COMMERCE  AND   LITERATURE. 

can  be  easily  understood  by  the  most  casual  observer.  "After  the  hot  bricks  and  glaring 
pavement,  it  seems  as  i£  Nature  had  placed  a  wet  towel  round  her  head,  doesn't  it  ? "  And 
she,  charming  girl,  doesn't  stop  to  think  that  her  escort  is  in  the  linen  department  of  a  retail 
house;  she  is  content  to  believe  that  he  is  a  poet.  And  just  that  moment  the  band  breaks 
out  with  the  music  of  "  Oberon."  Of  course  .  you  know  it  is  the  real  midsummer  nights' 
music.  How  the  reeds  scream !  What  a  sharp  scintillant  stir  there  is  to  it !  How  the  damp 
air  pulses  to  the  throb  of  it !  How  far  it  carries,  in  its  clear,  martial  resonances !  Every- 
thing gives  back  a  little  echo.  The  very  glasses  on  the  table  want  to  dance.  This  is  the 
true  heyday  band.  It  seems  to  call  a-field.  And  when,  by  and  by,  it  takes  up  one  of  the 
ditties  of  the  people — some  ballad  of  the  market-place  that  perches  freely  on  every  lip — it  catches 
all  ears  and  sets  all  feet  in  motion.  When  the  lamps  are  lit,  everybody  attends  the  only 
exhibition  of  note,  and  that  is  pyrotechnics ;  and  although  you  risk  a  stiff  neck  looking  up  at  the 
rockets,  you  can  at  least  enjoy  hearing  the  country  cousins  cry    "Ah  !  "  every  time  a  rocket  explodes. 

THE     RAPID     TRANSIT     QUESTION 

has  been  agitating  the  people  of  Boston  for  some  time  past,  and  a  Rapid  Transit  Commission 
has  been  recently  in  session  for  the  purpose  of  hearing  the  various  schemes  that  have  been 
brought  forward  for  adoption.  On  the  20th  of  November,  1890,  a  special  committee  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Association,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Jonathan  A.  Lane,  Jerome  Jones,  John  C.  Howe,  H. 
Staples  Potter  and  William  H.  Chipman,  reported  favorably  to  the  Commission  the  tunneling 
scheme  proposed  by  Mr.  Henry  Curtis  Spalding,  and  recommended  tunneling  Tremont  Street 
from  Shawmut  Avenue  to  Haymarket  Square.  The  city  should  control  the  work  and  then  own 
it.  The  tunnel  should  occupy  all  the  space  under  the  street,  and  be  a  commodious  one.  The 
streets  would,  of  course,  have  to  be  widened  at  both  ends  of  the  tunnel.  The  committee 
declared  that 

THE     TUNNEL     SYSTEM 

was  far  superior  to  an  elevated  railroad.  It  recommended  that  the  tunnel,  the  tracks,  the 
stairways  and,  in  fact,  all  the  appointments  should  be  of  the  very  best.  Expense  should  not 
stand    in    the    way.       The  cost,    at    this    time,    could    not   be    estimated. 

It  is  a  universally  admitted  fact  that  transportation  in  this  city  must  be  more  rapid  and 
convenient.  The  prospective  increase  in  passengers,  arising  from  the  growth  in  population,  must 
be  taken  into  account  and  also  the  desirability  of  competition  to  a  certain  amount.  If  possi- 
ble, passengers  should  be  carried  to  any  destination  at  a  single  fare,  and  be  required  to 
change  cars  as  infrequently  as  possible.  If  the  disconnected  railways  hope  to  divide  the  traffic 
with  the  tramways,  they  must  be  connected  in  some  way.  An  elevated  road,  it  .  is  generally 
felt,  would  permanently  deface  the  city,  and  much  more  than  the  three  miles  proposed  by  the 
West   End    Railway    Company    must    be    built. 

By 

THE     SPALDING     PLAN 

of  swift  and  rapid  transit,  the  minimum  of  cost  seems  to  be  combined  with  the  greatest  ef- 
ficiency and  simplicity.  A  tunnel  system,  passing  under  the  business  districts  of  the  city  and 
the  Charles  River,  connecting  with  all  the  railroad  stations,  is  proposed  by  him,  as  solving  the 
problem  of  rapid  transit.  It  should  be  constructed  so  as  to  allow  the  regular  coaches  to  pass 
through,  and  accommodate  50,000,000  passengers.  Another  tunnel  should  connect  the  lines  at 
East  Boston  under  the  harbor  with  those  of  the  Old  Colony  and  New  York  and  New  England 
in  South  Boston.  A  union  depot  through  which  both  tunnels  should  run  would  facilitate  the 
interchange  of  passengers,  and  elevators  might  carry  passengers  to  the  surface  from  the  under- 
ground stations.  This  plan  would  enable  passengers  to  retain  their  seats  until  they'  arrive  at 
their  ultimate  destinations.  People  from  Dedham  could  pass  through  the  city  to  Somerville 
without   change.       From    rapid    transit    it   would    not    be   possible,    under   the     circumstances,    to    get 


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Tremont  St.,  looking  Worth  to  Park  St. 


a  speed  of  more  than  ten  miles  an  hour.  The  tramway  lines  must  soon  become  a  nuisance, 
unless  the  growth  of  the  city  is  arrested.  The  only  evident  solution  of  this  seems  to  be  to 
allow  the  street  cars  to  descend  into  tunnels  where  the  traffic  on  the  street  is  greatest  and 
then  ascend  again.  This  plan  is  entirely  independent  of  the  steam  railroad  tunnels.  For 
instance,  the  Washington  Street  tunnel  would  begin  with  an  incline  at  Dover  Street  and  end  in 
Adams    Square.       These   lateral    subways    connecting  with    these    others  would    complete   this    system 


58  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,   COMMERCE  AND  LITEEATURE. 

practically  and  allow  the  rails  to  be  taken  entirely  from  many  of  our  most  crowded  streets. 
Rapid  transit  here  could  be  established  and  cars  in  some  of  the  longer  subways  run  at  the  rate 
of  twenty  miles  an  hour.  These  plans  are  expensive  and  will  require  time  for  completion,  but 
will  the  people  be  content  with  anything  less  perfect?  The  special  committee  believed  that 
after  tunneling  Tremont  Street,  as  recommended,  and  it  had  worked  successfully,  it  would  then 
be  time  to  think  of  the  rest  of  Mr.  Spalding's  plan.  Col.  Geo.  B.  Morton,  a  railway  engi- 
neer  of    Baltimore,    Md.,    who   was    present    at    the    meeting,    said    he    thought    a   tunnel   system 

THE  ONLY  PRACTICAL  PLAN 

for  Boston,  and  was  of  the  opinion  that  Mr.  Spalding's  plans  were  theoretically  perfect.  He 
then  spoke  of  the  tunnels  being  built  in  Baltimore  and  St.  Louis,  and  stated  that  much  lime  as 
well  as  convenience  was  gained  by  them.  All  the  railroad  systems  use  them  and  pass  through  the 
tunnels,  and  the  Baltimore  tunnel  greatly  shortens  the  time  between  New  York  and  Washington. 
The  Baltimore  tunnel  cost  $1,700,000  a  mile,  but  quicksand  had  to  be  overcome,  and  the  cost 
would  be  materially  lessened  if  built  to-day.  Commendatory  resolutions  were  also  received  from 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  Maiden,  recommending  the  adoption  by  the  Rapid  Transit  Commission 
of  a  plan  and  method  which  shall  contain  the  essential  features  of  the  plan  and  method  pro- 
posed  by  Mr.    Spalding. 

One    of    the    items    of   municipal  improvement   in    which   Boston    may  well  take    pride    is  her 

WATER  SUPPLY. 

The  system  for  supplying  the  city  with  water  is  very  elaborate,  and  her  water  works  form  an 
interesting  feature  of  the  town.  There  are  two  sources  of  supply  for  water,  viz  :  the  Cochituate 
Water  Works  and  the  Mystic  Water  Works.  The  whole  line  of  the  first  mentioned  works 
extends  from  Lake  Cochituate — situate  in  the  towns  of  Framingham,  Natick  and  Wayland,  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  city — and  continues  through  a  brick  aqueduct,  iron  pipes  and  stone 
tunnel,  14^  miles,  to  a  reservoir  in  Brookline  of  about  twenty-three  acres  of  water  surface  and 
119,583,960  gallons  capacity.  The  Brighton  reservoir  has  a  capacity  of  730,000,000  gallons,  and 
its  water  surface  is  123^  acres.  The  Parker  Hill  reservoir  will  hold  7,200,000  gallons.  The 
South  Boston  reservoir  has  a  capacity  of  7,508,246  gallons.  The  East  Boston  reservoir  holds 
5,591,816  gallons.  Mystic  Lake,  the  source  of  supply  for  the  Mystic  Water  Works,  is  situated 
in  the  towns  of  Medford,  Arlington  and  Winchester,  6J^  miles  from  Charlestown  Square.  It 
has  an  area  of  about  two  hundred  acres,  and  a  storage  capacity  of  380,000,000  gallons.  The 
reservoir  is  on  Walnut  Hill,  in  Medford,  near  Tufts  College,  and  has  a  capacity  of  26,244,415 
gallons. 

THE  CITY  GOVERNMENT. 

Boston  was  chartered  in  1822,  and  the  government  comprises  a  Mayor,  a  board  of  twelve 
aldermen,  and  a  common  council  consisting  of  severfity-three  representatives  of  the  twent3'-five 
wards.  The  election  takes  place  annually  on  the  Tuesday  next  after  the  second  Monday  in  De- 
cember. The  principal  departments  of  the  city  are  Assessors,  Financial,  Health,  Registrars,  Water, 
Fire  and  Police.  The  Assessors  Department  comprises  nine  assessors,  thirty-seven  first  assistants, 
and  the  same  number  of  second  assistants.  There  is  one  each  of  the  first  and  second  assist- 
ant-assessors to  each  of  the  twenty-five  wards,  with  the  exception  of  the  Sixth,  Twelfth,  Fourteenth, 
Twentieth,  Twenty-first,  and  Twenty-second,  which  have  two  each,  and  the  Eleventh,  Twenty-third  and 
Twenty-fourth,  which  have  three  each.  The  Financial  Department  comprises  the  city  and  county 
treasurer,  city  and  county  collector,  deputy  collectors,  and  city  auditor.  There  is  also  a  sinking 
fund  commission,  consisting  of  the  Mayor,  an  Alderman,  a  councilman,  two  members-at-large,  city 
treasurer   and  a   secretary. 


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THE    HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

An  important  department  of  the  city  is  devoted  to  tlie  city's  healtli,  which,  like  nearly  all  other 
divisions  of  Boston's  government,  is  under  the  charge  of  three  commissioners.  The  Board  of  Health, 
as  they  are  more  correctly  termed,  has  the  superintendence  of  all  burial-grounds,  except  those  under 
the  control  of  trustees.  The  Quarantine  Grounds  comprise  those  portions  of  Boston  Harbor  lying 
between.  Deer  Island  and  Gallop's  Island,  the  hospital  for  the  department  being  located  on  the 
latter  island.  The  department  has  very  wisely  provided  numerous  public  bathing  places  on 
the  water  front  of  the  city,  which  are  open  daily,  Sundays  included,  from  June  ist  to  Sep- 
tember 30th. 


THE  POLICE  AND  FIRE  DEPARTMENTS. 


The  Police  Depart- 
ment is  under  the  super- 
vision and  control  of  three 
commissioners  who  have 
their  office  on  Pemberton 
Square  ;  and  there  are  six- 
teen police  divisions  in  the 
city.  To  this  depart- 
ment the  public  look  for 
the  preservation  of  peace 
and  order,  the  arrest  of 
law-breakers,  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  law  against 
gambling  dens,  disorderly 
places,  and  the  direct 
control  of  the  police  force 
as  regards  appointments, 
dismissals,  discipline,  etc. 

As  regards  her  Fire 
Department,  Boston  is 
without  a  peer  in  the 
country.  The  department 
is     thoroughly    organized 


and  equipped  with  all 
the  superior  facilities  that 
modern  science  and  skill 
have  given  to  battle  with 
the  fiery  element.  Boston 
was  the  first  city  to  put 
into  practical  use  the 
magnetic  fire  alarm  sys- 
tem. In  1851,  $10,000 
was  appropriated  to  test 
the  system,  resulting  in 
its  successful  operation 
the  year  following.  The 
Department  is  managed 
by  three  commissioners, 
who  are  nominated  by  the 
Mayor,  confirmed  by  the 
city  council,  and  hold 
their  office  for  three  years. 
Subordinated  to  them  are 
the  chief  engineer  and 
ten  assistant  engineers. 


Oliver  "Wendell  Holmes. 


EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 

It  goes  without  saying  that  Boston  has  made  large  and  ample  provision  for  the  education  of 
her  sons  and  daughters.  Throughout  the  country  this  city  enjoys  a  reputation  for  the  superi- 
ority of  its  educational  facilities  second  to  no  other.  It  is  a  recognized  center  of  learning  and  iis 
public  and  private  institutions  devoted  to  this  very  important  department  of  life  have  been  con- 
ducted with  constant  care  and  attention  and  a  generous  and  intelligent  expenditure  of  money. 
Sufficiently  progressive  to  adopt  whatever  is  an  improvement  upon  previous  methods,  sufficiently 
conservative  liot  to  be  swept  away  by  every  new  fashion  in  education,  the  schools  of  Boston, 
from  the  lowest  primary  grade  to  the  highest  high-school  grade,  furnish  a  course  of  study  that 
seeks  and  obtains  the  symmetrical  and  progressive  development  of  a  child.  The  most  intelli- 
gent  solicitude   has    from    a  very     early  date  been  shown    by     the   city  in    her    public  schools.     It  is 


60  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,   COMMERCE   AND  LITERATURE. 

believed  in  Boston  that  it  is  a  serious  mistake  to  conduct  a  system  of  public  education  on  par- 
simonious principles,  and  the  people  are  more  willing  to  be  liberally  taxed  for  the  support  of 
schools  and  the  education  of  their  children  than  for  any  other  department  of  the  government. 
Of  the  inner  working  of  these  scholastic  institutions  it  is  needless  to  speak  in  detail.  The 
same  care,  the  same  commensurate  course  of  study,  the  same  desire  to  do  the  best  possible 
work,  is  in  them  all.  Sufificiently  abundant  in  number  and  convenient  in  position  to  avoid  large 
numbers  or  long  distances,  they  leave  no  reasonable  excuse  for  auy  one  not  enjoying  their 
privileges. 

THE     PUBLIC     SCHOOLS 

are  under  the  control  and  management  of  a  school  committee,  elected  by  the  popular  vote,  a 
superintendent  and  several  supervisors ;  sixty  thousand  scholars,  according  to  the  statement  of 
Superintendent  Seaver,  attended  the  public  schools  every  day  during  the  past  year.  That  means 
that  a  seventh  part  of  Boston's  population  is  daily  in  her  schools.  In  no  other  city  in  the  United 
States  is  there  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  population  in  the  schools.  And  no  other  city  has 
so  large  a  number  of ,  pupils  in  the  higher  grade.  Five  per  cent,  of  her  population  are  in 
the  high  school.  There  are  73,000  children  between  five  and  fifteen  years  of  age  in  Boston. 
Take  8,600  of  those  not  in  school,  and  we  have  65,000  in  the  schools,  public  and  private,  of 
Boston.  The  ratio  has  been  seven  in  the  public  schools  to  one  in  the  private.  Last  year 
the  figures  show  a  slight  change  of  striking  interest.  The  ratio  became  six  to  one.  This 
does  not  mean  that  there  has  been  an  actual  decrease  in  the  attendance  in  the  public  schools. 
It  means  that  there  is  a  current  setting  toward  the  private  schools.  There  were  also  5,000- 
registered  in  the  evening  schools  last  year,  including  the  evening  high  school,  having  2,500,  and 
a  dozen  other  schools  of  various  grades.  The  Kindergarten  system  is  also  one  which  is  doing 
more  than  any  other  one  thing  to  counreract  the  evils  of  the  slums ;  and  to  the  system  of 
the  truant  officers  much  credit  is  also  due  for  this  desideratum. 
In    this   connection   it   is  of   interest   to  refer   to  tlie 

OLD    SCHOOL    BOYS'     ASSOCIATION 

of  Boston,  which  was  organized  in  1880,  and  held  its  last  annual  meeting,  November  19  th,  1891 
at  Young's  Hotel.  There  were  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  present,  showing  a  very  fine 
assemblage  of  gray  heads,  as  only  those  who  have  been  graduated  from  the  public  schools  for 
fifty  years  are  eligible  for  membership.  The  whole  number  of  members  at  the  time  of  this 
was  three  hundred  and  sixty-eight,  while  new  names  are  being  added  every  year.  The  address 
of  the  President  of  the  association,  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Baldwin,  was  both  wise,  witty  and  entertaining. 
In  closing  he  said:  "The  language  of  the  now- immortal  Webster,  uttered  by  him  seventy-one 
years  ago  next  month,  and  which  helped  to  fill  our  youthful  hearts  with  a  true  loyalty  to  coun- 
try, to  the  church  and  to  the  public  school — this,  it  seems  to  me,  is  fitting  as  my  closing 
word  : 

'Advance  then,  ye  future  generations!  We  would  hail  you,  as  you  rise  in  your  long  suc- 
cession, to  fill  the  places  which  we  now  fill,  and  to  taste  the  blessing  of  existence  which  we  are 
passing,     and    soon    shall  have   passed,    our   human    duration. 

We  bid  you  welcome  to  this  pleasant  land  of  the  fathers.  We  bid  you  welcome  to  the 
healthful   skies   and    the    verdant   fields   of   New   England. 

We  greet  your  accession  to  the  great  inheritance  which  we  have  enjoyed.  We  welcome  you 
to  the  blessings  of  good  government  and  religious  liberty.  We  welcome  you  to  the  treasures  of 
science   and    the    delights  of   learning. 

■    'We   welcome   )'0U  to   the   transcendent  sweets   of  domestic   life,  to  the  happiness  of  kindred  and 
pareiits    and  children. 


BOSTON;   ITS  FINANCE,    COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE.                    ■  61 

We  welcome  you  to  the  immeasurable  blessings  of  national  existence,  tlie  immortal  hope  of 
Christianity   and    the    light   of   everlasting  truth.' " 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  year  to  wit:  President,  Augustus  Russ;  Vice- 
President,  Micah  Dyer,  Jr.  ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  William  C.  Lawrence.  Histoiian,  Warren 
Richardson ;  Directors;  John  F.  Newton,  Benjamin  B.  Converse,  Curtis  Guild,  George  O.  Carpen- 
ter, Charles  H.  Allen,  Henry  B.  Metcalf,  Levi  L.  Willcutt,  Thomas  F.  Temple  and  Bernard 
Jenny. 


Haymarket  Square,  looking  Nortti. 


THE     MASSACHUSETTS     INSTITUTE     OF     TECHNOLOGY 

is  one  of  Boston's  most  famous  educational  institutions,  whose  graduates  have  made  names  for 
themselves'  in  all  sections  of  our  country,  in  civil  and  mechanical  engineering,  science  and  the 
arts. 

There  are  also  a  number  of  excellent  private  schools  besides  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  and  others  of  national  repute  ;  while  Boston  has  a  natural  claim  to  Harvard 
College,  Tufts  College,  Lasell  Female  Seminary  and  other  colleges  and  academies,  by  reason 
of    their    proximity. 


THE     PUBLIC     LIBRARY 

is   one    of  Boston's  institutions    most  widely  known   throughout    the  country    and    most  highly    prized 
by   Bostonians.       It   is   a  public    library    in    fact    as    well    as     in    name,    the     only    restriction    being 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,   COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


that  the  privilege  of  talcing  books  for  home  use  is  limited  to  the  inhabitants  of  Boston  above 
the  age  of  sixteen  years.  The  Library  was  instituted  in  1852,  and  since  1858  it  has  occupied 
its  own  building,  costing  $365,000,  on  Boylston  Street.  An  immense  new  building  is  now  being 
erected  for  its  use  on  Dartmouth  Street,  nearly  opposite  Trinity  Church,  which  will  be  one  of 
the  "show-places"  of  Boston  when  completed.  There  are  now  over  400,000  volumes  belonging  to 
this    Library. 

Among   other  libraries    in   the    city    is 


THE     STATE    LIBRARV, 


located  in  the  State 
House,  and  containing 
over  50,000  volumes,  es- 
tablished in  1826,  it  now 
comprises  many  valuable 
works,  including  United 
States,  State  and  Territo- 
rial statute  books,  legal 
documents,  and  works  on 
political  economy,  educa- 
tion, etc. 

As  an  important 
factor  in  the  education  of 
the  people, 

THE    NEWSPAPERS 

of  the  city  have  a  wide  in- 
fluence and  a  high  repute- 
Every  feature  and  phase 
of  journalism  is  repre- 
sented in  Boston,  and 
every  shade  of  political, 
social  and  business  life, 
besides  a  concise  sum- 
mary of  the  world's 
doings,  while  in  the  matter 


of  enterprise,  activity  and 
ability  the  newspapers  of 
Boston  will  compare  favor- 
ably with  those  of  any 
other  city  in  the  Union. 
It  can  be  truly  said  that 
the  press  of  Boston  has 
rarely  descended  to  the 
merely  sensational  jour- 
nalism of  many  other 
places ;  characterized  by 
thoroughness,  brilliance 
and  geniality,  it  has  all 
ways  preserved  the  dignity 
the  public  has  a  right  to 
expect  from  the  leaders 
and  exponents  of  public 
opinion.  The  city  has 
eight  daily  newspapers, 
which,  taken  in  the  order 
of  seniority  are 


■William  IJoyd  G-arrison. 


THE     ADVERTISER, 

which    was    established    in     1812,    by    W.    W.    Clapp,    father    of    Col.    W.    W.    Clapp    of    this  city. 

It  is  Republican  in  politics,  and  is  now  owned  by  a  stock  company,  with  Speaker 
Barrett    as    one    of    its    editors. 

The  Advertiser  Building,  a  fine  marble  structure,  is  located  at  Nos.  246  and  248  Wash 
ington   Street. 


THE     BOSTON     POST 

was  founded  by  Colonel  Charles  G.  Greene,  and  the  first  number  was  issued  November  9, 
1831.  It  directly  succeeded  the  American  Statesman,  started  in  Febuary,  1821.  It  has  long 
been    a    prominent    Democratic    sheet,    changing    hands    several    times,    and    at    the    present    writing 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE.  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE.  63 

negotiations  are  in  progress  whicli  are  likely  to  transform  its  general  character  and  change  both 
its  personnel  and  its  politics.  The  office  is  on  Milk  Street,  on  the  site  of  the  birthplace  of 
Benjamin  Franklin. 

THE     EVENING     TRANSCRIPT 

was  founded  July  24,  1830,  by  Lynda  M.  Walter.  It  is  now  tlie  property  of  a  stock  company, 
and  is  Independent  Republican  in  politics,  with  offices  on  Washington,  near  the  corner  of  Milk 
Street. 

THE  DAILY  TRAVELLER 

made  its  first  appearance  in  April,  1845,  the  founders  being  Upton,  Ladd  &  Co.  It  soon 
became  the  property  of  Col.  Roland  Worthington,  late  Collector  of  the  Port,  who  was  at  its 
head   for   many   years.       It   is    a   Republican    paper,    and    is    published    on    State    Street. 

THE  JOURNAL 

is  the  leading  Republican  paper  of  the  city,  and  has  been  published  some  fifty  years.  It 
issues  both  morning  and  evening  editions,  which  are  sent  throughout  New  England,  and  has 
lately  been  enlarged  to  eight  pages.  Stephen  O'Meara  succeeded  Col.  W.  W.  Clapp  as  man- 
aging  editor   during   the    past   year.       The   office    is   at   No.    264  Washington    Street. 

THE  BOSTON  HERALD 

is  the  leading  independent  daily  of  Boston,  and  has  exercised  a  great  influence  since  its  estab- 
lishment in  1846.  For  several  years  now  it  has  supported  the  nominees  of  the  Democratic 
parly  in  both  national  and  state  elections.  It  has  a  large  circulation  in  city  and  country,  and 
an    immense    advertising   patronage.     " 

THE  BOSTON  DAILY  GLOBE 

was  started  March  4,  1872,  by  a  company  of  gentlemen,  prominent  among  whom  was  Maturin 
M.  Ballou,  its  originator  and  first  editor.  In  August,  1873,  he  was  succeeded  by  Col.  Charles 
H.  Taylor,  who  has  been  editor  and  manager  ever  since,  and  at  the  present  day  the  daily  and 
Sunday  issues  of  the  Globe  have  a  larger  circulation  than  any  other  Boston  newspaper.  It 
was  started  as  Independent,  but  in  1878  became  Democratic  in  politics,  and  is  the  leading 
organ  of  the  Democratic  party  in  the  state.  The  Globe  Building,  built  expressly  for  its  use  in 
i888,  is  the  largest  and  finest  printing  house  in  Boston,  and  is  located  at  No.  242  Washington 
Street. 

THE  EVENING  RECORD 

is  a  lively  penny  paper,  that  has  quickly  won  a  large  circulation.  It  was  started  in  1884,  and 
is  thoroughly  fearless  and  independent  in  expressing  its  politic.il  views.  It  is  published  at  the 
office    of   the    Advertiser. 

OTHER  PUBLICATIONS. 

of  note  include  the  Journal  of  Commerce,  Littell's  Living  Age,  the  Commercial  Bulletin,  the 
Commonwealth,  Woman's  Journal,  Saturday  Evening  Gazette,  Saturday  Evening  Express,  the  Sun- 
day Budget,  the  Sunday  Courier,  the  Times,  the  Pilot,  the  Republic,  Manufacturers'  Gazette, 
American  Architect  and  Building  News,  Youth's  Companion,  Wide  Awake,  Chautauqua  Young 
Folks'  Journal,  Banner  of  Light,  Babyland,  etc.;  while  nearly  all  the  dailies  print  weekly  edi- 
tions. 


6i  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMEECE  AND  LITERATURE. 

Proudly  as  she  sits  by  the  sea,  majestic  as  she  appears  in  her  thrift  and  grandeur  as  the 
metropolis  of  New  England,  and  pre-eminent  though  she  may  be  as  a  great  manufacturing  and 
commercial  center  on  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  Boston  is  still  best-known  ^nd  most  widely  hon- 
ored for  her  literary  and  scientific  culture,  her  prominence  in  •  this  fiela'  winning  for  her  the 
title    of 


"THE     ATHENS     OF 
AMERICA." 

In  the  literary  history 
of  America,  Boston  and 
Bostoniairs  have  ever 
played  a  conspicuous 
part.  This  city  has  been 
the  home  of  the  leading 
American  authors  of  the 
past  century,  and  here 
still  reside  many  of  the 
most  popular  litterateurs 
of  the  present  day. 
Lowell,  Longfellow,  Em- 
erson and  Hawthorne  are 
gone  from  among  that 
grand  coterie  of  poets,  es- 
sayists and  novelists  whose 
chief  work  was  accom- 
plished in  Boston,  while 


HOLMES  AND  WHIT- 
TIER 

alone  remain  of  the 
authors  of  that  day  and 
generation.  Dr.  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes  is  en- 
joying his  declining  days 
at  his  pleasant  home  on 
Beacon  Street  surrounded 
by  family  and  friends, 
and  honored  and  re- 
vered by  his  thousands 
of  readers  the  world  over. 
John  Greenleaf  Whittier 
resides  at  Amesbury,  and 
recently  passed  his  eighty- 
third  birthday  amid  the 
congratulations  of  sincere 
well-wishers  at  home  and 
abroad. 


Salph  "Waldo  Emerson. 


WILLIAM  D.  HOWELLS 

is  Boston's  leading  literary  light  of  the  present  day.  He  came  to  Boston  from  his  native  Stale 
of  Ohio  at  the  age  of  twenty-three.  He  had  already  written  five  poems  which  had  been  pub- 
lished in  the  "Atlantic  Monthly,"  which  had  given  him  a  passport  to  the  literary  tribunal  that 
were  prompt  to  recognize  his  power  and  predict  his  brilliant  future.  He  was  tendered  a  din- 
ner by  James  Russell  Lowell,,  who  remarked  at  the  time  to  Dr.  Holmes  and  James  T.  Fields, 
the  other  two  guests  :  "  This  is  the  laying  on  of  hands ;  it  is  our  literary  apostolic  succession," 
Howells  visited  Hawthorne  at  the  Wayside,  who  sent  him  to  Emerson  with  the  written  words 
"  I  find  him  worthy."  For  the  literary  Boston  of  to-day  there  could  be  no  more  marked 
beginning  than  that  of  Mr.  Howells  appearance.  That  remarkable  change  in  literature  which 
has  taken  place  in  the  last  quarter  of  the  century  can  be  attributed  to  the  work  of  Mr. 
Howells  more  than  that  of  any  other  single  author.  He  came  here  as  a  poet,  but  has  made 
himself  the  leading  novelist.  Twenty  years  ago  his  keen  literary  instincts  told  him  that  prose- 
romance  was  the  coming  literature.  He  believed  in  the  oracle,  and  has  followed  it  success- 
fully. His  later  works  have  proved  him  to  be  a  great  man  as  well  as  a  great  author,  for  in 
them   is   a   profound   sympathy   with   humanity,  revealing   a   genius   versatile   as    well   as    sympathietic. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE  65 

and  an  author  with  the  soul  of  a  poet,  the  heart  of  a  philanthropist  and  the  knowledge  not 
only  of  the  critical  student  of  human  nature  but  of  the  polished  man  of  the  world.  The  Bos- 
ton home  of  Mr.  Ho  wells  is  on  that  magnificent  boulevard,  Commonwealth  Avenue,  and  the 
rooms  are  poetic  in  their  appointments  and  decorations.  Mr.  Howells  has  regular  habits  of 
work,  writing  only  in  the  morning,  and  giving  the  remainder  of  the  day  to  friends,  to  reading 
and  driving.  For  he  not  only  composes,  but  loves  to  live ;  and  his  charm  of  manner,  his 
genial  humor,  his  exquisite  courtesy  and  delicate  tact  make  him  a  most  interesting  conversa- 
tionalist   and   delightful    friend. 

THOMAS  BAILEY  ALDRICH 

is  often  associated  with  Howells  in  the  mind  of  the  public,  and  their  lines  in  life  are  seen  to 
have  intersected  at  various  points.  Mr.  Aldrich's  place  in  modern  poetry  is  so  unique  that  it 
is  more  widely  appreciated  than  clearly  defined.  In  June,  1890,  Mr.  Aldrich  resigned  his  edi- 
torial connection  with  the  "Atlantic  Monthly"  and  returned  to  his  first  love,  the  Muses.  Mr. 
Aldrich's  house  on  Beacon  Hill  commands  a  most  romantic  view,  while  the  large  drawing  rooms, 
up  one  flight,  after  the  manner  of  the  old-time  mansions  of  Boston,  are  interesting  in  their  relics 
of  travel,  in  quaint  carvings  and  old  pictures ;  and  brilliant  companies  are  wont  to  throng  them 
on  occasions  of  receptions,  or  the  choice,  select  dinners  for  which  the  house  is  famous.  Mr. 
Aldrich's  place    on   the    "  Atlantic "    was   taken    by    another   Bostonian, 

MR.  HORACE  E.  SCUDDER, 

who  had  long  contributed  to  that  periodical  a  line  of  creative  criticism  which  had  become  so 
characteristic  a  figure.  He  thus  added  another  to  the  line  of  distinguished  editors,  beginning 
with  James  Russell  Lowell,  who  have  conducted  that  magazine.  Mr.  Scudder  has  won  fame  as 
an  author  of  choice  essays,  one  volume  of  which,  entitled  "  Men  and  Letters,"  is  of  especial 
value.  It  was  he  who  assisted  Mrs.  Taylor  in  the  editorship  of  the  life  .  and  letters  of  her 
husband,  Bayard  Taylor;  while  he  is  one  of  the  contributors  to  that  monumental  work,  the 
Memorial  History  of  Boston,  and  the  author  of  a  number  of  popular  juveniles,  including  the 
Bodley  books.  The_  Scudder  family  dates  back  to  the  days  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
and  traces  its  descent   to   Governor   Winthrop.       The   genial,    witty   divine.    Rev.   Dr. 

EDWARD  EVERETT  HALE 

is  not  only  a  prominent  figure  but  an  important  factor  in  the  literary  life  and  work  of  our  day. 
Dr.  Hale  may  be  truly  termed  a  cosmopolitan,  and  it  is  a  suggestive  fact  that  the  author  of 
"A  Man  Without  a  Country"  is  one  who  may  almost  be  said  to  have  all  countries  and  all 
generations  for  his  own,  and  his  chief  characteristic  in  his  wide  relatedness  to  life.  His  per- 
sonal influence  has  doubtless  been  as  potent  as  that  of  any  one  individual  in  this,  his  native 
city.  As  a  clergyman,  author,  journalist,  lecturer,  critic,  and  man  of  societ)',  he  meets  and  mingles 
with  many  circles  more  or  less  foreign  to  each  other,  and  is  a  help  to  the  many  in  all  classes 
of   society   who  seek  the  inspiration  of  his  counsel  and  advice.     Miss  ■ 

LUCRETIA     PEABODY     HALE 

is  a  sister  of  Dr.  Hale,  who  is  said  to  have  a  larger  following  than  any  Boston  woman  since 
the  days  of  Margaret  Fuller.  Her  literary  classes  draw  about  her  many  young  people,  her 
literary  work  reaches  a.  still  larger  number,  and  her  own  friends  and  associates  are  practically 
infinite   in    variety. 


66  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

MISS     SUSAN     HALE, 

another    sister,    is     equally    well   known     in     the    world     of    letters,    and     is    a   wit,  par  excellence,  a 
delightful   woman    of   society    and    a    most   extensive    and    accomplished    traveler. 
A   serene    and    benignant    figure    in    Boston    literary    society   is 

MATURIN     M.     BALLOU, 

eminent  as  an  author,  editor  and  publisher.  His  father  was  the  Reverend  Hosea  Ballou, 
whose  work  left  an  indelible  impress  for  good  upon  the  age  in  which  he  lived.  Mr.  Ballou 
is  Boston  born  and  bred ;  yet  his  life  has  been  one  of  great  variety,  and  to  the  literature  of 
travel   he    has    contributed   extensively.       Within   the     past    ten    years    he   has    produced   seven    new 


Boylston  St.,  cor.  Arlington. 


books,  inclusive  too  of  the  long  journeys  made  for  their  material.  He  has  visited  Russia, 
Alaska,  India,  Australia  and  Mexico,  and  his  work  entitled  "  Aztec  Land "  gives  fresh  informa- 
tion of  life  in  the  land  of  the  Montezumas.  His  versatile  genius  produces  stories,  sketches,  poems 
and  editorial  papers,  as  well  as  the  travel  literature  so  well  known,  while  he  has  also  compiled 
several   volumes    of   valuable    and   salient   quotations. 

COL.     T.     W.     HIGGINSON 

is  another  of  those  great  men  whose  influence  on  Boston  life  cannot  be  weighed  save  in  the  philos- 
opher's   scales.       He    is   beloved    both    as    a  poet,    novelist,    essayist,    soldier,    lecturer   and    reformer. 


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His  chivalrous  spirit  is  seen  in  every  deed,  his  artistic  instinct  holds  every  expression  true  to 
ideals    of    lilerary  grace    and    refinement,    and    his    life   is    full    of  benefactions    to    his   fellow-men. 

MR.     ROBERT     GRANT 

is  another  of  the  interesting  figures  among  Boston  authors.  He  has  had  the  typical  career  of 
the  man  who  was  born  in  Boston,  graduated  at  Harvard,  and  has  been  the  first  of  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  before  the  Harvard  chapter.  As  an  undergraduate  Mr.  Grant  showed  the 
literary  bent,  and  his  work  has  shown  a  certain  sympathy  wiili  social  life,  with  bright  flashes 
of   wit    and    genial  humor   that   make   it   delightful    reading. 

Few  services  to  the  literature  of  art  have  been  so  ably  rendered  as  the  compilation  of  bio- 
graphical facts  and  criticism  in  the  two  large  volumes  entitled  "  Artists  of  the  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury,"   by 


MRS.      CLARA       ERS 
KINE  CLEMENT, 

now  Mrs.  E.  F.  Waters, 
and  Mr.  Lawrence 
Hutton.  Mrs.  Waters  is 
a  gracious  and  attractive 
presence  in  literary  Bos- 
ton, and  her  literary 
work  includes  both  biog- 
raphy and  fiction,  and  she 
is  the  author  of  many  im- 
portant art  books.  Her 
luxuriously  appointed 

home  is  most  hospitable 
in  charming  entertain- 
ments, and  her  dinners 
and  receptions  are  among 
the  most  brilliant  in  the 
city. 

MRS.  MARGARET  DK- 
LAND 

is  a  Boston  author  whose 
novel      entitled       "  John 


Wardj  Preacher,"  brought 
her  into  wide  notice. 
Since  her  marriage  she 
has  lived  in  this  city  and 
pursued  her  art  with 
great  energy. 


ELIZABETH    STUART 
PHELPS 

claims  Boston  as  her 
home,  and  her  husband, 
Rev.  Herbert  D.  Ward,  is 
a  well-known  preacher 
here.  They  spend  their 
summers  at  their  Glouces- 
ter cottage,  where  Mrs. 
Ward  has  translated,  as  it 
were,  sea  and  surf  into 
music  in  her  latest  pro- 
duction, "  Songs  of  a 
Silent  World." 


Kt.  Rev.  Phillips  Brooks,  Bishop  of  Massachusetts. 


PROF.    ANDREW    PRESTON    PEABODY, 

of  Harvard,  is  one  of  the  few  belonging  to  this  coterie  of  authors  who  has  seen  all  the  most  vital 
progress  of  literary  development  in  America,  having  been  born  in  1811.  Doctor  Charles  Lowell,  father  of 
James  Russell  Lowell,  Doctor  Peabody  knew  well,  and  in  his  recent  book  called  "  Harvard  Graduates 
That   I    Have    Known,"  he  includes  a  sketch  of  Doctor  Lowell  that  must  live  in  literary  portraiture. 

MRS.     JULIA     WARD     HOWE 

stands  pre-eminent  in  Boston  society  as  poet,  wit  and  woman  of  genius,  with  a  wide  sphere  of 
usefulness  in  letters  and  art,  and  as  President  of  the  New  England  Woman's  Club,  while  her 
daughter,  "  Maud  Howe"  (Mrs.  John  Elliott),  is  a  talented  writer  of  fiction  and  a  brilliant  society  leader. 


68  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

MRS.     SARAH     ORNE     JEWETT, 
a   universal    favorite    in   bolh    social    life    and   in  the   literary  world ; 

EDWIN     LASSETER     BYNNER, 

an  entertaining  writer  of  historical  novels,  and  a  member  of  the  St.  Botolph  Club,  the  Authors' 
Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society ;  with  Mr.  Arlo  Bates,  the  poet  and 
novelist;  Barrett  Wendell,  whose  exquisite  romance,  "The  Duchess  Emilia,"  still  remains  unri- 
valed in  its  peculiar  line  of  creation  ;  Miss  Annie  Whitney,  the  sculptor  and  poet  ;  James  Jef- 
frey Roche,  the  poet  and  journalist  ;  Miss  Katharine  Eleanor  Conway,  a  poet  and  journalist, 
who  co-operated  with  Mrs.  E.  F.  Waters  in  the  preparation  of  their  work  called  "  Catholic  Sym- 
bols "  ;  Louise  Imogene  Guiney,  a  charming  story  writer  and  a  brilliant  woman  ;  Oscar  Fay 
Adams,  the  poet  and  story-teller  ;  Willis  Boyd  Allen,  the  talented  young  poet  ;  Thomas  Sar- 
geant  Perry,  who  is  a  genius  of  fiction  ;  Frederic  J.  Stimson,  widely  known  as  "J.  S.  of  Dale," 
and  distinguished  at  the  bar  as  well  as  in  the  creation  of  romance  ;  John  T.  Wheelright,  of 
whom  Boyle  O'Reilly,  the  great  Irish  poet  and  patriot,  said,  "there  is  absolutely  no  limit  to  his 
cleverness  ";  the  Rev.  Julius  H.  Ward,  the  author,  critic  and  newspaper  writer ;  Mr.  W.  F.  Whitcher, 
an  historic  and  critical  writer  of  marked  ability  ;  Mr.  Huntington  Smith,  the  noted  critic  and 
French  translator  ;  Mr.  William  A.  Hovey,  the  author  of  that  fine  and  subtle  "  Causerie,' '  and 
an  editor  of  wide  experience,  are  among  the  active  forces  in  present  literary  progress. 
The   home   of 

MRS.     JAMES     T.     FIELDS, 

on  Charles  Street,  is  a  very  nucleus  of  literary  interest.  Here  has  been  entertained  almost 
every  noted  visitor  to  Boston  for  the  past  thirty  years  or  more.  To  this  house  came 
Thackeray,  Dickens,  Matthew  Arnold  and  many  others  from  abroad.  It  was  a  veritable  rendez- 
vous for  the  Boston  authors  of  the  golden  age,  when  its  popular  host,  the  noted  publisher,  was 
alive,  and  his  widow  still  offers  a  charming  hospitality.  Mrs.  Fields  lives  the  life  of  a 
scholar  without  being  in  any  sense  a  recluse.  Her  mornings  are  sacred  to  study  and  thought, 
with  the  result  as  seen  in  her  thorough  literary  work. 
The    receptions  given    by 

MRS.     LOUISE     CHANDLER     MOULTON 

are  noted  as  bringing  together  literary  and  artistic  people,  foreign  celebrities,  the  reigning  wit  or 
genius  of  the  season,  or  the  talent  not  yet  recognized  save  by  the  exquisite  sympathy  and 
divination  of  the  accomplished  hostess.  To  large  social  experience  in  both  American  and  Euro- 
pean cities,  Mrs.  Moulton  adds  the  gifts  of  the  poetess  and  the  charms  of  a  rare  abode.  Her 
latest  volurne  of  poems,  "  In  the  Garden  of  Dreams,"  shows  the  artist's  power  in  the  highest 
sense  of  the  term.  About  Mrs.  Moulton's  charming  rooms  are  a  score  of  signed  photographs  from 
Vedder,  of  his  own  pictures,  with  photographs,  sketches  or  modeling  from  Coleman,  Greenough,  Ezekiel 
and  Robert  Barrett  Browning,  who  has  given  her  a  collection  of  photographs  of  his  "Dryope,"  from 
various  points  of  view.  Among  rare  editions,  INIrs.  Moulton  has  one  seldom  seen,  Foe's  "  Raven  " 
translated  into  French  by  Stephan  Mallornie,  and  illustrated  by  Maruet,  the  leader  of  the  French 
impressionists,  the  copy  being  the  united  gift  of  the  translator  and  the  painter,  Many  rare  books  are 
in  her  librar)',  and  autograph  copies  from  contemporary  authors  by  the  dozen,  and  letters  from 
Browning,  George  Eliot,  Lord  Tennyson,  Jean  Ingelow,  Christine  Rosetti,  George  Meredith,  Rob- 
ert   Louis     Stevenson,    and    many   other   interesting  people,    forming    a    most   fascinating   collection. 


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One  of   the  charming   features  of   literary  Boston  of   the  past,  was    the    Sunday  evenings    at    the 
home   of   the 

REV.     EDWIN     P.     WHIPPLE, 

during  the  hfe-time  of  that  gifted  critic.  There  was  something  more  like  the  salon  than  is  often  seen 
these  latter  days.  The  exquisite  tact  and  fastidious  taste  of  Mrs.  Whipple,  as  well  as  the 
geniality  of  the  host,  drew  a  circle  at  once  eclectic  and  exclusive — guests  drawn  together  by  the 
true  law  of  spiritual  gravitation.  In  the  golden  age  of  Boston,  were  gathered  here  Lowell  and 
Longfellow,  and  Greene  and  Pierce  and  Emerson ;  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Howe ;  the  Alcotts,  the 
Hawthornes,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fields;  Ole  Bull  and  his  graceful  wife;  Edwin  Booth,  Doctor 
Bartol,  Dr.  Holmes,  James  Freeman  Clarke,  and'  in  earlier  days,  Charles  Sumner  and  Governor 
Andrew. 


went  but  little  into  society, 
his  deeper  interest  in  the 
cause  for  which  he  la- 
bored so  incessantly,  to- 
gether with  an  invalid 
wife,  made  a  sacrifice  of 
social  enjoyments  appear 
to  him  in  the  light  of 
duty. 

THE  BOSTON  CLUBS 

are  all  more  or  less  lit- 
erary centers — the  Somer- 
set, the  Union,  St.  Botolph, 
Papyrus,  Tavern,  Puritan, 
the  Art  Club,  and  the 
Paint  and  Clay.  Besides 
these  there  is  the  Brown- 
ing Club,  composed  of 
both  men  and  women,  of 
which  Colonel  Higginson 
was  long  the  President, 
his  successor  being  Mr. 
Dana  Estes,  of  Estes  & 
Lauriat ;  also,  the  Round 
Table     Club,     organized 


WENDELL     PHILLIPS 

There  was    no  house  but  that   would  have  felt  honored  by  his  presence,  but 

who  was  unanimously 
chosen  its  perpetual  pies- 
ident,  which  meets  once 
a  month  in  the  private 
drawing  room  of  some  one 
of  its  members.  The 
Browning  Society  meets 
monthly  .  at  the  Hotel 
Brunswick.  The  Papyrus 
is  a  brilliant  society  of 
authors,  artists,  journalists 
and  professional  men, 
which  meets  regularly 
each  month  in  private 
hotel  parlors  for  a  din- 
ner, with  postprandial  di- 
versions. John  Boyle 
O'Reilly  was  one  of  its 
first  Presidents,  which 
have  included  William  A. 
Hovey,  Robert  Grant  and 
James  Jeffrey  Roche. 
There  are  other  noted 
clubs  which  belong  to 
the  social,  political  and 
commercial  world,  and 
who     gather    to    discuss, 


Hon.  "Wm.  E.  Eussell,  Governor  of  Massacliusetts. 


by     Colonel      Higginson 

over   the     bountiful    boards   of    the     Parker    House,    the    live    topics    of    the   day,   among  them  being 

the     Boston    Club,  Commercial    Club,    Bird    Club,    Clover    Club,    Merchant's    Club,     Saturday     Club, 

Beacon    Club,    Society    Club,    Agricultural    Club,    and     others ;    while    the    Massachusetts    Club,     New 

England     Club,    Norfolk    Club,     Middlesex    Club,     Essex    Club,     and    Paint    and    Oil    Trade    Club 

meet     regularly    at   Young's.       Then    there     is     the    New 

Julia   Ward     Howe    is    President ;    The    Woman's     Union 

Diaz ;    a    Saturday    Morning    Club    of    ladies     devoted    to 

New  England   Tariff   Reform   League. 


England    Woman's    Club,    of    which    Mrs. 

presided     over    by     Mrs.   Abby     Morton 

literary    and    social    discussions ;    and    the 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 
THE     MUSEUM     OF     FINE     ARTS, 


on  St.  James  Avenue,  is 
one  of  the  "  show  places  " 
of  the  city  of  which  she 
has  every  reason  to  be 
proud.  With  wise  dis- 
crimination an  advan- 
tageous site  was  selected 
for  the  building  which, 
in  itself,  forms  one  of  the 
chief  attractions  of  this 
fashionable  and  aristo- 
cratic neighborhood.  The 
exhibition  of  paintings  and 
sculpture  here  made  is 
one  of  the  finest  in  the 
country,  numbering  the 
most  popular  works  of 
foreign  and  American 
artists.  Many  of  the 
paintings  are  superb,  and 
the  gallery  is  visited  daily 
by  hundreds  of  citizens 
and  visitors  to  the  city, 
who  gaze  with  delight 
and  rapture  on  the  works 
of  the  old  masters  and 
those  of  the  modern 
ticularization  in  these  pages,  but  whose  very  existence 
among  the    cities    of   the    world   in    the    realm   of  art. 


Eon.  Charles  Sumner. 


school — the  glories  of 
Raphael,  Titian,  Van 
Dyke,  Correggio,  Rubens, 
Michael  Angelo  and  Mur- 
rillo.  This  gallery  is  fully 
worthy  of  the  utmost 
praise  that  could  be  be- 
stowed upon  it,  and  con- 
tains many  American 
works  of  great  value. 
In  the  spascious  halls  de- 
voted to  statuary  are 
magnificent  collections  of 
casts  of  antique  marbles, 
representing  the  best 
works  of  the  Greek  sculp- 
tors, besides  many  orig- 
inal examples  of  mod- 
ern sculpture,  while  the 
collection  of  bronzes  and 
ceramics  is  very  exten- 
sive and  noteworthy. 

To  this  gallery  must 
be  added  many  other  art 
collections,  both  public 
and  private,  and  much 
too  numerous  for  par- 
furnishes    some   idea    of   Boston's    status 


BENEVOLENT     INSTITUTIONS. 

In  its  hospitals,  dispensaries,  asylums  and  benevolent  associations,  Boston  has  also  abundant 
reason  to  rejoice.  Intelligent  benevolence  and  well-directed  charity  are  characteristic  of  her 
inhabitants,  which  is  well  illustrated  in  the  quick  response  when  any  request  is  made  for  funds 
to  carry  on  the  work.  Its  hospitals  are  among  the  grand  institutions  that  enlist  the  wide  sym- 
pathy of  the  public,  pre-eininent  among  which  is  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  whose 
splendid  facilities  embrace  an  entire  square  of  substantial  brick  buildings,  located  on  Harrison 
Avenue,  between  Springfield  and  Worcester  Streets ;  while  near  by  are  the  Homoeopathic  Hospital, 
and  the  Massachusetts  Medical  School.  On  Springfield  Street,  near  Tremont,  is  the  Home  for 
Aged  Men,  a  most  popular  and  well-managed  institution  :  and  in  South  Boston  is  the  School  for 
Idiotic  and  Feeble  Minded  Children,  at  No.  723  East  Eighth  Street;  the  City  Asylum  for  the 
Insane  and  the  Suffolk  House  of  Correction  on  First  Street ;  and  Carney  Hospital,  a  public  in- 
stitution of  great  excellence,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  and  extending  its  usefulness  to 
both  Catholics  and  Protestants,  located  on  Old  Harbor  Street.  Standing  on  a  high  elevation  on 
the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Emerson  Street,  and  commanding  charming  views  of  land  and  water, 
is  the  building  of  the  world-renowned  charity,  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  over  which 
the  late  learned  Dr.  S.  G.  Howe,  presided  successfully  for  many  years.  On  Huntington  Avenue 
is    located   the    Children's    Hospital,    a    useful  and    well-conducted    institution,   and    the    Free    Surgical 


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Hospital  for  Women.  The  latter  institution  was  erected  in  1886  by  tlie  Murdocl-c  Liquid  Food 
Company,  who  offer  its  accommodations  free  to  invalid  women,  while  a  large  number  of  nurses 
of  experience  are  employed,  invalids  are  treated  by  their  own  physicians  when  desired,  and  no 
pains  are  spared  to  make  patients  comfortable.  Every  bed  in  the  hospital  is  free,  and  its 
facilities   are    promptly    availed    of    by    invalids  from    all  paits  of   the  country.       In   addition    to    the 


Tremont  St.,  Worth  from  Hamilton  Place. 


institutions  ^named,  there  is  hardly  a  church  but  has  its  charge  of  one  sort  or  another.  There 
are  also  scores  of  guilds,  to  say  nothing  of  newsboys'  homes,  free  lodging-houses,  free  soup- 
kitchens,  etc.,  and  it  is  a  blessed  thing  to  contemplate  that  no  matter  who  the  person  is,  he 
or  she  need  not  go  without  food  or  shelter  in  this  great  city,  as  either  or  both  may  be  had 
for   the    asking,    if   application    is    made  rightly  and  in    the    right    spirit. 


THE  POSTAL  SYSTEM 

of  Boston  deserves  special  notice,  particularly  under  the  present  efficient  rule  of  Postmaster  Thomas 
N.  Hart.  The  system  that  is  now  in  vogue  is  as  perfect  as  brains  and  patience  can  make  it. 
The  only  wonder  is  that  the  thousands  of  letters  daily  handled,  all,  or  at  least  the  majority 
of    them,    find    their    way    to    the    person    for   whom    they    are   intended.       All    praise    is   due    to    the 


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FAITHFUL  LETTER  CARRIERS 


who  deliver  our  missives,  and  to  them  must  be  traced  the  backbone  of  the  success  of  the  present  postal  sys- 
tem. The  head  post  office  is  aided  by  the  various  stations  in  the  different  sections  and  districts  of  the  city 
where  the  mail  is  distributed  and  delivered  according  to  certain  established  routes.  There  are,  however, 
three  vast  opportunities  for  improvement  in  the  mail  system,  one  which  London  possesses, and  two  of  which 
belong  to  Philadelphia.     The  first,  as  applied  to  London,  consists  of  the  use  of  a  low  sized  cart  with  horse 


attached  for  the  postmen's  use 
in  the  suburban  districts.  Or 
even  this  might  be  done  away 
with,  provided  the  Philadel- 
phia plan  was  substituted, 
and  that  is  the  use  of  a 
series  of  wagons  to  convey 
the  postmen  from  the  head 
post  oiBce  and  the  stations  tn 
their  various  starting  points 
of  distribution.  The  othei 
improvements,  and  a  great 
time  and  labor-saving  institu- 
tion it  is,  comprises  the  man- 
ner of  depositing  mail.  In 
Philadelphia,  the  various 
points  are  designated  at  the 
letter-drops.  Thus,  all  the 
letters  for  Boston  are 
dropped,  by  the  sender,  into 
the   box   labeled    "  Boston  " 


nnportant  sections  are  inti- 
mated so  that  the  post  office 
clerks  are  relieved  of  nine- 
tenths  of  their  burden  by  the 
courtesy  of  the  public.  In 
London,  the  postman  deliv- 
ers the  great  bulk  of  par- 
cels— such  commodities  go 
by  what  is  known  as  the 
"  Parcles  Post."  It  is  owing 
to  the  fact  that  the  postmen 
in  Boston  are  not  expected 
to  do  this  line  of  work  and 
also  that  deliveries  are  not 
frequent  enough,  that  a  great 
enterprise  known  as  the 
"  Messenger  service  "  has 
grown  into  popular  liking ; 
and,  with  all  its  drawbacks, 
this  service  is  a  welcome 
innovation.  In  Stockholm, 
Sweden,  as  is  the  case  in 
But    there    is  no    plan,    aside 


and    so    on  ;   the    states    and  Hon.  James  Eussell  Lowell, 

some    of    the    American    cities,  the    old   soldiers    serve    as  messengers, 
from     the     London      Parcels     Post,     that     equals     the    system    in   vogue    in    Boston,    New   York   and 
Philadelphia.     The    lads,    in     conjunction     with     the    local    telegraph    and    telephone   facilities,    render 
the    sending   of   dispatches    and    parcels    a    comparatively   speedy    mode   of   rapid    transit. 
Boston    is    practically 


THE   CRADLE    OF   TELEGRAPHY 

in  America.  Professor  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  inventor  of  the  great  system,  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
and  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Morse,  a  well-known  Massachusetts  divine.  The  year  of  1832 
found  Professor  Morse  in  Havana,  and  on  his  voyage  home  he  heard  a  Boston  physician  relat- 
ing some  great  discovery  that  had  been  made  in  electricity.  "  If  those  statements  are  true," 
replied  Professor  Morse,  "  and  such  discoveries  have  really  been  made,  then  I  can  send  a 
message  by  lightning  around  the  world."  He  needed  funds,  and  Jacob  Little,  at  that  time  the 
great  bear  of  Wall  Street,  gave  him  $100  to  help  him  along  in  his  experiments,  although  Mr. 
Little,  like  the  majority  of  other  persons,  had  no  faith  in  the  result.  At  length,  Mr.  Butter- 
field,  of  the  Express  Company,  was  found  to  be  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  possibilities  of 
Professor  Morse's  tests.  He  came  to  his  aid.  Finally  the  Government  became  interested,  and 
agreed  to  build  a  test  line  froki  Washington  to  Baltimore,  with  the  understanding  that,  if  a 
message  could  be  sent  and  received  back  again,  money  would  be  forthcoming.  The  world 
knows    the    result. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE.  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE.  73 

PROFESSOR  MORSE, 

who  had  made  the  lightning  talk,  was  held  up  as  an  idol,  the  worthy  successor  of  that 
other  Bostonian,  Benj.  Franklin,  and  his  name  to-da}'  is  graven  upon  the  highest  point  of  the 
tablet  reserved  for  great  men.  Three  lines  of  telegraph  wires  followed  upon  the  heels  of  Pro- 
fessor Morse's  successful  experiments.  The  most  prosperous  was  the  American,  which  has  outlived 
all  competitors  and  to-day  is  owned  chiefly  by  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  the  world,  the  plant 
now  being  known  as  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company.  Millions  of  capitalare  employed ; 
thousands  of  offices  are  employed  and  sustained  all  over  the  United  States,  and  these  connect 
with  the  great  cables  and  Canadian  telegraph  lines.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  know  that  the  per- 
sons who  first  scouted  Professor  Morse's  idea,  were  among  the  foremost  in  their  praise  of  his 
success,  and  his  memory  is  honored  not  only  in  Boston  but  in  all  parts  of  the  land,  and  a 
monument  is  erected  to  his  memory  in  Central  Park,  New  York. 
Boston    has    long   been    noted    for 

HER  PUBLIC  MEN. 

Since  the  days  of  Webster  and  Everett  and  Sumner,  her  sons  have  continued  to  maintain 
the  high  standard  set  by  those  illustrious  men  in  public  and  political  life.  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes  represents  the  golden  age  of  literary  Boston ;  ex-Governor  William  Claflin  and  ex-Gov- 
ernor Alexander  H.  Rice  worthily  represent  the  successful  business  men  who  are  the  bulwarks 
of  Boston's  commercial  greatness.  The  present  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth,  Hon.  Wm.  E. 
Russell,  is  a  type  of  the  rising  young  men  of  the  legal  and  political  world.  Boston's  solid 
and  substantial  men  embrace  Hon.  Thomas  N.  Hart,  Ex-Mayor  and  present  Postmaster  of  the  city; 
Hon.  Augustus  P.  Martin,  ex-Mayor  and  head  of  the  great  boot  and  shoe  house  of-  A.  P. 
Martin  &  Co.;  Hon.  Nathan  Matthews,  Jr.,  the  present- Mayor  of  the  city,  and  a  rising  young 
lawyer;  Hon.  John  F.  Andrew,  member  of'  Congress,  and  son  of  the  late  Governor  Andrew; 
Hon.  Leopold  Morse,  ex-member  of  Congress,  and  head  of  the  great  clothing  house  of  Leopold 
Morse  &  Co.  ;  Maynard  N.  Cobb,  head  of  the  popular  grocery  house  of  Cobb,  Bates  &  Yerxa, 
and  one  of  the  oldest  grocers  in  the  city;  Col.  Albert  A.  Pope,  the  moving  spirit  in  the 
development  of  the  bicycle  industry  in  this  country,  and  President  of  the  Pope  Manufacturing 
Co.;  Franklin  Haven,  Jr.,  President  Merchants  National  Bank;  Hon.  Jos.  F.  O'Neil,  member  of 
Congress;  Henry  A.  Whitney,  President  West  End  Railway  Company;  Alderman  Nathaniel  J. 
Rust,  ex-Governor  Oliver  Ames,  ex-Governor  William  Gaston,  ex-Mayor  Frederick  O.  Prince, 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  Nathaniel  J.  Bradlee,  Thomas  M.  Beal,  T.  Jefferson  Coolidge,  Jr.,  Benja- 
min F.  Dyer,  John  Shepard,  John  V.  Fletcher,  John  Hopewell,  Jr.,  John  E.  Toulmin,  Oscar  H. 
Sampson,  Amory  L.  Lawrence,  Fred  L.  Ames,  Eustace  C.  Fitz,  William  A.  Tower,  Wm.  Endi- 
cott,   Jr.,  Jacob    Edwards,    among   many   others. 

FROM  THE  DOME  OF  THE  CAPITOL 

we  view  the  field  here  briefly  sketched — and  a  magnificent  sight  is  spread  before  us.  The 
scene  is  one  to  be  remembered  for  a  lifetime.  Here,  brought  within  range  of  the  eye,  is  the 
whole  expanse  of  the  city,  covered  with  piles  of  brick,  stone  and  mortar,  relieved  by  "breathing 
spaces"  designated  by  the  rich  foliaged  trees,  lifting  their  green  branches  above  the  housetops,  and 
by  the  winding  rivers  and  the  broad  expanse  of  the  bay,  on  which  are  afloat  craft  of  every  kind.  Up 
to  this  high  elevation  comes  the  din  of  rumbling  vehicles  over  the  troublesome  cobblestones,  the 
snorting  of  locomotives  as  they  creep  snake-like  along  the  iron  roads  branching  out  here  and  there  to 
some  neighboring  town  or  far-distant  city,  and  the  hum  of  trade  and  the  clatter  of  feet  of  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  busy,  enterprising  people,  who  have  .the  appearance  of  dwarfs  on  the  streets,  which  cross  each 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


other  like  the  divding  lines  of  a  checker-board.  From  this  vantage-ground  one  picks  out,  from  the 
conglomeration  of  almost  innumerable  structures,  edifices  that  are  as  the  milestones  in  the  history 
of  both  the  city  and  the  nation- — buildings  that  are  familiar    to    the  eye  from  whatever    point   they  are 


seen,  and  the  associa- 
tions of  which  have  been 
told  and  retold  to  us 
thousands  of  times  from 
childhood  to  old  age. 
From  our  standpoint  the 
eye  has  a  full,  clear 
sweep  of  every  thorough- 
fare, and  in  these  pages 
will  be  found  beautiful 
views  of  the  streets,  giv- 
ing a  fair  idea  of  the 
character  of  the  business 
houses  that  line  them. 
Noticeably  prominent  is 
Washington  Street,  wind- 
ing its  torturous  way 
southward,  while  many  of 
the  commercial  marts  lo- 
cated upon  it  are  noted 
not  only  for  the  richness 
and  elegance  of  their 
architectural  embellish- 
ments and  designs,  but 
also  for  their  substantial 
aspect.  This  street  is 
full  of  historic  associa- 
tions endeared  to  all  Bos- 
is  perhaps  the  best  example 


Eev.  Geo.  A.  Grordon,  Pastor  New  Old  South  Cliuroh.. 


tonians.  It  is  the  main 
artery  of  the  city,  the 
spinal  column  of  the  body 
corporate,  and  from  it  all 
the  principal  avenues  of 
mercantile  life  branch  out 
to  all  sections  of  the  mu- 
nicipality. To  the  right 
is  noted  Boston's  fashion- 
able promenade,  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  where 
dwell  many  of  our  weal- 
thiest citizens.  Although 
Boston  is  a  city  of  essen- 
tially business  principles, 
and  of  severely  utilitarian 
ideas,  yet  these,  having 
been  carried  out  to  their 
logical  errd,  have  resulted 
in  placing  it  in  the  front 
rank  of  municipalities 
which  have  understood 
the  intimate  and  necessar)' 
connection  of  business  en- 
terprises with  the  most 
necessary  expansion  of 
beauty  and  sentiment.  Of 
this  the  new  park  in  the 


This,  when  completed,  will  become  a  source  of  never  failing  Back  Bay  Dis- 
trict pleasure ;  delighting  the  eye  of  the  lover  of  sylvan  scenery  ;  gratifying  every  taste  for  the  beau- 
tiful in  nature ;  giving  almost  unlimited  scope  to  the  genius  of  the  best  landscape  gardeners 
of  the  world,  and  offering  inestimable  advantages  of  rest  and  refreshment  to  the  weary  toilers 
of   the   crowded   city. 

That  Boston  continues  to  grow  rapidly,  there  are  evidence  to  be  seen  on  every  hand ;  while 
there  is  no  denying  the  fact  that  in  all  the  features  which  distinguish  a  great  metropolis,  as 
connected  with  religion,  morality,  charity,  benevolence,  industry,  trade,  education,  literature, 
science  and  art,  Boston  is  behind  no  city  of  its  size  in  the  world,  while,  in  many  respects, 
exceeding   them   all. 


HER     REPRESENTATION     AT     THE     WORLD'S     FAIR 

in  1893  will  be  eminently  worthy  of  her  best  endeavors,  Massachusetts  has  appropriated  $75,000 
to  enable  the  industries  and  liberal  arts  of  the  state  to  be  properly  represented  on  that  occa- 
sion. About  one-half  that  sum  will  be  used  in  erecting  the  Massachusetts  Building;  $10,000 
will  be  devoted  to  the  educational  exhibit,  and  the  balance  will  be  used  in  paying  the 
necessary  expenses  of  the  commission.  Already  a  large  number  of  applications  for  the  space 
have  been  made  by  Boston  manufacturers,  and  large  space  is  certain  to  be  taken  up  by  the 
boot     and     shoe     and    textile    industries.       Massachusetts,   ever    in    the    van   of    the  great   intellectual 


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army,  will  also  urge  that  a  separate  building  be  erected  for  the  Liberal  Arts,  containing  some 
400,000  square  feet  of  space  on  the  ground  floor,  where  an  opportunity  will  be  given  to 
compare   what   the    several    States    have   done   for    the    advancement  of    education. 


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THE     FUTURE     OF     BOSTON. 

We  have  said  much  in  the  foregoing  pages  of  the  past  and  present  of  Boston.  What 
shall  be  said  of  its  future  ?  It  is  pregnant  with  the  problems  whose  solution  will  tax  the 
master-minds  of  the  next,  if  not  of  the  present  generation.  The  boundary-lines  of  the  city 
have  been  repeatedly  stretched  so  as  to  give  more  "  elbow-room,"  while  its  population  is  ever 
multiplying,  its  manufactures  are  increasing,  and  its  commerce  extending.  Already  there  is  a 
demand  for  another  slackening  of  the  swaddling-bands  of  the  city  that  its  business  quarter  may 
have  more  room  in  which  to  develop  into  the  greatest  of  city  giants.  Its  growth  thus  far 
has  been  marvelous.  While  the  population  continues  to  increase,  manufactures  and  commerce 
will  go  on  expanding.  Trade  is  persistent  in  its  amplification,  and  is  unceasingly  fastening  its 
grip     upon    the    domain    of     aristocracy   in     street    and    avenue,    and,    as    it    does    this,    "  exclusive 


76  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

society"  in  Boston  is  periodically  changing  its  habitat.^  There  are  some  spots,  however,  that 
have,  as  yet,  been  inaccessible  to  the  heavy  wheels  of  commerce,  to  the  enterprise  of  specu- 
lative builders,  and  to  the  odors  of  the  common  world.  In  the  future,  the  city  will  make  even  more 
prodigious  strides  than  in  the  past  in  the  growth  of  population,  manufacture  and  commerce,  and 
provision  for  this  growth  must  be  made.  It  will  continue  to  possess  the  distinction  of  being 
the  unrivalled  centre  of  art  and  literature,  and  the  sea  of  solid  finance,  active  commerce, 
abundant  luxury  and  fashion.  But  as  the  city  expands,  increased  traveling  facilities  'must  nec- 
essarily be  provided.  The  subject  of  rapid  transit,  as  has  been  noted  in  the  foregoing  pages, 
is  agitating  the  public  mind,  and  under-ground  railways  are  within  the  probabilities  of  the  future. 
Active  minds  and  strong  hands  will  grapple  with  the  problems  of  the  city's  future,  and  among 
these  problems  are  those  directly  concerning  the  travelling  conveniences  of  the  people.  Industry 
affluence  and  enjoyment  are  evinced  in  every  quarter.  There  seems  no  merchandise  but 
what    has    its   mark,    no    interest   without    its    representation. 

A  word  should  be  added,  in  closing,  regarding  the  importance  of  the  city  as  a  point  of 
departure  for  the  export  trade  in  live-stock.  If,  however,  any  one  feature  is  more  deserving  of 
super-added  mention  than  another,  the  produce  trade  is  entitled  to  that  consideration,  although, 
as  on  many  other  points,  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  absolute  statistics  has  been  insurmountable. 
It  needs  no  great  business  acumen  to  understand  that  there  is  no  inducement  for  produce  to 
go  to  a  small  market  or  a  sluggish  one,  but  that  the  natural  flow  of  trade  is  to  one  of  a 
reverse  character.  That  Boston  is  not  a  small  market  nor  a  sluggish  one,  there  are  many 
facts  to  show.  It  is  certain  that  a  buyer  or  seller  of  cereals  or  other  produce  is 
influenced  in  his  choice  of  a  market  by  whether  its  '  transactions  are  of  a  peddling  or 
commanding  character.  It  is  equally  certain  that  there  is  no  better  point  than  Bos- 
ton for  the  holding  of  grain  for  the  eastern  and  foreign  markets.  Rail  and  sea  afford  admirable 
facilities  for  the  concentration  of  grain  and  other  produce  at  this  point.  In  its  extensive  eleva- 
tors and  warehouses  are  stored  the  surplus  millions'  of  bushels  of  grain,  upon  which  the 
millers  of  Europe,  as  well  as  of  the  United  States,  can  draw  for  their  requirements.  Its  lines 
of  railway  reach  to  the  farthest  points,  furnishing  transportation  at  lowest  rates  of  freight  ;  its 
waterways  provide  the  facilities  for  through  shipments  to  the  seaboard  and  to  Europe.  As  above 
hinted,  too,  the  export  of  live-stock  is  a  prominent  and  growing  feature  in  the  commercial  activity  of 
this  port.  It  seems  designed  in  the  location  of  the  city  that  Boston  should  be  a  center  for  con- 
trolling an  enormous  live-stock  trade,  being  a  central  port  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  with  direct, 
cheap  and  easy  communication  to  the  great  grazing  lands  of  the  west  as  well  as  of  the  east,  and 
with  ocean  steamers  coming  direct  to  its  secure  harbor- — all  facilities  conspire  to  make  it  a 
great   market  in  this   commodity. 

Having  thus  briefly  sketched  the  characteristics  of  Boston,  as  shown  in  its  history,  its  geo- 
grapical  position,  natural  resources,  and  commercial  facilities  by  rail  and  water,  we  may 
sum  up  by  epitomizing  the  line  of  progress  and  development  as  it  stretches  into  the  irnmediate 
future.  This  we  do  in  order  to  show  the  great  opportunities  for  the  employment  of  capital  and 
labor  in    this   field. 

Prosperity  is  based  upon  the  co-operation  of  very  few  and  simple  forces,  such  as  abun- 
dance and  cheapness  of  raw  material  and  fuel,  accessibility  to  business  markets,  enterprise  in 
business  methods,  adequacy  of  labor,  and  commensurate  technical  and  commercial  skill.  Of  all 
these  Boston  possesses  sufficient  to  establish  the  claim  which  places  her  among  the  most  favored 
cities   of  the    Union. 


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Its    FINANCe,    GOAAERGE,    AND 
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|HE  WEEKS  &  POTTER  CO.,  Importers,  Exporters  and  Jobbers  of  Drugs,  Cbemioals,  Essential  Oils, 
Druggists'  Sundries,  Etc.,  and  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Pharmaceutical  Preparations,  No.  360  Washington 
Street. — Boston  may  well  be  called  the  "  Home  of  Pharmacy,"  not  only  on  account  of  the  many  estab- 
lishments engaged  tlierein,  but  also  because  of  the  superior  qualifications  of  those  who  conduct  the 
business.  One  of  the  oldest,  largest  and  best  known  houses  in  this  line  is  that  of  the  Weeks  &  Potter 
Company,  located  at  ISTo.  360  Washington  Street.  This  company  are  extensive  importers,  exporters  and  jobbers  of 
drugs,  chemicals,  essential  oils,  druggists'  sundries,  etc;  and  manufacturers  of  fine  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
The  business  was  founded  forty  years  ago,  by  Messrs.  Andi-ew  G.  Weeks  and  Warren  B.  Potter,  and  was  success- 
fully conducted  by  these  gentlemen  under  the  name  and  style  of  Weeks  &  Potter  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Potter  in 
1889;  and  on  January  1,  1891,  the  present  company  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts, 
with  a  capital  of  §200,000,  and  with  Andrew  G.  Weeks,  president;  Andrew  G.  Weeks,  Jr.,  secretary  and  treasurer; 
Winthrop  Smith,  clerk;  these  gentlemen  also  constituting  the  Board  of  Directors.  The  business  premises  com- 
prise an  entire  five-story  building,  in  which  is  a  well  equipped  laboratory,  spacious  salesrooms  and  every  modern 
facility  for  the  business,  while  employment  is  given  to  some  seventy-five  skilled  hands.  This  company  manu- 
facture a  complete  line  of  the  officinal  preparations  of  the  pharmacopoeia,  and  all  unofficinal  in  popular  use,  and 
guarantee  them  of  uniform  and  standard  strength.  Their  non-patent  list  consists  of  fluid  extracts,  solid  extracts, 
beef,  iron  and  wine,  syrup  hydriodic  acid,  condensed  fruit  essences,  fruit  syrups  and  juices,  medicinal  syrups 
and  wines,  tinctures  and  decoctions,  medicinal  liquors,  ointments,  cerates,  etc.  etc.:  including  everything,  in  fact, 
that  is  demanded  by  the  live  retail  druggist,  and  of  such  a  character  for  quality  and  purity  as  to  command  the 
entire  confidence  of  the  trade.  The  management  was  long  ago  impressed  with  the  belief  that  honest  goods  and 
reliable  formulas,  faithfully  followed,  soon  obtain  recognition  and  appreciation  from  a  conscientious  and 
discriminating  profession.  They  recognize  in  the  retail  druggist  himself  their  most  serious  competitor,  and  invite 
from  them  a  close  scrutiny  of  output  and  prices,  being  convinced  that  the  verdict  will  be  favorable  to  the  methods 
and  policy  pursued,  and  being  confident  themselves  that  they  can  serve  the  trade  with  mutual  profit  and  satisfac- 
tion. This  company  are  among  the  most  extensive  importers  of  drugs  in  the  country,  and  with  their  wide-spread 
and  influential  connections  both  at  home  and  abroad  they  are  in  a  position  to  offer  the  rarest  inducements  in 
terms  and  prices,  and  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  of  all  orders.  Mr.  Weelis,  the  president  of 
the  company,  is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  with  fifty  years'  and  more  experience  in  this  business,  is  still  in  the  prime  of 
life;  and,  with  his  coadjutors  in  the  management,  is  conducting  an  emporium  that  is  prepared  to  battle  on  even 
terms  with  its  most  formidable  competitors  in  any  part  of  the  world. 


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BOSTON  •  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


ATIONAL  BANK  OF  THE  COMMONWEALTH,  Devonshire  and  Water  Streets,  opposite  IT.  S.  Post 
Office. — One  of  tlie  ablest  and  most  conservatively  managed  financial  institutions  of  Boston  is  the 
National  Bank  of  the  Commonwealth,  whose  banking-rooms  are  eligibly  located  at  the  corner  of 
Devonshire  and  Water  Streets,  opposite  the  Post  Office.  Tliis  bank  was  organized  April  12,  1871, 
with  a  cash  capital  of  .$500,000,  its  stock  being  promptly  taken  by  leading  business  me]i.  It  has  the 
accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  corporations  and  leading  manufacturers  and  merchants  in  the  city  and  out  of  town. 
It  is  a  popular  bank;  its  methods,  though  conservative,  are  such  as  to  aid  customers  in  all  legitimate  ways,  and 
its  thorough  business  system  is  highly  appreciated.  Its  statement  made  October  1,  1890,  showed  a  surplus  and 
profits  of  $312,427.00;  individual  deposits,  $2,689,009.72;  bank  deposits,  $2,441,417,71.  Its  loans  and  discounts 
av^-age  over  $3,000,000.00,  and  much  of  the  choicest  commercial  paper  is  discounted  here,  while  collections  are 
made  on  all  points  through  its  chain  of  correspondents,  which  include  the  First  National  Bank  of  New  York; 
Fourth  National  Bank,  U.  S.  National  Bank,  National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  Park  National,  Broadway  National, 
and  Hanover  National;  the  Corn  Exchange  and  the  Metropolitan  National  Bank  of  Chicago.  Out-of-town  banks 
and  business  men  will  find  it  to  their  advantage,  if  requiring  Boston  connections  and  accounts,  to  open  the  same 
here,  where  such  perfect  facilities  are  afforded.  The  prosperous  condition  and  solid  footing  of  this  bank  is 
shown  in  the  following  Comparative  Statement  of  1881  and  1891. 

Expense,  ....  231.90 


April  12,  1881.     Dec.  2,  1891. 

$3,0.53,638.93    $4,384,524.71 

15.00 


9,734.98 


$5,307,381.15    $7,678,284.51 


Liabilities. 
Capital  Stock, 
Surplus  and  Profits, 
Circulation, 
Deposits, 
Bills  Payable, 


500,000.00 

46,228.35 

198,000.00 

4,363,152.80 

200,000.00 


500,000.00 

391,352.89 

45,000.00 

6,741,931.62 


|5.307,.381.15     $7,678,284.51 


Assets. 
Loans  and  Discounts, 
Overdrafts,     .... 

United  States  Bonds,    .         .  220,000.00  50,000.00 

Premium  Account,        .         .  1,5.50.00            

Other  Stocks  and  Bonds,      .  61,760.00  7,150.00 

Banking  House,              .        .  306,000.00-  300,000.00 

Other  Eeal  Estate,          .        .            24,662.44 

Due  from  Banks,           .        .     1,115,718.88  1,649,851.80 

United  States  Treasurer,      .  9,900.00  8,274.23 

Exchanges  for  Clearing  House,    286,448.90  506,003.68 

Cash, 252,132.54  738,067.67 

They  have  paid  Twenty-one  Semi-Annual  Dividends,  amounting  to  60  per  cent,  of  their  Capital  and  the  entire 
Stockholders'  Tax  during  the  time.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Commonwealth  are  as 
follows:  President,  A.  L.Newman;  vice-president,  W.  A.  Tower;  cashier,  A.  T.  Collier;  directors,  William  A. 
Tower,  ot  Tower,  Giddings  &  Co.,  Bankers;  John  F.  Harris,  of  .Joseph  Harris  &  Sons,  Shoe  Manufacturers;  Roland 
Worthington,  Proprietor  of  the  Boston  Daily  Evening  Traveller;  Oliver  Ames,  Ex-Governor  of  Massachusetts; 
Albert  O.  Smith,  of  Webster  &  Co.,  Leather  Manufacturers;  S.  A.  Denio,  formerly  of  Denio  &  Roberts,  Iron 
Manufacturers;  Solomon  Lincoln,  Attorney-at-Law ;  Harrison  Gardner,  of  Smith,  Hogg  &  Gardner,  Commission  Diy 
Goods;  E.  B.  Pratt,  of  E.  B.  Pratt  &  Co.,  Leather  Dealers;  F.  A.  Foster  of  F.  A.  Foster  &  Co.,  Commission  Dry 
Goods;  A.  L.  Newman,  president;  A.  T.  Collier,  cashier.  This  list  comprises  representative  capitalists  and 
business  men,  under  whose  guidance  the  bank  is  making  rapid  and  substantial  progress.  The  executive  officers 
are  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  ever  a  pleasure  to  do  business.  Prompt,  obliging  and  efficient  in  all  their  dealings 
with  the  public,  they  are  naturally  popular,  and  maintain  the  credit  of  the  bank  in  both  financial,  commercial  and 
social  life.  President  Newman  possesses  special  qualifications  as  the  head  of  a  great  banking  institution,and  both 
he  and  Vice-President  Tower  have  held  their  respective  positions  since  1882.  The  cashier,  Mr.  Collier,  was 
discount  clerk  from  1872  to  1879,  when  he  was  promoted  to  his  present  responsible  post,  and  is  an  expert  and 
talented  financier,  whose  opinions  are  of  weight  in  banking  circles. 


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PITZ  BROS.  &  MORK,  Manufaotui-ers  of  Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing,  Nos.  65,  67  and  69  Siimnier 
Street. — To  say  that  the  wholesale  olothin.a;  trade  of  this  city  constitutes  an  interest  of  surpassing 
importance,  hardly  conveys  an  adequate  idea  of  the  extent  thereof.  From  comparatively  limited 
proportions  it  has  grovpn  to  vast  magnitude  within  the  life-time  of  a  generation;  and  it  is  worthy  of 
note  also,  that  the  improvement  in  the  production  has  fully  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the 
business.  In  truth,  the  high-grade  clothing  manufactured  by  some  of  Boston's  representative  firms  is  unexcelled 
by  the  custom  garment  produced  by  our  leading  fashionable  tailors.  And  in  this  connection  special  compliment- 
ary notice  is  due  Messrs.  Spitz  Bros.  &  Mork,  manufacturers  of  men's  and  boys'  clothing,  whose  capacious  and  well- 
equipped  establishment  is  now  located  at  the  above  address,  and  who  turn  out  a  distinctly  and  notably  superior  class 
of  goods,  maintaining  a  place  in  the  fore-front  rank  in  their  line.  The  clothing  of  fashionable  cut  and  stylish  mate- 
rial made  by  this  widely-known  and  enterprising  firm  is  noted  for  general  excellence,  being  maintained  at  a  uni- 
formly high  standai'd,  and  of  the  superiority  thereof  certainly  no  more  unfailing  criterion  could  be  adduced  than 
the  extensive  sale  the  same  commands  in  the  trade  throughout  the  country,  west  as  far  as  Colorado  and  south  as 
far  as  Korth  Carolina.  It  is,  in  a  word,  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  ready-made  male  apparel— in  design,  style,  cut,  make, 
fit,  finish,  fabric  and  price.  The  specialty  of  the  house  is  fine  and  medium  grade  clothing  for  men,  boys  and  chil- 
dren, in  handsome  and  durable  fabrics,  in  newest  coloring  and  in  original  and  exclusive  designs  and  latest  style 
and  pattern,  modelled  after  the  fashions  of  leading  foreign  and  American  custom  tailors,  and  from  which  the 
most  fastidious  in  dress  can  make  selection.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1865  by  Prager  &  Bock. 
In  1871  Mr.  Henry  B.  Spitz,  became  a  partner  and  in  1883  the  present  firm  was  organized.  They  were  formerly 
located  at  Nos.  50S  Washington  and  3  and  5  Bedford  Streets,  where  they  conducted  a  retail  department  in  con- 
nection with  the  wholesale  business,  and  on  January  1st  of  the  current  year  removed  to  the  commodious  building 
now  occupied  by  them.  These  spacious  premises  have  been  entirely  refitted  and  arranged,  and  are  thoroughly 
equipped  throughout  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  greatly  enlarged  and  rapidly  growing  trade,  which, 
since  the  date  last  indicated  is  of  a  wholesale  character  exclusively.  The  various  departments  are  in  charge 
of  efficient  heads,  everything  bespeaking  order,  energy  and  excellent  management,  and  upward  of  seventy-five 
of  a  staff  are  employed  in  the  establishment,  including  expert  designers  and  cutters,  while  over  one  thousand 
outside  hands  are  kept  busy  in  manufacturing,  with  ten  representatives  on  the  road  besides.  The  sample 
offices  here  for  the  exhibition  of  stock  are  the  finest  in  the  city,  and  it  can  be  confidently  asserted  that 
they  will  command  the  admiration  of  every  intelligent  buyer.  A  vast  and  varied  assortment  is  constantly 
carried  in  stock,  and  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner;  the  prices 
quoted,  are  notably  low,  quality  of  material  and  character  of  workmanship  considered,  the  firm,  by  reason  of 
their  exceptional  facilities,  being  in  a  position  to  offer  substantial  inducements  to  the  trade,  and  relations  once 
formed  with  this  reliable  house  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connection.  The 
firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  Henry  B.,  Theo.  P.  and  Abraham  P.  Spitz  and  Abraham  P.  Mork.  The  senior  member 
is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  prior  to  acquiring  an  interest  in  this  concern  had  been  with  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.  for 
some  years,  being,  during  his  connection  with  the  latter  firm,  also  treasurer  of  the  Adriatic  and  Windemere  mills. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Boston  Home  for  Aged  and  Infirm  Hebrews  and  Orphans.  Mr.  Theo.  P.  Spitz,  who  was 
born  at  Bangor,  Me.,  entered  this  house  as  salesman  in  1868,  and  is  a  director  of  several  benevolent  and  social  organi- 
zations. Mr.  Abraham  P.  Spitz,  who  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth  and  training,  became  connected  with  the  house  as 
book-keeper  in  1877.  He  was  for  ten  years  treasurer  of  Bay  State  Lodge,  Free  Sons  of  Israel,  and  is  a  director  of 
the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  of  which  institution  he  is  also  ex-president.  Mr.  Mork,  who  is  a  brother-in- 
law  of  the  Messr.s.  Spitz,  was  born  in  Albany,  N".  Y.,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  house  since  1875.  These 
gentlemen  are  all  members  of  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  and  are  prominent  in  various  charitable  and 
social  organizations  as  well  as  eminently  popular  in  business  and  trade  circles. 

^HE  ROCKWELL  &  CHURCHILL  PRESS,  Nos.  39  and  41  Architect.— This  representative  house  was 
established  in  1866,  by  Messrs.  Rockwell,  Rollins  &  Churchill,  and  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Rollins  in 
1867,  the  surviving  partners  have  continued  the  business  with  steadily  increasing  success.  The 
premises  occupied  comprise  a  double  building,  four  stories  high  and  of  ample  dimensions,  which  is 
splendidly  equipped  with  thirty  modern  presses,  and  the  latest  improved  facilities,  while  employment 
Is  given  to  some  two  hundred  skilled  hands,  enabling  the  house  to  execute  in  the  most  workmanlike  and  artistic 
manner,  the  largest  contracts.  The  proj^riotors  are  possessed  of  every  facility  for  the  execution  of  commercial 
printing,  and  counting-house  supplies  of  all  kinds.  First-class  work,  in  all  lines,  is  their  specialty;  and  they  have 
made  an  enviable  reputa,tion  in  respect  to  illustrated  trade  catalogues.  They  also  do  much  high  grade  literary 
work,  such  as  library  catalogues,  historical  and  technical  publications.  It  is  not  to  be  inferred  that  they  reject 
business  of  the  ordinary  every-day  sort,  where  cheapness  is  desirable;  for  as  to  that,  as  well  as  to  the  more  costly 
productions,  their  scale  of  charges  is  made  as  low  as  that  of  any  other  contemporary  first-class  house  in  the  trade, 
consistent  with  a  fair  return  of  profit.  The  proprietors,  Messrs.  Horace  T.  Rockwell  and  Gardner  A.  Churchill, 
are  Bostonians,  and  among  our  best  known  citizens,  active  members  of  the  Master  Printers'  Club  and  the  "  Na- 
tional Typothetae,"  and  thoroughly  expert  and  accomplished  printers,  who  have  achieved  the  highest  of  reputa- 
tions for  the  superiority,  finish  and  uniform  excellence  of  their  work,  and  for  fair  and  straightforward  dealing. 


80  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATUEE. 

gROWN,  RILEY  &  CO.,  Stock  Brokers,  No.  9  Congress  Street.— The  rapid  increase  of  wealth  among 
the  American  people  is  most  forcibly  illustrated  by  the  constant  demand  that  exists  for  reliable 
securities  in  which  to  invest  surplus  resources;  and  it  is  but  natural  that  investors  in  this  part  of  the 
country  should  turn  to  this  thriving  and  representative  metropolis  for  the  best  terms  and  most  sub- 
stantial classes  of  securities.  A  thoroughly  reliable  and  prosperous  house  devoted  to  this  special 
line  of  business,  and  maintaining  the  very  highest  of  leputations  for  liandling  none  but  gilt-edged  securities,  as 
well  as  for  honorable,  straightforward  business  methods,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Brown,  Riley  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  9 
Congress  Street.  This  firm  buy  and  sell  bonds,  stocks  and  investment  securities  on  the  exchanges  of  Boston,  New 
York,  Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  Pittsburg,  and  have  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1873.  From 
the  outset  they  have  been  the  recipients  of  a  very  liberal  and  first-class  patronage,  and  the  same  is  iucreasing 
annually  in  volume  and  influence.  Their  offices  are  provided  with  a  private  wire  to  New  York,  and  every  facility 
is  afforded  to  customers  desiring  the  latest  quotations  and  the  values  of  all  kinds  of  negotiable  securities.  The 
firm's  many  years  of  experience  and  close  observation  of  the  financial  markets  of  the  world,  have  given  them  an 
intimate  and  accurate  knowledge  of  every  detail  and  feature  of  the  various  kinds  of  investment  securities  and 
guaranteed  dividend-paying  bonds  and  debentures,  and  they  are  always  prepared  to  give  an  unbiased  opinion  as 
to  which  are  tlie  best  and  most  reliable.  They  also  afford  the  best  possible  opportunities  to  capitalists  and 
investors  for  direct  dealings  and  quick  turns  in  the  cotton  market,  and  handle  both  school  bonds  and  mortgages, 
railroad,  mining,  bank,  gas,  insurance  and  electric  stocks,  as  well  as  the  various  miscellaneous  securities  dealt  in 
by  the  leading  stock  exchanges,  and  are  prepared  to  negotiate  for  their  sale  or  purchase  at  market  prices;  and, 
when  desired,  liberal  advances  are  made  on  all  negotiable  .securities.  Orders  and  inquiries  relating  to  intended 
investments  receive  their  immediate  attention,  and  prompt  replies  are  made,  while  all  commissions  by  mail  or 
wire  from  out-of-town  customers  are  promptly  executed  according  to  instructions.  The  co-partners,  Messrs. 
William  J.  Riley  and  A.  L.  Brown,  are  native  Bostonians,  members  of  the  Boston  and  New  York  Stock  Exchanges 
for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  gentlemen  of  the  highest  repute  and  standing  in  the  financial  world. 

E.  MANNING  &  COMPANY,  Investment  Bankers,  Real  Estate,  Stocks,  Bonds  and  Mort- 
gages, Money  Loaned  On  Life  Insurance  Policies;  No.  266  Washington  Street.— To  say  that  the 
real  estate  and  kindred  interests  constitute  a  substantial  factor  in  the  sum  of  financial  and  commer- 
cial activity  in  this  city,  hardly  conveys  an  adaquate  idea  of  the  extent  thereof.  They  are,  in  fact,  of 
surpassing  importance;  and  it  may  be  observed,  also,  in  this  connection,  that  the  handling  of  realty, 
investments,  mortgages,  etc.,  is  a  sphere  of  usefulness  that  engages  the  attention  of  many  of  our  stanchest  citizens. 
Among  the  number  thus '  referred  to  there  are  few,  if  any,  better  known  than  W.  E.  Manning  &  Company, 
whose  office  is  at  No.  266  Washington  Street  (  Room  3  ) ,  and  than  whom  none  in  the  line  indicated  in  Boston  main- 
tain a  higher  reputation  for  integrity  and  reliability.  They  are  investment  bankers,  real  estate,  mortgage  and  stock 
brokers,  and  insurance  agents,  and  altogether  they  have  a  flourishing  business,  numbering  in  their  clientele  some 
of  the  largest  property  owners  and  shrewdest  investors  in  the  community.  The  firm  transact  a  general  banking 
and  brokerage  business,  including  discounts  and  deposits,  on  which  interest  is  allowed,  and  make  a  specialty  of 
the  purchase  and  sale  of  investment  securities;  loans  and  mortgages  are  negotiated  in  like  manner,  and  investments 
are  desirably  placed.  Real  estate,  stocks,  bonds  and  miscellaneous  securities  are  bought  and  sold,  and  money  is 
loaned  on  life  insurance  policies,  the  latter  being  a  special  feature.  They  are  prepared  to  effect  risks  in  first-class 
companies,  also,  at  lowest  rates;  and  enjoy  exceptional  facilities  for  placing  large  fire  lines,  representing  the  Sun 
Insurance  Company  of  England,  and  tlie  Merchants'  Insurance  Company,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Enterprises  are 
promoted  also,  while  stock  companies  are  organized,  and  all  business  entrusted  to  this  responsible  firm  is  certain  to 
be  handled  in  the  most  judicious  and  trustworthy  manner.  Mr.  Manning,  who  is  the  sole  member  ( the  Company 
being  nominal ),  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  active  and  energetic.  He  is  a  man  of  entire  probity  of  character, 
as  well  as  of  long  and  varied  experience,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Board  of  Underwriters.  Mr.  Manning, 
who  studied  law  for  several  years  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  features  and  details  of  the  same,  has  been 
engaged  in  various  branches  of  business  since  1860.  He  was  an  extensive  dealer  in  chemicals,  etc.,  at  No.  26  Central 
'  Street,  from  1869  to  1874,  handling  more  naval  stores  than  all  the  others  in  that  line  in  Boston.  Afterward  he 
was  store-keeper  in  the  Appraisers'  Department  of  the  Custom  House  and  filled  other  positions  of  trust,  retiring 
from  the  government  service  in  1877  to  embark  in  the  present  line,  in  which  lie  has  lieen  highly  prosperous. 

J.  PHILPOTT  &  CO.,  Printers,  No.  54  Pearl  Street.— This  firm  was  established  July  11,  1890,  at  No.  49 
Court  Street,  but  owing  to  the  increase  in  its  business  was  compelled  to  move  to  its  present  quarters 
on  Nov.  1st,  of  the  same  year.  Mr.  Philpott  had  charge  of  the  printing  of  the  D.  Lothrop  Co.  for  six 
•years  before  he  started  in  the  present  business.  He  has  a  complete  technical  knowledge  of  the  print- 
ing business,  and  his  experience  in  the  manufactui-e  of  books  places  him  on  a  par  with  the  best 
printers  in  the  country.  The  present  firm  consists  of  A.  J.  Philpott  and  F.  O.  Chamberlain.  Their  present  jjlant 
is  capable  of  turning  out  anything  from  a  bill  head -to  an  edition  de  luxe.  They  make  a  specialty  of  fine  illustrated 
work,  and  attend  to  the  designing  and  engraving  of  illustrations,  as  all  printers  should,  because  it  is  the  printer 
who  is  eventually  responsible  for  the  appearance  of  the  illustration. 


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RIGHAM'S  HOTEL  AND  RESTUEANT,  N.  H.  Bush  and  S.  G.  Willey,  Proprietors.  Nos.  042  &  644 
Washington  Street,  and  No.  2  Hersey  Place,  off  Essex  Street. — One  of  the  best  known  institutions  of 
the  Icind  in  tlie  country  is  Brigham's  Hotel  and  Restaurant,  of  Boston,  its  familiarly  known  location 
being  at  Nos.  642  and  644  Washington  Street,  m  the  business  center,  and  within  easy  reach  of  all  depots 
and  points  of  attraction  in  the  city,  and  i.i  undoubtedly  the  leading  one  of  its  kind  in  Boston.  It  con- 
tains sixty-five  rooms,  is  built  in  the  most  substantial  manner,  and  fitted  up  with  all  modern  conveniences,  eleva- 
tor, fire-proof  fire  escape,  bathrooms,  etc.  This  hotel  is  connected  with  his  restaurant  on  a  level  with  the  Wash- 
ington Street  entrance,  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  catering  to  the  patronage  of  traveling  salesmen. 

|TLAS  NATIONAL  BANK,  Capital  $1,500,000,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits,  $500,000,  Sears  Building.— 
Boston  affords,  as  it  has  for  a  lengthy  period,  one  of  the  most  desirable  and  profitable  fields  for  legiti- 
mate banking  in  the  United  States.  The  present  prosperous  era  finds  her  leading  financial  institutions 
better  prepared  than  ever  to  meet  all  demands  of  trade,  and  to  handle  satisfactorily  the  vast  business 
that  is  offered.  Representative  among  her  banking  houses  is  the  old  and  popular  Atlas  National 
Bank,  which  under  sound  and  conservative  management  has  had  such  a  remarkably  prosperous  career  It  was 
originally  organized  and  incorporated  in  1833,  as  the  Atlas  Bank,  with  a  capital  of  $500,000,  and  in  1859  the  capital 
was  increased  to  $1,000,000.  In  1864,  in  response  to  the  needs  of  the  business  world,  it  was  duly  reorganized  under 
the  provisions  of  the  National  Banking  Act,  and  in  1869  its  capital  was  still  further  increased  to  $1,500,000.  The 
Board  of  Directors,  is  composed  as  follows,  viz:  John  G.  Wetherell,  president;  Fred.  L.  Richardson,  Henry  Woods 
David  Nevins,  Chas.  M.  Clapp,  Jere  Abbott,  J.  W.  Farwell,  Jno.  P.  Spaulding,  Matthew  Luce.  A  more  thoroughly 
representative  and  eflicient  board  could  not  be  constituted,  and  their  ripe  experience  is  manifest  in  Uie  course  of 
the  bank,  which  has  the  endorsement  of  the  foremost  authorities  in  finance.  Managed  on  the  most  conservative 
principles,  its  record  and  credit  stands  as  high  as  any  bank  in  the  city.  President  Wetherell  was  elected  in  1880, 
having  previously  filled  the  office  of  vice-president,  while  he  had  been  a  director  for  many  years,  witli  an  honorable 
record  as  a  business  man.  He  has  the  valued  support  of  Mr.  Benjamin  P.  Lane  as  cashier,  who  had  been  in  the 
bank  for  forty  years  and  was  promoted  to  his  present  position  in  1891,  on  the  death  of  his  brother,  Charles  L.  Lane. 
The  assistant  cashier  is  Mr.  J.  L.  Foster,  who  has  been  in  the  bank  for  twenty  years.  The  banking-rooms  of 
the  Atlas  National  are  eligibly  located  in  Sears  Building,  corner  of  Washington  and  State  Streets,  and  are  spacious 
in  size,  handsomely  fitted  up  with  oak  fixtures,  mosaic  tile  floor,  and  electric  lights,  and  admirably  arranged  for  tlie 
accommodation  of  patrons  and  the  prosecution  of  the  business  in  hand.  The  bank  transacts  a  general  business. 
Its  resources  now  amount  to  over  $4,000,000,  while  Its  loans  and  discounts  average  about  $3,500,000,  representing 
safe  and  legitimate  transactions  in  the  best  lines  of  commercial  paper  and  loans  on  choice  collateral.  This  insures 
a  large  income,  and  its  capital  stock  of  $1,500,000,  is  held  at  a  high  premium  as  one  of  the  choicest  and  most  re- 
munerative of  investments.  The  bank  has  a  surplus  fund  of  $300,000.00,  with  undivided  profits  of  $200,000,  and 
its  individual  deposits  average  $2,000,000.00.  It  issue  drafts,  and  makes  collections  on  all  points  through  its  chain 
of  correspondents,  which  includes  the  Importers  and  Traders,  the  Hanover  and  the  Fourtli  National  Banks,  of  New 
York;  and  the  Tradesmen's  National  Bank  of  Philadelphia.  The  officers  of  tlie  bank  seek  in  every  way  their  cus- 
tomers' best  interests,  affording  them  perfect  financial  facilities,  and  the  institution  is  deservedly  a  source  of  pride 
to  the  business  community. 


f|OHN  MATTSON,  Dealer  in  Real  Estate,  Room  No.  69,  No.  28  School  Street.— The  real  estate  interests  of 

Boston  and  Its  many  pretty  suburbs  are  in  a  most  prosperous  condition,  and  are  ra^iidly  growing  in  value. 

Among  the  youngest,  best  known,  and  most  enterprising  of  those 

engaged  in  business  as  real  estate  agents  is  Mr.  John  Mattson, 

whose  office  is  located  at  No.  28  School  Street,  Room  No.  69.  Mr. 
Mattson  has  been  established  in  the  real  estate  business  since  May,  1888.  and 
has  built  up  a  large  and  influential  patronage,  especially  in  Maiden,  Medford, 
Dorchester,  Everett,  Somerville  and  other  thriving  suburbs.  He  possesses 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  values-of  real  estate,  and  he  has  carried  through 
successfully  many  important  transactions  in  this  line.  Mr.  Mattson  makes 
a  specialty  of  building  residences  in  the  suburbs,  and  selling  them  on  easy 
payments.  In  1891,  he  built  and  disposed  of  twenty  houses  in  Everett  and 
Maiden  in  this  way.  Mr.  Mattson  conducts  a  general  business  in  buying,  sell- 
ing, leasing  and  exchanging  property  of  all  kinds;  collecting  rents,  securing 
tenants,  negotiating  loans  and  mortgages,  assuming  the  management  of  estates, 
and  effecting  fire  insurance  in  all  first-class  companies,  including  the  German- 
American  of  New  York,  for  which  he  is  agent.  All  transactions  are  conducted 
on  the  most  liberal  basis,  patrons  liaving  their  interests  advanced  in  the  most 
judicious  manner.  Mr.  Mattson  is  a  native  of  Sweden  and  has  lieen  educated 
in  Norway  and  England,  in  both  of  which  countries  he  received  a  thorough 
business  training  and  education.  He  first  came  to  Boston  in  1884.  He  is  a 
bachelor,  a  Free  Mason,  and  a  resident  of  Beacon  Hill,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  know  bira. 


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5  AND  &  CRANE  Jewelers,  No.  3  Park  Street. — One  of  the  leading  and  representative  houses  engaged  in 
the  jewelry  trade  in  Boston  which  has  achieved  an  international  reputation  for  the  superiorty  of  the 
goods  handled,  and  which  can  he  justly  styled  the  "  Tiffany's  "  of  Boston,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Band  & 
Crane,  whose  headquarters  are  located  at  No.  3  Park  Street.  This  popular  house  is  identified  with 
all  that  is  rare  and  precious  in  art  of  the  most  skillful  work  of  the  silversmith,  of  the  gems  of  production 
in  the  lines  of  vases,  bric-a-brac  and  novelties  in  jewelry,  the  choicest  diamonds  and  precious  stones,  a  vast 

array  of  the  richest  jewelry  of  every  description,  watches 

of  the  most  accurate  movements,  parlor  clocks,  opera- 
glasses  and  in  fact  everything  in  the  line  of  the  beautiful, 

rare  and  useful;  a  specialty  being  made  of  the  latest 

novelties  in    art  jewelry  for  holiday  gifts,  a  splendid 

exhibit  of  goods  in  this  line  being  shown.     The  business 

was  founded  in  1886  at  this  address  by  the  present 

proprietors,  Messrs.  Wallace  Rand  and  William  Crane, 

the  former  a  native  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  the  latter  of 

Quincy,  Mass.     Both  gentlemen  have  had  an  experience 

of    twenty-five    years  in  this  line  and  are  thoroughly 

expert,  practical  jewelers,  fine  judges  of  precious  stones 

and  with  exquisite  taste  in  the  selection  of  their  goods, 

and  understand  every  want  and  requirement  of  patrons 

throughout  the  United  States  and  Europe,  their  trade 

being  active  in  both  countries,  the  house  both  exporting 

and  importing  their  goods.     One  of  the  recent  novelties 

manufactured  by   this   house  is   the   "  Oliver  Wendell 

Holmes  Spoon"  which  is  made  from  solid  sterling  silver, 

in  both  tea  and  orange  sizes  and  is  a  trimuph  of  art  as  a 

souvenir.     The  first  spoon  struck  from  the  die  was  of 

solid  22  carat  gold,   and  was   presented  to  Mr.  Oliver 

Wendell  Holmes,  and  the  first  order  received  for  these 

novelties  was  from  Paris.    The  design  for  these  spoons 

is  unique,  representing  on  the  back  of  the  handle  of  the 

spoon  a  picture  of  the  "One  Hoss  Shay"  and  on  the 

front  of  the  handle  a  portrait  of  Oliver  Wendell  Holme.s. 

The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  floor  space  of  2500 

square  feet,  which  are  divided  into  several  departments, 

workshop,  storeroom,  etc.,  the  firm  facetiously  terming 

the  place  "  Multum  in  parvo."     The  skill,  energy,  sound 

judgment  and  correct  taste  of   this  firm  have  become  ' 

proverbial  and  have   brought  them  a  success  which  is 

well  deserved  and  developed  a  trade  that  is  as  substan- 
tial as  it  is  far  reaching.  The  house  numbers 
among  its  patrons  many  of  the  leading  families  of  Boston,  and  in  fact  every  city  in  the  New  England  States,  as 
retail  customers,  who  can  always  find  articles  that  meet  the  requirements  of  the  most  refined  taste.  This  is  the 
headquarters  for  wedding  and  holiday  presents  and  selections  are  made  for  shipment  to  every  section  of  the 
United  States,  quality  and  the  artistic  merits  of  the  goods  being  their  first  consideration.  The  prices  are  uni- 
formly low  and  reasonable  and  the  patrons  are  at  all  times  treated  with  the  most  refined  courtesy.  Boston  has 
made  a  creditable  addition  to  her  mercantile  houses  by  the  disinguished  enterprise  of  this  reliable  house  and  is 
more  than  ever  made  the  popular  purchasing  point  of  the  United  States  for  goods  of  this  class. 


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83 


P.  S.  HUCKINS  &  CO. 


PS.  HUCKINS  &  CO.,  Hard  Pine  Lumber,  Wliite  Oak  Timber  and  Plank,  Hackmatack  Knees,  Hard 
Pine  Electric  Light  Poles  a  Specialty,  No.  45  Kilby  Street,  Wharf  and  Mill,  East  Boston. — To  say  that 
the  lumber  interest  constitutes  a  factor  of  surpassing  importance  in  the  sum  of  commercial  activity 
in  Boston  hardly  conveys  an  idea  of  the  extent  thereof.  The  transactions  in  the  product  of  the 
forest  in  the  course  of  a  year  reach  vast  magnitude,  representing  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  and  the 
volume  of  trade  grows  apace.  Among  the  leading  firms  engaged  in  the  line  indicated,  in  this  city,  can  be 
named  that  of  P.  S.  Huckins  &  Co.,  whose  office  is  at  No.  45  Kilby  Street,  with  wharf  and  mill  located  in  East 
Boston.    They  are  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  hard  pine  lumber,  white  oak  timber  and  plank,  hackmatack  knees, 


electric  light  poles,  etc.,  and  have  an  exceedingly  large  business.  They  receive  direct  from  points  in  the  South, 
most  of  their  supplies  coming  by  water,  and,  with  the  exceptional  facilities  they  enjoy,  are  in  a  position  to  offer 
substantial  inducements  to  dealers  and  large  consumers.  The  premises  occupied  in  Bast  Boston  are  capacious  and 
well-equipped  in  every  respect  and  an  efficient  staff  is  there  employed.  An  immense  stock  is  constantly  kept  on 
hand  and  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line  above  noted  are  executed  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner, 
hard  pine  electric  light  poles  being  a  specialty,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  exceptionally  low.  This  well-known 
and  representative  firm,  which  is  composed  of  Messrs.  Frank  Huckins  and  Luther  W.  Drowne,  was  established  in 
1860,  and  its  history  during  the  thirty-two  years  since  intervening  has  been  marked  by  uninterrupted  prosperity. 


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|ATCHELDER  &  LINCOLN,  Jobbers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Boots,  Shoes  and  Eubbers.  Manufac- 
turers of  Shoe-Store  Supplies,  Leather  and  Findings.  Nos.  94,  96  and  98  Federal  Street..  -The  leading 
house  of  the  United  States  is  that  of  Messrs.  Batohelder  &  Lincoln,  Boston,  located  at  Nos.  96  and  98 
Federal  Street,  Nos.  11  and  l;j  Leather  Square,  also  cellars  under  Nos.  171  to  177  Congress  Street,  con- 
nected by  tunnel  with  the  main  store.  This  representative  house  was  established  in  18.52,  by  Messrs. 
G.  A.  Mansfield  &  Co.,  of  which  firm  Messrs.  Batohelder  &  Lincoln  were  members.  The  present  style  was  adopted 
in  1860.  In  1878,  the  death  of  the  senior  partner  occurred:  since  that  date  Mr.  Joseph  B.  Lincoln  has  continued  as  • 
sole  proprietor,  without  change  in  the  iirm-narae.  The  business  premises  comprise  a  large,  five-story  building, 
supplied  with  every  modern  ajipliance  tiiat  the  advanced  requirements  of  the  times  demand,  while  all  the  details  of 
the  business  are  managed  with  a  system  and  order  that  render  business  relations  with  the  house  most  satisfactory 
and  pleasant.  The  amplitude  of  the  stock  which  is  here  displayed,  embracing  the  most  popular  makes  of  boots, 
shoes  and  rubbers,  known  to  the  trade,  ranks  the  house  as  the  foremost  exponent  in  its  line  in  the  country.  The 
productions  of  thirty-seven  different  manufacturers  are  received  regularly,  including  such  well-known  houses  as 
"Whitman  &  Keith,  A.  F.  Smith,  James  Phelan,  L.  B.  Evans'  Son,  T.  G.  Plant,  Bobbins,  Kellogg  &  Co.,  Wright  & 
Eichards,  Shillaber&  Co.,  John   Mundell  &  Co.,  D.  A.  Donovan  &  Co.,  and  others  no  less  distinguished  for  the 


NEW  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 

superiority  of  their  output.  In  rubber  goods  the  firm  are  agents  for  the  Boston,  Candee,  Woonsocket  and  Norfolk 
manufactories,  and  carry  the  celebrated  "B  &  L  Holdfasts,"  constantly  in  stock.  They  are  extensive  importers 
of  English  and  German  silk,  Tubular  and  Porpoise  laces,  and  the  famous  Blakey  Heel  and  Sole  Plates  and  Protect- 
ors; also  manufacturers  of  lamb's  wool  and  cork  soles.  They  keep  a  stock  of  shoe-store  supplies  that  is  as  com- 
plete as  any  in  Boston,  while  their  lines  of  leather  and  findings,  comprising  everything  needed  for  first-class 
repairing,  is  unequaled.  The  extent  of  the  operations  of  this  .house  enable  it  to  contract  with  manufacturers  upon 
the  most  favorable  terms,  and  it  is,  consequently,  in  a  position  to  afford  its  customers  many  benefits,  in  both 
quality  and  price  of  goods,  which  smaller  houses  are  unable  to  give.  The  house  controls  a  business  extending  to 
all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  is  represented  bv  a.  corps  of  sixteen  talented  salesmen.  Mr.  Lincoln  is  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Boot  and  Shoe  Club,  and  the  New  England  Shoe  and  Leather 
Association,  and  identified  wilh  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the -city  in  the  broadest  sense  of  the  term,  promot- 
ing its  commerce  with  energy,  discrimination,  and  brilliant  success. 


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JLBERT  DODGE,  Grain  Commission  Merchant,  Room  No.  402,  New  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. — 
The  large  grain  commission  trade  of  Boston  has  a  leading  representative  in  the  house  of  Albert 
Dodge,  whose  office  is  at  No.  402  New  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building.  Tliis  concern  controls  a  very 
extensive  trade,  having  permanent  patrons  in  all  parts  of  New  England,  and  it  sustains  an  enviable 
reputation  for  liberal  methods  and  promptness  in  meeting  orders.  The  enterprise  was  established 
thirty  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Dodge  &  Smith,  the  firm  afterward  becoming  Dodge  &  Gott,  next  Dodge,  Sanborn  &  Co., 
later  on  Dodge,  Wade  &  Co.,  then  Dodge  &  Wade,  and  four  years  ago  Mr.  Dodge  became  sole  proprietor.  He  is 
a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  resides  in  Gloucester,  and  has  long  been  prominently  identified  with  his  present  line 
of  commerce.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  sustains  an  A  1  standing  in  the  business  world. 
Mr.  Dodge  is  the  leading  member  of  the  firm  of  Dodge  &  Scott,  proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Elevator  and  Mills, 
at  Beverly,  Mass.,  the  Gloucester  Elevator  and  Mills,  Gloucester,  Mass.,  the  Powow  Mills,  of  Amesbury,  Mass., 
and  an  elevator  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass.  The  Beverly  elevator  has  a  capacity  of  30,000  bushels,  the  Gloucester 
elevator  30,000  bushels,  the  Amesbury  elevator  20,000  bushels,  the  Hyde  Park  elevator,  25,000  bushels.  The 
firm's  milling  capacity  is  1,000  bushels  of  corn  daily.  The  resources  of  the  house  are  of  the  most  complete 
character,  and  all  the  demands  of  the  trade  are  met  upon  the  most  acceptable  basis. 

H.  BOWLES  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Butter,  Eggs  and  Cheese,  No. 

113  S.  Market  Street. — The  statistician  who  treats  of  the  mercantile  prosperity  of  the  capital  city  of  the 

Bay  State,  discloses  in  connection  with  the  business  of  handling  country  produce  upon  the  basis  of  a 
•  commission  and  in  the  capacity  of  an  intermediary  between  the  consignor  and  the  dealer,  a  healthy 

and  inspiring  condition  of  affairs.  Conspicuous  among  those  engaging  in  the  calling  stands  the 
house  of  Messrs.  F.  H.  Bowles  &  Co.,  of  No.  113  S.  Market  Street,  which  house  was  established  during  the  cur- 
rency of  the  year  187S  by  the  existing  firm,  Messrs.  Bowles  &  Co.  are  commission  merchants  in  butter,  eggs  and 
cheese,  the  specialty  being  eggs  of  extra  quality;  and  the  house  prides  itself  upon  the  promptitude  with  which  it 
handles  consignments  and  makes  returns  thereon.  The  house  receives  produce  from  all  parts  of  New  England,  and 
the  West  and  the  British  Provinces,  a  major  proportion  of  its  operations  being  conducted  in  the  capacity  of  a  whole- 
sale dealer.  The  connection  is  located  throughout  New  England,  and  to  the  firm  belongs  the  emphatically  envi- 
able distinction  of  being  one  of  the  largest  egg  dealers  in  Boston.  The  house  has  been  located  at  its  present  con- 
venient quarters  on  S.  Market  Street,  for  the  past  five  years.  A  branch  of  the  business  was  established  in  October, 
1890,  at  Lynn,  Mass.  The  reputation  of  the  house  throughout  the  trade  is  of  extremely  high  character,  and  to 
those  desirous  of  satisfying  themselves  upon  the  standing  and  credit  of  Messrs.  Bowles  &  Co.,  the  names  of  the 
Fourth  National  Bank  of  Boston,  and  Messrs.  S.  S.  Long  &  Bro.,  of  New  York,  are  offered.  The  name  of  F.  A. 
Bowles  &  Co.  embodies  the  combined  efforts  of  Mr.  F.  Bowles,  and  Mr.  J.  J.  Kennedy.  The  former  gentleman  is 
a  native  of  Maine,  his  residence  in  Boston  and  his  experience  in  the  trade  covering  a  period  of  nineteen  years.  He 
is  a  young  man  of  the  greatest  promise,  and  was  a  director  of  the  Produce  Exchange  previous  to  the  formation  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  has  since  occupied  the  same  position  in  the  latter  organization.  Mr.  Kennedy  is 
also  a  native  of  Maine  and  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  his  alliance  with  the  firm  covers  a  period 
of  five  years. 

CAVAGNARO  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  Special- 
ties: Cigars,  Tobacco  and  Pipes,  Macaroni,  Roman  and  Holland  Cheese,  Phillip  and  Canaud  Sardines, 
Mushrooms,  etc.,  Fine  Brands  of  Olive  Oil  of  Direct  Importation,  Nos.  10,  11  and  121  Faneuil  Hall 
'  •  Square. — The  reputable  house  of  J.  Cavagnaro  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  commission  dealers  in  fruits, 
etc.,  of  Nos.  10,  11  and  12^  Faneuil  Hall  Square,  Boston,  Mass.,  was  founded  during  the  year  1875, 
the  firm  name  at  that  time  being  as  at  present.  Among  the  infinite  variety  of  commodities  handled  by  the  house, 
mention  is  due  of  the  following:  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  as  oranges,  lemons,  bananas,  Florida  oranges,  pine 
apples,  pears,  peaches,  cherries,  grapes,  dates,  figs,  almonds,  Brazil  nuts,  pecans,  grenobles,  French  walnuts,  shell- 
barks,  filberts,  peanuts,  Naples  walnuts  and  chestnuts,  a  heavy  business  being  transacted  in  corn  cakes,  maple 
sugar  and  paper  bags,  the  specialties  being  cigars,  tobacco  and  pipes,  macaroni,  Roman  and  Holland  cheese,  Phillip 
and  Canaud  sardines,  mushrooms,  etc.,  an  extensive  import  business  in  olive  oil  being  a  sighificant  feature  of  the 
business.  The  domestic  products  passing  under  the  operations  of  the  house  are  drawn  from  every  section  of  the 
Union  and  the  area  of  consumption  embraces  the  whole  of  New  England.  In  addition  to  the  wholesale  trade  of 
the  house,  a  substantial  retail  business  is  transacted,  the  same  being  chiefly  of  a  local  order.  The  business  premises 
occupied  by  the  house  comprise  two  basements  and  two  floors  which  are  excellently  located  and  suitably 
equipped  and  a  staff  of  fifteen  assistants  is  constantly  maintained.  The  name  "J.  Cavagnaro  &  Co.,"  comprises 
the  allied  enterprise  of  three  of  Boston's  able  merchants — Mr.  J.  Cavagnaro,  Mr.  F.  Casci  and  Mr.  A.  E.  Vaccaro; 
all  of  whom  are  native  Italians  and  young  men  possessing  rare  accomplishments.  Mr.  Cavagnaro  holds  the  honor- 
able distinction  of  being  the  founder  of  the  house,  while  Messrs.  Casci  and  Vaccaro  joined  the  concern  in  1891. 
They  are  severally  members  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange  and  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  they 
merit,  unquestionably,  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 


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iOWARD  NATIONAL  BANK,  No.  19  Congress  Street,— 
The  Howard  National  Bank  of  Boston  is  the  successor 
of  the  Howard  Banking  Company  which  was  inooi'po- 
rated  in  1853.  With  a  capital  of  $500,000  it  began  busi- 
ness at  No.  97  State  Street.  In  1858  the  name  of  the 
institution  was  changed  to  the  Howard  Bank.  Under  that  style  the 
bank  continued  until  January,  1865,  when,  having  reorganized  under 
the  national  banking  law,  it  assumed  the  present  title.  In  March, 
1865,  the  capital  was  increased  to  !!)750,000,  and  in  October,  1869,  there 
was  another  increase  of  $250,000,  making  the  capital  $1,000,000,  at 
which  amount  it  now  stands.  In  April,  1870,  the  bank  removed  to  the 
second  floor  of  the  building.  No.  85  State  Street,  opposite  Merchant's 
Row;  this  location  becoming  not  wholly  satisfactory,  a  new  one  was 
sought;  and  in  the  Spring  of  1878  two  lots  of  land,  having  a  frontage 
of  43  feet  on  Congress  Street  and  extending  through  to  Congress 
Square,  were  secured.  Immediately  was  beguu  the  erection  of  the 
"Howard  Bank  Building"  from  plans  prepared  by  Peabody  &  Stearns. 
On  the  morning  of  Jan.  1st,  1879,  the  day  of  the  resumption  of  specie 
payments,  the  bank  moved  into  its  new  building.  Its  banking  rooms 
are  upon  the  first  floor,  easily  accessible  and  very  cheerful.  The 
building  contains  sixteen  elegant  ofiices  besides  the  banking  rooms. 
Since  organizing  under  the  National  Banking  system,  the  bank  has 
regularly  paid  semi-annual  dividends,  which  have  averaged  about 
three  and  a  quarter  per  cent.  Its  total  dividends  as  a  national  bank 
amount  to  $1,740,000,  and  its  surplus  fund  is  $200,000,  beside 
other  profits  of  about  seventy  thousand  dollars.  The  Howard  num- 
bers among  its  depositors  many  of  the  best  firms  and  corporations  in 
the  city  and  has  also  a  large  number  of  bank  and  mercantile  corre- 
spondents whose  ^eastern  business  it  transacts.  Its  deposits  usually 
average  about  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  presi- 
dent is  R.  E.  Demmon,  the  vice-president,  Samuel  F.  Wilkins,  the 
cashier.  Chandler  Robbins.  The  directors  are  A.  B.  Butterfield, 
J.  W.  Candler,  Samuel  B.  Capen,  R.  E.  Demmon,  Francis  Flint, 
J.  M.   W.   Hall,  Aug.  P.  Martin,  N.  W.Rice  and  S.  F.  Wilkins. 


E.  ATTEAUX  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Importers  of  Dyestuffs,  Etc.,  Nos.  172  to  178  Purchase 
Street. — The  development  of  the  commerce  of  Boston  is  upon  a  scale  of  the  greatest  magnitude; 
every  phase  of  business  is  here  represented  by  talented  merchants  possessed  of  ample  resources 
,  and  abundant  experience,  and  prominent  among  the  number  is  the  firm  of  F.  E.  Atteaux  &  Co. 
doing  business  as  manufacturers,  importers,  and  commission  merchants  in  aniline  colors,  dyestuffs 
and  chemicals,  at  Nos.  172  to  178  Purchase  Street.  As  importers,  F.  E.  Atteaux  &  Co.  possess  qualifications 
fitting  them  in  a  pre-eminent  degree  to  exactly  meet  the  requiremeilts  of  the  American  trade,  having  the  best 
possible  facilities  for  procuring  the  finest  products  of  the  Old  World;  while  they  are  especially  prominent  as  sole 
New  England  agents  for  Sadler  and  Go's.  [Limited]  alizarine  dyes,  John  Rud.  Geigy  &  Co's  aniline  colors,  etc., 
and  A.  D.  Shotwell  &  Co's  Amei-ican  sumac.  Mr.  Atteaux  has  had  fifteen  years'  experience  in  this  branch  of 
commerce,  and  established  the  present  enterprise  in  June,  1887.  The  business  premises  comprise  four  floors,  and 
basement,  70  x  75  feet  each,  finely  fitted  up  for  the  rapid  handling,  proper  preservation  and  prompt  delivery  of  the 
choice  and  valuable  stock  here  constantly  carried.  Mr.  Atteau.x  devotes  his  close  personal  attention  to  the  details  of 
the  business,  and  the  demands  of  xhe  leather  manufacturers,  and  woolen,  cotton  and  paper  mills,  for  the  purest  dye- 
stuffs,  colors  and  chemicals  of  every  grade  have  rarely,  if  ever,  been  so  fully  and  satisfactorily  met  as  by  this  firm 
whose  laudable  ambition  to  excel  has  been  generally  recognized.  The  trade  will  consult  their  own  interests  by 
writing  and  obtaining  prices  before  concluding  purchases  for  anything  in  the  dyestuffs  and  chemical 
line.  By  maintaining  a  high  standard  in  all  their  imports,  F.  E.  Atteaux  &  Co.  are  contributing  very  materially 
to  retain  to  Boston  the  supremacy  in  the  importation  of  this  line  of  goods,  while  tlie  large  volume  of  their  business, 
extending  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  affords  the  best  criterion  of  their  claim  to  a  continuance  of  the 
influential  support  accoi-ded  them.  Their  Diamond  Tannin,  which  replaces  both  block  and  cube  Gambier,  is 
meeting  with  unqualified  success  among  tanners  of  leather  of  every  description.  Their  Imjierial  Blue  for  wool 
dyeing  is  acknowledged  the  best  article  in  the  market  for  fastness  against  light  and  fulling  and  is  used  by 
most  of  the  large  mills  throughout  the  U.  S.  that  make  a  specialty  of  fast  colors. 


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jLFRED  MUDGE  &  SON,  Printers,  No.  24  Franklin  Street.— Few  departments  of  industrial  activity 
have  attained  greater  perfection  or  a  more  deserved  reputation  in  Boston  than  that  of  printing 
and  its  kindred  branches.  The  competition  has  necessarily  been  very  great,  but  the  result  has  been 
correspondingly  satisfactory  to  tlie  general  public  as  a  higher  standard  of  perfection  has  been 
attained.  Prominent  among  the  oldest  houses  in  the  trade,  and  long  holding  a  representative  position 
therein,  stands  the  establishment  of  Alfred  Jliidi^e  &  Sou.  located  at   No.  24  Franklin  Street.     The  business  was 


founded  in  1830,  by  Mr.  Alfred 
tentious  way,  on  School  Street, 
with  steadily  increasing  success 
The  firm  oif  Alfred  Mudge  & 
by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Alfred 
strength  and  influence  of  the 
The  honored  senior  partner  and 
2,  1882,  after  a  long  and  honorably 
death  of  tue  son  April  8,  1885,  since 
under  the  sole  proprietorship  of 
late  Alfred  A.  Mudge,  who  had 
thoroughly  trained  in  every  phase 
The  old-time  reputation  of  the  firm 
tiously  maintained  by  him,  and  the 
are  constantly  being  added  to  and 
cupied  for  the  business  since  1883 
each,  splendidly  equipped  with 
der,  and  the  latest  improved  ma- 
while  employment  is  given  to  some 


Mudge,  in  a  small  and  unpre- 
where  the  business  was  continued 
for  a  period  of  fifty-three  years. 
Son  was  organized  about  1850, 
A.  Mudge  to  partnership,  and  the 
house  continued  to  grow  apace, 
founder  of  the  house  died  August 
successful  career,  followed  by  the 
which  date  the  enterprise  has  been 
Mr.  Frank  H.  Mudge,  a  son  of  the 
been  in  the  firm  since  1880  and  was 
and  feature  of  the  printer's  art. 
has  been  steadily  and  conscien- 
facilities  for  rapid  and  perfect  work 
improved  upon.  The  premises  oc- 
comprise  three  floors,  55  x  155  feet 
twenty-five  presses,  mostly  cylin- 
chinery,  operated  by  steam-power, 
one  hundred  and  eighty  skilled  and 


expert  hands.  This  house  has  long  made  a  specialty  of  fine  commercial  printing,  including  business  cards,  wedding 
invitations,  menus,  drafts,  checks,  notes,  letter  and  bill  heads,  programmes  and  posters;  while  books,  pamphlets, 
magazines,  railroad  and  law  printing  of  all  kinds  are  executed  with  the  greatest  despatch  and  in  the  best  taste. 
The  imprint  of  this  house  is  to  be  seen  upon  the  catalogues  and  price  lists  of  leading  manufacturers  in  Massachu- 
setts, Ehode  Island  and  Connecticut;  upon  the  cartes  de  visite  of  leaders  in  Boston  society,  the  menus  of  our  largest 
hotels,  and  the  business  paper  of  prominent  bankers,  merchants,  railroad  men  and  publishing  houses  throughout 
New  England.  The  best  of  high  class  work  in  the  printing  line  is  known  to  emanate  from  this  house,  shining  all 
the  brighter  by  comparison  and  contrast,  and  successfully  challenging  competition.  Mr.  Mudge  is  a  native  and 
well-known  Bostonian,  president  of  the  Master  Printers'  Club,  vice-president  of  the  National  Typothetse  of  Amer- 
ica, adjutant  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the  Franklin  Typographical 
Society,  the  Roxbury  Club,  the  Boston  Athletic  Association,  and  the  Hull,  Winthrop  and  Massachusetts  Yacht 
Club,  invariably  honored  ,.ud  esteemed  by  his  fellow-men  in  all  the  various  walks  of  life. 


^ARKER,  WILDER  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  No.  4  Winthrop  Square  ;  No.  62  Leonard  Street,  New 
York. — Boston  has  long  been  noted  as  center  of  the  wholesale  trade  of  the  New  England  States  in 
woolen,  and  cotton  fabrics,  while  the  command  of  large  capital,  coupled  with  the  well-known  energy 
and  enterprise  of  the  representative  members  of  this  trade  has  permanently  retained  the  supremacy. 
^^**  One  of  the  foremost  houses  of  the  commission  trade  in  woolens  is  Messrs.  Parker,  Wilder  &  Co., 
whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  4  Winthrop  Square.  This  house  was  founded  about  seventy  years  ago,  by 
Mr.  Isaac  Parker,  and  after  some  changes  the  present  style  was  adopted  in  1851.  The  premises  occupied  by  them 
comprise  three  floors,  60x125  feet  each,  giving  ample  accommodations  for  supplying  the  most  extensive  demand. 
This  firm  handle  woolens,  flannels,  dress  goods,  quilts,  blankets  and  sheetings,  received  direct  from  some  of  the 
leading  manufacturers  of  New  England,  and  enjoy  a  high  prestige  in  trade  circles  throughout  the  country  as  selling 
agents  for  Talbot  Mills,  Belvidere  Woolen  Mfg.  Co.,  Cocheco  Woolen  Mfg.  Co.,  Gonic  Mfg.  Co.,  Concord  Mfg.  Co., 
Sterling  Mills,  Yautic  Woolen  Co.,  C.  A.  Stevens  &  Co.,  G.  F.  Sibley,  Wolfboro  Mills,  Mouadnock  Mills,  Clarendon 
Mills,  Union  Mfg.  Co.,  and  Phoenix  Factory.  The  stock  is  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  excellence  and 
efficiency.  Shipments  are  made  direct  from  the  mills  to  customers,  and  every  facility  is  at  hand  for  filling  all 
orders  promptly  and  for  granting  patrons  every  possible  advantage  as  regards  both  reliability  of  goods  and  liberality 
of  terms  and  prices.  The  members  of  this  responsible  firm  are  Messrs.  Benjamin  Phipps,  W.  H.  Sherman,  Jnmes 
Street,  Marshall  Shepard,  Wm.  H.  Wilder,  and  Thos.  S.  Lockwood.  Mr.  Phipps  has  been  a  partner  since  1869, 
while  Mr.  Wilder  succeeded  his  father  as  a  member  of  the  firm  in  1862,  and  Mr.  Sherman  came  into  the  firm  in 
1873.  These  gentlemen  are  well-known  Bostonians,  and  accounted  among  its  representative  merchants  and  most 
substantial  citizens  ;  while  Messrs.  Street  and  Shepard  reside  in  New  York  and  have  control  of  the  extensive 
interests  possessed  by  the  firm  in  that  city. 


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]MERICAN  POSTAL  MACHINES  COMPANY,  J.  George  Cooper,  President,  Henry  E.  Waite,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  Office:  No.  53  Devonshire  Street. — The  demands  upon  the  Post  Office  Department  for 
more  rapid  transmission  of  mails  are  frequent  and  pressing.  Vast  quantities  of  mail  matter  are 
deposited  in  post  offices  only  a  few  moments  before  the  closing  of  mails;  upon  each  separate  letter 
the  stamp  must  be  canceled  and  the  postmark  impressed  before  it  can  leave  the  office  for  its  destina^ 
tion.  This  -work,  done  by  hand,  is  a  slow  process,  painfully  laborious,  generally  indistinct  and  ought  to  be  a  thing 
of  the  past,  as  the  American  Postal  Machines  Co.,  of  this  city,  has  developed  a  practical  method  of  handling 
letters  by  machinery,  and  the  Boston  Post  Office  has  demonstrated  for  the  past  five  years  that  the  work  can  be 
rapidly,  distinctly  and  well  done  by  machinery  at  a  greatly  reduced  cost.  This  company  was  incorporated  iu  1885, 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz:  J.  Geo.  Cooper, 
president;  Henry  B.  Rice,  vice-president;  Henry  E.  Waite,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  offices  of  the  company 
are  eligibly  located  at  No.  53  Devonshire  Street.  The  postal  machines  produced  and  perfected  by  this  company 
are  the  inventions  of  Mr.  Thomas  Leavitt  and  Mr.  M.  V.  B.  Ethridge,  and  are  revolutionizing  the  existing  system 
of  handling  letters  in  post  offices  throughout  the  country.  For  facing  and  bunching  letters  alone  these  machines 
are  a  great  saving  to  the  Government;  but  when  it  is  understood  that  they  are  also  stamp-canceling  and  postmark- 
ing machines  as  well,  doing  all  the  work  by  one  operation,  their  great  value  for  post  office  use  is  at  once  apparent. 
The  machines  produced  by  this  company  include  a  continuous  and  progressive  line  of  inventions,  patents  and 
developments.  No.  1  is  for  stamp-canceling  and  postmarking  letters,  by  hand  feed,  with  capacity  of  4,000  per 
hour,  and  adopted  by  the  postmaster  of  Boston  in  1876.  No.  2  is  for  stamp-canceling  and  postmarking  postal 
cards,  automatic  feed,  400  per  minute,  15,000  per  hour;  adopted  by  act  of  Congress  of  the  United  States  in  1880. 
No.  3,  for  stamp-canceling  and  postmarking  letters,  automatic  feed,  400  per  minute,  15,000  per  hour;  adopted  by 
act  of  Congress  of  tbe  United  States  in  1882.  No.  4,  same  as  No.  3,  with  improvements.  No.  5,  for  facing,  stamp- 
canceling,  postmarking,  counting  and  bunching  letters  and  postal  cards,  all  by  one  operation:  100  to  200  per 
minute,  4,000  to  8,000  per  hour,  according  to  the  speed  of  the  operator;  adopted  by  the  Post  Office  Department  of 
the  United  States  in  1889.  No.  6,  patented  in  1890,  same  as  No.  5,  with  improvements.  These  machines,  unlike 
automatic-feed  machines,  are  strong  and  durable  in  construction;  do  not  easily  get  oiit  of  order  ;  and  can  be  opera- 
ted by  any  one  without  experience.  The  difficulties  attending  the  application  of  machinery  to  the  varying  con- 
ditions of  letters  have  been  so  great  that  this  company  expended  over  $200,000  in  money  and  fifteen  years  in  time 
in  experimenting  before  perfecting  a  satisfactory  method  and  machine.  These  machines,  on  a  basis  of  saving  to 
the  Government,  are  furnished  at  extremely  low  rates,  and  on  a  basis  of  their  actual  cost;  with  superintendence 
and  repairs,  the  price  is  very  reasonable.  The  increase  in  efficiency  and  reduction  in  cost  secured  to  the  postal 
service  by  the  adoption  of  these  machines  is  without  a  parallel  in  the  history  of  the  Post  Office  Department. 
Twenty-four  are  in  use  in  the  Boston  Post  Office,  and  also  one  at  each  of  the  sub-stations  in  the  city;  while  others 
are  in  use  in  the  Philadelphia  and  Washington  Post  Offices.  The  management  of  the  company  is  in  safe,  wise  and 
energetic  hands,  and  under  such  capable  and  progressive  direction  the  influence  and  success  of  the  undertaking  is 
being  steadily  extended  and  confirmed. 

H.  CUNNINGHAM,  Wrought  Iron  Pipe  and  Fittings  for  Steam,  Gas  and  Water,  No.  109  Milk  Street. 
— The  old-established  and  prosperous  house  of  J.  H.  Cunningham  is  a  leading  headquarters  in  this  city 
for  wroughtir  on  pipe  and  fittings  for  steam,  gas  and  water,  and  is  eligibly  located  at  the  above  address 
|o  The  business  was  founded  in  1852  by  Thos.  Cunningham,  and  in  1873  the  firm  of  Thos.  Cunningham  & 
Son  was  organizedby  the  admission  of  J.  H.  Cunningham  to  partnership,  the  latter  succeeding  to  the 
sole  control  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1882.  The  salesrooms  at  the  above  address  are  spacious  and  well  arranged 
for  the  storage  and  handling  of  supplies,  while  a  warehouse  is  also  occupied  at  East  Boston,  which  measures  200  x  80 
feet.  The  trade  is  conducted  exclusively  at  wholesale  and  is  immense  and  influential  throughout  New  England. 
Mr.  Cunningham  is  especially  prominent  in  trade  circles  as  sole  New  England  agent  for  Foskett  &  Bishop's 
Steam  Traps,  the  Kennedy  Gate  Valves  and  Renewable  Disc  Globe  Valves  and  the  Standard  Hot  Water 
Radiator.  The  various  goods  represented  in  the  stock  here  carried  will  be  found  to  be  of  a  standard 
and  reliable  quality,  selected  under  the  experienced  eye  of  Mr.  Cunningham,  and  no  similar  house  in 
the  city  is  better  prepared  to  minister  to  the  wants  of  the  trade  in  this  line  or  stands  higher  in  the  esteem 
of  its  patrons  everywhere.  The  business  is  distributed  throughout  all  the  New  England  States,  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  dealers,  contractors  and  heavy  consumers  make  all  their  purchases  at  this  establishment,  being  attracted  by 
the  honorable  methods  in  force,  the  superior  inducements  offered  as  regards  both  quality  and  price,  and  the  emi- 
nently satisfactory  manner  in  which  their  orders  are  fulfilled.  The  sales  of  tbe  house  in  1890  included  two  million 
feet  of  pipe,  and  the  business  is  constantly  increasing  under  able  and  enterprising  management.  In  its  specialty 
of  tarred  and  enameled  pipe  this  house  successfully  challenges  competition.  Mr.  Cunningham  is  a  native  Bosto- 
nian,  and  one  of  its  best  known  representative  business  men.  President  of  the  Plymouth  Street  Railway  Company, 
Plymouth,  Mass. ;  President  of  Winnisimmet  National  Bank,  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  Vice-president  of  the  Boston  Con- 
struction Company,  and  a  director  in  eight  different  corporations  in  this  city;  a  member  of  Governor  Russell's 
staff,  with  the  rank  of  cokmel,  and  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Democratic  Club,  the  Boston  Athletic  Club,  the 
Eeview  Club,  the  Master  Builders'  Association  and  the  Master  Plumbers'  Association, 


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SCOLLAT  SQUABB. 


|EONARD  WARE  &  SONS,  Oils,  Refiners  and  Pressers  of  Oils,  Nos.  473,  475  and  477  Atlantic  Avenue 
— The  largest,  as  well  as  the  oldest  house  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  importation,  manufacture  and 
sale  of  oils  is  that  of  Leonard  Ware  &  Sons,  located  at  Nos.  473,  475  and  477  Atlantic  Avenue.  This 
representative  house  was  founded  in  1830,  by  Leonard  Ware,  and  from  1860  to  '72,  the  firm  of  Ware  & 
Bundy  flourished.  In  1872,  the  firm  of  Leonard  Ware  &  Sons  was  organized,  and  although  their 
works  were  destroyed  by  the  great  fire  of  that  year,  they  qu.iokly  rebuilt  upon  a  larger  scale,  and  have  occupied 
this  site  since  i860.  The  honored  senior  partner  and  founder  of  the  business  died  in  jSTovember,  1888,  after  a  long 
and  honorable  business  career,  leaving  the  enterprise  to  his  two  sons.  Mr.  Leonard  Ware,  Jr.  retired  from  the  firm 
in  1890,  and  the  business  is  now  conducted  by  Mr.  M.  EverettMVare  as  sole  proprietor,  under  the  old  familiar  firm 
name.  The  business  premises  have  a  storage  capacity  for  five  thousand  barrels,  and  every  modern  facility  is  at 
hand  for  rapid  and  perfect  production,  including  forty  lever  presses  ;  and  steady  orjployment  is  given  to  a  large 
number  of  skilled  and  expert  hands.  The  firm  have  long  been  prominent  as  importers  of  French  and  English 
Degras,  Sumac,  Newfoundland  and  Labrador  Cod  oils  ;  palm,  olive  and  English  sod  oils  and  French  velvet  black  ; 
and  as  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  neat' s-foot,  fish,  sperm,  whale,  blackfish,  lard,  wool,  castor,  machinery, 
engine  and  rosin  oils;  tallow,  hard  grease,  American  sumac  and  tanners'  supplies;  while  they  are  extensive  refiners 
and  pressers  of  oils.  Their  refined  oils  are  popular  favorites  both  at  home  and  abroad.  The  manufacture,  refining 
and  pressing  of  oils  is  conducted  with  the  greatest  care  and  by  the  most  approved  processes,  the  result  being  that 
they  are  pure  and  reliable,  and  are  in  constantly  increasing  demand  thoughout  the  entire  United  States.  Orders  by 
telephone  No.  1714,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  terms  and  prices  are  made 
invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Ware  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  enlisted  in  the 
45th  Massachusetts  Infantry,  going  out  as  a  sergeant  and  was  promoted  to  a  captaincyiin  the  6th  Massachusetts 
the  following  year.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  the  Oil  Trade  Association,  and  of  excellent  repute  in 
commercial,  financial  and  social  circles. 


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A.LWOETH  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Steam  Engineers  and  Contractors,  Nos.  14  to  20  Oliver 
Street. — Prominent  among  the  manufacturers  of  New  England,  and  the  oldest,  largest  and  best  known 
house  engaged  as  steam  engineers  and  contractors  in  Boston,  is  that  of  the  Walworth  Manuf'g  Co.> 
located  at  Nos.  14-20  Oliver  Street.  This  company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of,  and  dealers  in, 
steam  and  hot-wnter  warming  and  ventilating  apparatus;  automatic  sprinklers  and  fire  extinguishing 
apparatus;  gas  machines,  gas  mixers,  mangles,  wrought  iron  pipe  and  fittings;  steam  pumps,  boilers  and  engines, 
steam  and  gas  fitters'  tools,  and  general  engineers'  supplies.  As  steam  engineers  and  contractors  they  have  per- 
manently maintained  the  lead  on  a  legitimate  basis  of  superior  workmanship  and  thoroughly  scientific  results. 
The  business  was  originally  established  in  1842  by  Messrs.  Walworth  and  Nason,  who  were  the  first  to  engage 
in  steam  and  hot-water  heating  in  the  world.  The  firm  name  became  J.  J.  Walworth  &  Co.  a  few  years  after, 
and  in  1872  tlie  present  company  was  incorporated,  with  a  capital  of  $400,000.  The  works  of  the  company  are 
located  in  South  Boston,  and  comprise  two  b'uildings;  one  containing  four  floors  and  basement;  the  other,  three 


C.  C.  Walworth. 


floors,  besides  brass  and  iron  foundries,  forge  shops,  and  other  works  incident  to  their  business;  the  equipment  of 
which  is  of  the  most  complete  and  perfect  character,  and  in  which  steady  employment  is  given  to  about  ei^ht 
hundred  hands.  The  company  have  supplied  with  apparatus  and  fittings  numerous  buildings  in  this  city,  in  a 
manner  which  reflects  the  greatest  credit  upon  their  taste  and  skill.  Among  the  buildings  which  may  be  named 
are  the  U.  S.  Post-Office,  Sears  Building,  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Go's  building,  New  Old  South  Church,  Hathaway 
Building,  New  England  Building,  Pierce  Building,  and  many  others.  The  company  are  earnest  and  unremitting 
in  their  efforts  to  give  entire  satisfaction  to  all  their  patrons,  and  are  actuated  in  all  their  undertakings  by  a  lauda- 
ble spirit  of  enterprise  and  an  ambition  to  excel.  They  have  an  immense  and  influential  patronage  in  New  Eng- 
land and  the  Provinces,  and  for  some  years  past  have  been  cultivating  an  export  trade  with  very  good  results. 
The  president  of  the  company  is  Mr.  C.  C.  Walworth,  who  brings  to  the  business  an  experience  of  nearly  fifty  years 
in  this  branch  of  industry,  and  is  known  as  one  of  the  foremost  mechanics  of  the  country.  He  is  ably  seconded  by 
Mr.  Wallace  L.  Pierce  as  vice-president;  while  Messrs.  Graves  and  Coppins,  treasurer  and  secretary  respectively, 
are  expert,  accomplished  officials,  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  do  business. 


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■QETH  PACKING  &  PROVISION  COMPANY,  Packers  and  Curers  of  Pork,  Beef,  Lard,  Hams,  Bacon, 
Live  and  Dressed  Hogs,  Etc.,  Etc.,  Nos.  33  and  34 N.  Market  Sti-eet.— One  of  the  foremost  representa- 
tives of  the  packing  industry  in  the  east  is  the  North  Packing  and  Provision  Company,  vrhose  headquar- 
ters are  located  at  Nos.  33  and  34  N.  Market  Street.  This  company  enjoy  an  international  reputati()n  as 
packers  and  curers  of  pork,  beef,  lard,  hams,  bacon,  live  and  dressed  hogs,  etc.,  and  operate  extensive 
slaughtering,  curing  and  packing  houses  in  Somerville,  Mass.  The  business  was  founded  in  18.59,  by  Messrs. 
North,  Merriman  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  in  1874  by  Charles  H.  North  &  Co.,  and  in  January,  1889,  the  present 
company  was  incorporated  with  G.  F.  Swift,  president;  E.  C.  Swift,  treasurer  and  general  manager;  S.  Henry 
Skilton,  assistant  manager.  These  gentlemen  unite  special  qualifications  for  carrying  on  the  business  upon  the 
highest  plane  of  eiiiciency,  bringing  to  bear,  as  they  do,  vast  practical  experience,  ample  capital  and  unrivaled 
facilities.  They  have  manifested  marked  enterprise  and  sound  executive  judgment  in  availing  themselves  of  the 
resources  and  equipment  of  the  old-established  works  and  in  adding  numerous  improvments  tending  to  facilitate 
rapid  and  perfect  work.  The  plant  at  Somerville  covers  eight  acres  of  ground,  and  is  provided  with  direct  rail- 
way connections,  besides  every  modern  convenience  for  storing,  handling,  curing  and  packing  meats,  including  a 
large  cooling  room  with  the  capacity  for  8,000  hogs,  together  with  the  latest  improved  machinery,  ample  steam 
power,  electric  lights  and  other  facilities.  Steady  oinploy/ment  is  given  to  1050  hands,  and  3000  hogs  or  more  are 
slaughtered  per  day.  The  company's  meats  are  justly  celebrated  for  excellence,  soundness,  care  and  skill  in  curing 
and  packing,  as  they  use  only  the  best  stock  and  have  the  latest  process  for  curing  which  adds  greatly  to  the  flavor 
of  their  hams  aird  bacon  and  renders  them  free  from  the  unpleasant  taste  of  excessive  salt.  They  are  also  refiners  of 
pure  leaf  lard,  which  they  refine  to  that  degree  which  renders  it  pre-eminently  a  choice  and  fine  article  for  culinary 
purposes.  Their  salesrooms  in  this  city  comprise  four  spacious  floors,  provided  with  the  latest  cooling  process 
and  refrigerators,  and  here  they  do  a  large  wholesale  trade  in  choice  provisions,  shipping  immense  quantities  of 
pork,  beef,  hams,  lard,  etc.,  not  only  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  but  also  to  Great  Britain, 
Oermany,  France  and  South  America.  The  Messrs.  Swift  are  widely  known  as  leaders  in  the  dressed  beef  trade 
in  this  country,  [and  have  the  highest,  of  reputations  in  both  the  east  and  the  west.  The  conduct  of  this 
business  devolves  largely  upon  the  Assistant  Manager,  Mr.  Skilton,  who  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Charles  H. 
North  &  Co.  from  1874  until  the  organization  of  this  company,  and  is  an  expert  and  practical  exponent  of  the  pork- 
packing  business.  With  its  far  reaching  interests  and  enlightened  management,  this  company  are  steadily  de- 
veloping a  trade  international  in  its  importance  and  of  the  utmost  value  to  Boston  both  industrially  and 
commercially. 


OWLE,  COBB  &  PEARSON,  Successors  to  C.  N.  Mellen  &  Co.,  Manufacturers  of  Silk,  Flannel  and 
Cheviot  Shirts,  Ames  Building,  No.  65  Bedford  and  No.  69  Kingston  Streets.— One  of  the  great  repre- 
sentative business  houses  of  Boston  isthat  of  Messrs.  Fowle,  Cobb  &  Pearson,  the  well-known  manu- 
M  facturers  of  silk,  flannel  and  cheviot  shirts,  men's,  boys'  and  children's  pants,  overalls,  shop  coats, 
bar  coats  and  aprons,  located  in  Ames  Building,  Nos.  65  Bedford  and  69  Kingston  Streets.  Probably 
no  concern  in  the  United  States  has  made  greater  or  more  substantial  progress  than  the  above.  The  business  was 
established  in  1861,  by  Messrs  C.  N.  Mellen  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1887.  The  house  is 
the  largest  in  its  line  in  Boston,  and  enjoys  a  heavy  and  permanent  trade  with  jobbers  and  retailers  throughout 
New  England  and  the  Middle  States.  The  business  premises  comprise  three  floors,  which  contain  half  an  acre  of 
floor  space,  and  in  which  is  one  of  the  flnest  salesrooms  in  the  city.  The  firm  employ  upwards  of  fifty  skilled 
hands  in  the  building  and  some  four  thousand  people  outside,  and  have  twelve  factories  engaged  in  making  goods 
for  them  under  contract.  The  efforts  of  the  firm  are  ably  directed  to  the  perfection  and  economical  manufacture  of 
the  above  specialties,  and  so  practical  has  been  the  result  of  their  efforts  that  their  garments  now  have  the  largest 
and  most  wide-spread  sale  of  any  similar  goods  in  New  England.  The  record  of  the  firm  is  one  of  honorable  prog- 
ress and  steady  expansion  of  facilities  to  meet  the  demands  of  its  trade.  In  their  spacious  salesrooms  are  the 
largest  lines  of  shirts,  pants  and  overalls  manufactured  by  any  one  house.  The  styles  range  from  the  lowest  price 
up  to  the  choicest  grades,  so  as  to  suit  all  classes  of  purchasers.  In  the  pants  department  are  various  lines  of 
kerseys,  jeans,  cotton,  worsted  and  all  wool,  which  are  cut  in  the  latest  style,  of  the  best  materials,  and  well  made. 
The  goods  of  this  firm  are  given  the  preference  by  dealers  in  Boston,  Providence,  Lowell,  Manchester,  Worcester, 
Springfield,  New  Haven,  Hartford,  Portland  and  other  New  England  centers,  also  the  larger  cities  in  the  Middle 
States,  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and  solid  merits.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests 
of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  resources  of  the  firm  enable  them  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfill- 
ment of  all  orders.  The  members  of  this  enterprising  firm  are  Messrs.  Leonard  Fowle,  A.  B.  Cobb  and  J.  B.  Pear- 
son, all  native  Bostonians  and  young  men  of  energy,  tact  and  business  sagacity.  Mr.  Fowle  was  with  C.  N.  Mellen 
&  Co.,  seventeen  years,  while  Mr.  Pearson  was  with  them  twelve  years,  thus  acquiring  a  foundation  understanding 
for  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Cobb  was  in  business  ni  India  many  years 
All  the  partners  are  thoroughly  practical  men,  exercising  superior  executive  abilities  and,  by  enforcing  a  thorough 
system  of  organization,  insure  the  efBciency  of  their  employes  and  the  perfection  of  their  goods. 


92  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

|.JlRDING,  "WHITMAN  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Woolen  Cloths,  Dress  Goods  and  Yarns,  No.  78' 
Chaunoy  Street. — There  is,  perhaps,  no  firm  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  commission  business  in  Boston 
more  widely  or  more  favorably  known  than  Harding,  Whitman  &  Co.,  No.  78  Chauncy  Street  ;  with 
branch  also  at  No.  80  Leonard  Street,  New  York.  They  are  commission  merchants  for  the  sale  of 
woolen  cloths,  women's  and  children's  dress  goods,  and  worsted  and  cotton  yarns,  and  do  an  exten- 
sive business  selling  to  jobbers,  wholesale  dealers  and  manufacturers  throughout  tlie  United  States.  The_house  is 
a  leading  and  representative  one,  and  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  maintained  a  prominent  place  in  the 
trade.  It  was  established  in  1866,  by  Charles  L.  Harding  and  Gardner  E.  Colby,  vmder  the  firm  name  of  Harding 
&  Colby.  At  a  later  date  Edgar  Harding  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Harding, 
Colby  &  Co.  Under  this  style  the  business  was  conducted  up  to  1890,  when  the  present  firm  name  was  adopted. 
Ml-.  Colby  was  removed  by  death  in  1889,  and  Charles  L.  Harding  in  1891.  The  present  firm  is  composed  of  Edgar 
Harding,  son  of  Charles  L.  Harding,  and  William  Whitman,  both  of  whom  are  in  the  prime  of  life.  Mr.  Harding 
is  a  native  of  Millville,  Massachusetts,  and  Mr.  Whitman,  who  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  came  to  Boston  and 
began  his  business  life  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  They  are  men  of  enei-gy  and  enterprise,  and  thoroughly  conversant 
with  their  business  in  all  its  details.  Prior  to  assuming  the  sole  conduct  of  the  business,  both  had  had  long 
experience.  Mr.  Harding  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Harding,  Colby  &  Co.,  in  1873,  and  has  been  a  director 
of  the  Merchants'  Woolen  Co.  for  twenty-two  years,  and  treasurer  of  the  same  for  eighteen  years.  Mr.  Whitman 
became  a  partner  in  the  firm  in  1887.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  Arlington  Mills  since  1S67,  with  the  exception 
of  a  short  period  in  1869.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the  same  company  since  1873.  The  quarters  occupied  by  the 
firm  for  offices  and  salesroom  on  Chauncy  Street  are  commodious  and  finely  appointed,  and  a  large  stafi  of  clerks 
and  salesmen  are  employed.  During  the  past  two  years  the  firm  has  gradually  relinquished  all  its  business,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Arlington  Mills  and  the  Merchants  Woolen  Co.,  for  which  they  are  the  sole  selling  agents. 
The  business  of  these  two  large  manufacturing  concerns  is  now  done  entirely  on  orders,  and  while  the  business  is 
large,  the  demand  for  their  products  is  always  in  excess  of  the  production.  This  has  been  brought  about,  both  by 
the  character  of  the  products  and  the  honorable  and  trustworthy  manner  in  which  orders  have  been  filled.  Rela- 
tions with  the  house  are  reasonably  certain  to  lead  to  an  enduring  business  connection. 

CUMBERLAND  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  The  Warren  Filters,  No.  220 
Devonsliire  Street. — In  the  paper  mills  of  S.  D.  Warren  &  Co.,  at  Cumberland  Mills,  Me.,  some 
means  of  obtaining  water  free  from  all  impurities  became  a  matter  of  great  importance.  Filtration 
was  finally  resorted  to,  after  much  time  and  labor,  and  the  "Warren  Filter;"  was  invented  by  the 
agent,  Mr.  Johh  E.  Warren,  with  whom  "  necessity  was  the  mother  of  invention,"  for  their  own 
special  use.  His  filter  proved  so  thoroughly  successful  that  the  Cumberland  Manufacturing  Company  was 
formed  for  the  express  purpose  of  placing  it  upon  the  market.  The  capital  stock  was  $50,000  and  the 
company  was  ofiicered  as  follows  :  John  E.  Warren,  president ;  Mortimer  B.  Mason,  vice-president ; 
Fiske  Warren,  treasurer.  The  Boston  ofSce  of  the  company  is  located  at  No.  220  Devonshire  Street,  with  Mr. 
Walter  B.  Nye,  manager.  The  Warren  Filter,  fi'om  its  peculiar  construction,  is  intended  for  use  as  a  gravity 
filter,  the  water  being  filtered  by  a  system  of  percolation,  such  as  is  common  in  natural  filtration  through  the 
soil.  This  simplifies  the  construction,  and  lessens  the  expense  of  operation,  as  gravity  alone  furnishes  the 
requisite  pressure  for  conducting  the  operation,  and  greatly  simplifies  the  problem  of  cleansing  the  filter  of  its 
accumulated  matter.  The  method  or  apparatus  for  cleansing  the  filter  bed  is,  generally  speaking,  the  principle 
patented  feature  by  which  the  various  filters  ,are  distinguished  from  each  other.  The  featui-es  distinguishing 
this  system  from  all  others  are  principally  four:  First. — Filtration  in  open  tanks  under  gravity  pressure.  Sec- 
ond.— Filtration  through  a  thin  twenty-inch  bed  made  possible  by  this  low  pressure.  Third. — The  cleansing 
of  the  filter  bed  by  the  mechanical  rotary  agitator  under  a  reversed  flow  of  water.  Fourth. — The  use  of  a  set- 
tling basin  for  the  two  distinct  purposes  of  sedimentation  and,  wherever  needed,  of  perfect  coagulation.  In 
presenting  this  system  to  the  public,  the  company  are  confident  that  it  meets  the  requirements  more  simply  and 
effectually  than  any  other  that  has  yet  been  introduced,  and  that  it  is  the  only  system  whose  cost  will  render  it 
available  for  the  large  demands  of  paper  makers,  or  for  the  public  water  supply  of  cities  and  towns.  Among  the 
filter  plants  erected  by  this  company  may  be  named  those  for  S.  D.  Warren  &  Co.,  Cixmberland  Mills,  Me.;  Orrs 
&  Co.  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  Glen  Manufacturing  Company,  Berlin  Falls,  N.  H. ;  Hollingworth  &  Vose,  East  Walpole,  Mass. ; 
Fox  River  Paper  Co.,  Appleton,  Wis.;  Cushnoc  Fiber  Co.,  Augusta,  Me.;  Orono  Pulp  &  Paper  Co.,  Bangor,  Me.; 
Oshkosh  Water  Co.,  Oshkosh,  Wis.;  Centralia  Pulp  &  Water  Power  Co.,  Centralia,  Wis.;  F.  W.  Bird  &  Son,  East 
Walpole,  Mass.;  Haverhill  Paper  Company,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  Eastern  Manufacturing  Company,  Bangor,  Me. ;  while 
they  have  others  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  making  over  one  hundred  in  all,  the  smallest  of  which  have  a  ca- 
pacity of  two  hvmdred  and  fifty  thousand  gallons  per  day.  The  beginning  of  the  enterprise  was  modest  indeed,  but 
by  virtue  of  its  excellence  and  utility  over  all  others  the  Warren  Filter  has  pushed  its  way  into  prominence  and  popu- 
larity from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  and  has  the  hearty  endorsement  of  all  its  users.  President  Warren  is  the 
manager  of  the  great  paper  mills  of  S.  D.  Warren  &  Co.,  at  Cumberland  Mills,  Me.,  and  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
the  results  achieved  through  his  genius  and  perseverance  as  an  inventor.  The  vice-president,  Mr.  Mason,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  paper  firm  named ;  as  is  aL^o  Mr.  Fiske  Warren,  the  treasurer.  Mr.  Nye,  the  manager  here,  is  a  gentleman 
of  business  experience  and  reliability,  with  whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


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93 


H.  CUMMINGS  &  CO.,  Flour  and  Commission  Mercliants,  No.  224  State  Street.— Tlie  firm  of  Messrs. 
C.  H.  Cummiugs  &  Co.  was  establislied  in  1S56,  placiug  it  among  tlie  oldest  flour  and  commission 
houses  in  the  city.  Since  that  date  Mr.  Cummings  has  had  several  partners,  but  there  has  been  no 
change  in  the  firm  style.  The  present  partnership  was  formed  four  years  ago  by  the  admission  of 
Mr.  Hiram  Johnson,  who  has  had  an  experience  of  thirty  years  in  the  flour  business  and  is  well  and 
favorably  known  to  the  trade.  Fur  twenty  years  past  the  firm  have  been  agents  for  the  Washburn,  Crosby  Co., 
Minnesota  Flour  Mills,  and  they  also  represent  a  number  of  other  well  known  flouring  mills.  The  sales  of  the 
house  are  about  fifty  thousand  barrels  per  year  of  the  Washburn,  Crosby  Co.'s  goods,  and  the  same  amount,  in  the 
aggregate,  from  other  mills.  They  receive  flour  in  car  lots  and  sell  to  the  jobbers,  having  a  large  trade  with  all 
parts  of  New  England.  Their  office  is  on  the  second  floor  at  No.  224  State  Street;  Mr.  Cummings  is  a  menber  of 
■Chamber  of  Commence.    Both  the  partners  are  Bostoniaus  by  birth. 


Clarendon  Street. 


«i^j|||jCSCEOLA  CONSOLIDATED  MINING  COMPANY,  Office,  No.  199  Washington  Street.— There  is  no 
Wfafi^&k  section  of  the  mineral  regions  of  the  United  States  where  such  favorable  prospects  and  results  attend 
Ky^^RfiSH  the  operations  of  the  copper  mines  as  in  the  state  of  Michigan.  Immense  fortunes  have  already  been 
'§«iS|hB^  '^^'^®  "-  *'''^  region,  and  with  skilled  guidance  and  sufficient  capital  to  introduce  improved  machinery 
tS-lirfiJ'5*^  and  properly  develop  the  best  properties  so  as  to  secure  abundance  of  rich  ores,  the  prospects  are 
eminently  favorable  to  investors.  One  of  the  ablest  and  most  conservatively  conducted  corporations  engaged  in 
copper  mining  in  Michigan  is  the  Osceola  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  whose  main  office  is  located  at  No.  199 
Washington  Street.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1873,  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Michigan,  and  has  a 
capital  stock  of  $1,2.50,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz.:  President,  A.  S.  Bigelow;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Thos. 
Nelson;  superintendent,  .lohn  Daniell.  Directors:  John  N.  Denison,  Albert  S.  Bigelow,  Gustav  Stellwag,  Leonard 
Lewisohn,  Charles  Van  Brunt,  John  Daniell.  The  record  made  by  this  company  is  one  of  which  any  mining  corpo- 
ration might  well  be  proud.  Their  receipts  up  to  January  1,  1891,  showed  a  total  of  S]0,049,.500.40,  from  which 
expenses  amounting  to  §9,830,879.89  must  be  deducted,  leaving  a  net  income  of  $218,620.51.  They  have  paid  divi- 
dends amounting  to  $1,497,500.00,  while  an  improvement  is  noted  in  the  quality  of  the  rock  handled,  a  reduction 
has  been  made  in  the  cost  of  mining,  and  each  year  shows  an  increase  in  the  quantity  of  the  output.  Everything 
therefore  points  to  still  larger  dividends,  and  those  who  desire  to  fully  investigate  this  opening  for  solid,  legitimate 
mining  investment  should  visit  the  company's  office  or  send  for  a  copy  of  the  report  of  the  officers.  Its  stock  is 
dividad  into  50,000  shares  at  $25.00  each,  and  the  same  is  held  by  leading  capitalists  and  investors  in  this  city  and 
elsewhere.    With  its  expert  and  faithful  management,  this  company  insures  a  very  large  return  on  its  cajjital. 


94  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  OOMMEEOE  AND  LITEEATURE. 

OUNG'S  HOTEL,  Court  Square,  Court  Street,  Court  Avenue,  J.  R.  Whipple  &  Co.,  Proprietors.  It  is  gen- 
erally admitted  in  the  best  circles  of  Boston  society  that  the  g-reatest  consummation  of  hospitable  ideas 
with  practical  business  methods  and  marked  ability  of  management  is  embodied  in  "  Young's  "  above 
and  beyond  any  other  hotel  in  the  city.  It  is  so  intimately  and  prominently  interv70ven  -with  the 
growth  and  development  of  Boston,  and  so  linked  with  the  names  of  great  men — statesmen,  diplomats, 
politicians,  authors,  actors,  educators  and  famous  personages  of  Europe  and  America — thatjin  this  sketch  of  its  advan- 
tages as  the  leading  hotel  of  Boston  no  historical  review  is  necessary.  Suffice  it  to  say,  the  travelers  of  fifty  and 
sixty  years  ago  knew  it  as  Taft's  Coffee  House,  and  it  was  in  1845  that  Mr.  George  Young  came  into  control  and 
gave  it  its  present  name.  In  1876  Messrs.  Hall  &  Whipple  became  proprietors,  and  were  also  running  the  Adams 
House.  In  1884  they  dissolved  partnership,  and  Mr.  J.  Reed  Whipple  became  sole  proprietor  of  Young's.  It 
early  proved  a  magnet  to  the  best  people  of  the  land,  and  under  Mr.  Whipple's  management  its  success  has  been 
unprecedented  in  the  history  of  hotel  entei-prises  in  this  city.  Possessed  of  a  foundation  understanding  of  the 
needs  and  desires  of  the  public,  he  united  marked  executive  capacity,  sound  judgment  and  unflagging  energy,  and, 
surrounding  himself  with  a  corps  of  partners  and  coadjutors  of  experience  and  ability,  he  has  made  Young's  of  to- 
day more  popular  than  ever,  enjoying  the  most  extensive  patronage,  probably,  of  any  hotel  in  Boston.  Since  1875 
Mr.  Whipple  has  been  obliged  to  enlarge  the  hotel  no  less  than  four  times.  It  now  comprises  three  connecting 
buildings,  constructed  of  freestone,  thoroughly  fireproof,  and  containing  two  hundred  and  fifty  rooms  for  guests. 
Its  location  is  excellent.  Directly  central  to  the  best  business  houses,  the  Post  Office,  City  Hall,  Court  House,  thea- 
ters and  churches,  and  convenient  of  access  from  the  steamships,  steamboats,  railway  depots  and  street  cars,  it  is  the 
best  house  alike  for  the  fastidious  tourist,  the  commercial  traveler  and  the  transient  guest.  It  is  thoroughly  at- 
tractive throughout,  richly  furnished,  artistically  decorated,  and  fitted  with  all  modern  improvements,  including  two' 
passenger  elevators,  steam  heat,  electric  lights,  annunciators,  repeating  call  bells,  and  everything  in  any  way  condu- 
cive to  the  comfort  and  welfare  of  guests.  The  house  is  conducted  on  the  popular  European  plan,  single  rooms 
varying  from  $1  to  $8  per  day,  and  double  rooms  or  those  en  suite  from  $2  to  $12  per  day,  while  the  cuisine  of 
Young's  is  justly  renowned.  Some  twenty-flve  hundred  people. dine  here  daily,  while  among  the  numerous  and 
prominent  political  and  social  clubs  that  dine  here  regularly  are  the  Massachusetts  Club,  New  England  Club,  Nor- 
folk Club,  Middlesex  Club,  Essex  Club,  Paint  and  Oil  Trade  Club,  as  well  as  various  college  societies.  Its  lobby 
is  the  favorite  resort  of  the  "  powers  "  that  preside  over  the  destinies  of  the  city  and  the  State — albeit  though  it  may 
be  "  behind  the  throne  " — and  the  best  review  of  Boston's  nptabilities  can  be  had  within  its  corridors  when  the  po- 
litical ball  is  rolling.  Many  a  newspaper  man  has  secured  his  best  bon  mots  and  most  important  articles  of  infor- 
mation within  its  walls.  Its  registers  are  eloquent  with  the  names  of  departed  notables  such  as  Sumner,  Wilson, 
Andrew,  Bullock,  Lowell,  Phillips,  and  other  Massachusetts  men,  as  well  as  others  now  living  whose  influence  is  as 
potent  in  affairs  of  state.  Young's  may,  in  truth,  be  considered  as  the  embodiment  of  those  methods,  principles 
and  associations  which  ever  attract  the  patronage  of  the  leaders  of  the  social,  political  and  financial  world.  Such  a 
hotel  as  Young's  has  the  population  of  a  small  village.  Yet  its  guests  have  extraordinary  fare  and  every  comfort. 
Humanity  is  catered  for  by  wholesale,  yet  at  the  same  time  each  individual  guest  receives  as  much  attention  as  if 
he  had  one  whole  hotel  to  himself.  It  is  this  combination  of  large  general  figures  with  the  closest  attention  to 
minute  details  which  forms  the  chief  problem  of  the  hotel  keeper  arid  constitutes  the  real  mystery  of  hotel  keeping. 
Many  persons  would  infer  that  the  expense  of  tarrying  at  Young's  would  be  enormous,  but  it  is  not  so,  for,  consid- 
ering the  accommodations,  the  exclusiveness  and  quiet  of  the  place,  with  its  surroundings  and  desirable  location, 
and  the  service  and  attention  one  receives,  the  rates  are  extremely  moderate.  It  is  patronized  not  only  by  people  of 
great  wealth,  but  by  well-to-do  persons  of  culture  and  refinement.  Everybody  is  treated  exactly  alike  and  with 
the  same  affable  attention,  whether  they  be  millionaires  or  in  moderate  circumstances.  Young's  is  not  only  an  inn 
but  a  home.  There  is  not  one  room,  from  the  lowest  to  the  topmost  floor,  that  is  not  like  ^  beautiful  apartment  in 
a  sumptuous  home.  The  walls  are  decorated  with  the  finest  works  of  art,  the  beds  are  delicious  resting  jjlaces  and 
as  daintily  equipped  as  any  couch  in  the  palace  of  a  millionaire.  Tlrere  are  no  frayed  and  dusty  carpets,  no 
worn  and  threadbare  upholstery,  no  bedspreads  and  blankets  eloquent  with  the  record  of  the  departed;  everything 
is  fresh  and  tasty;  alike  appealing  to  physical  enjoyment  and  Eesthetic  taste.  One  can,  at  Young's,  combine  the  ease 
of  boarding  with  the  content  and  comfort  of  a  well-ordered  and  beautiful  home,  while  the  house  is  admitted  by 
all  who  have  investigated  the  matter  to  be  without  a  superior  as  regards  ventilation,  as  the  air  is  nowhere  tainted 
by  sewer  gas  or  other  disagreeable  odor.  The  proprietors  are  liberal  caterers,  believing  in  the  best  and  plenty  of  it, 
and  their  table  is  unexcelled  in  the  country.  Their  wine  cellars  contain  one  of  the  largest  and  choicest  assortments 
of  fine  wines  to  be  found  anywhere  in  America.  The  supplies  of  brandy,  liqueurs,  cordials,  etc,  necessarily  kept 
here  would  stock  several  sample  rooms  of  ordinary  size.  As  to  size,  fireproof  qualities,  sanitary  conditions,  sun- 
light and  ventilation.  Young's  Hotel  has  no  superior  and  few  equals  on  the  continent.  A  word  as  to  its  manage- 
ment. In  1889  the  firm  of  J.  R.  Whipple  &  Co.  was  organized  by  the  admission  to  partnership  with  Mr.  J.  R. 
Whipple  of  Messrs.  J.  B.  Whipple,  W.H.  La  Pointe,  R.  F.  Ford.  C.  I.  Lindsay  and  C.  M.  Hart.  The  honored  head  of  the 
house  the  same  year  secured  control  of  the  Parker  House  in  this  city,  of  wliich  he  was  steward  for  six  years  previous> 
to  becoming  part  proprietor  of  Young's.  Of  tlie  many  successful  hotel  men  of  the  country  there  are  few  endowed 
with  the  enterprise,  pluck  and  peculiar  qualifications  to  manage  two  such  Irostelries  as  Young's  and  Parker's,  while 
to  invest  the  requisite  capital  requires  not  only  nerve  but  special  adaptation  to  the  business,  and  an  extensive  acquaint- 
ance at  home  and  abroad.  Mr.  Whipple  is  known  to  possess  all  the  above  qualifications,  while  he  is  fortunate  in 
his  co-partners  at  Young's,  every  one  of  whom  is  a  master  of  some  special  department  in  this  grand  carstvansary. 
With  their  knowledge,  resources,  facilities  and  thousand  and  one  conveniences,  this  firm  undertakes  to  do  every- 
thing for  their  guests  except  to  clothe  them  and  pay  their  bills. 


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|OSTON  LEAD  MAjSTUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Mauufacturers  of  White  Lead  and  Zinc,  Etc.,  Office 
No.  162  Coiinress  and  Nos.  180  and  182  Franklin  Sti-eets. — The  Boston  Lead  Manufacturing  Company 
is  prominently  and  popularly  identified  with  the  production  of  the  liighest  grade  of  white  lead  known 
to  the  trade,  and  its  name  is  a  veritable  trade-mark  for  purity,  durability  and  superior  excellence  in 
that  line  of  goods.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1879,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts, with  a  capital  of  $450,000,  as  successors  to  the  Boston  Lead  Company  which  was  organized  in  1829.  The  main 
offices  of  the  company  are  at  Nos.  162  Congress  and  180  and  182  Franklin  Streets,  while  their  works  are  located  in 
Boston  Highlands  and  are  the  largest  of  their  kind  in  New  England.  The  outijut  comprises  white  lead  and  zinc, 
dry  and  ground  in  oil;  red  lead  and  litharge,  lead  pipe  and  sheet  lead,  patent  tin-lined  pipe,  pure  block  tin  pipe, 
copper  and  iron  pumps.    The  company  has  a  cash  capital  of  sufficient  size  and  ample  facilities  for  conducting  all 


branches  of  their  business  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  and  upon  the  largest  scale.  The  officers  and  directors 
are  as  follows:  President,  Samuel  Little;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Bride;  Directors:  Samuel  Little,  Phineas  B.  Smith, 
Alonzo  W.  Folsom,  Chas.  M.  Clapp,  Jacob  Pfaff,  Wm.  P.  Hunt  and  Thomas  F.  Temple.  The  foundation  of  the 
remarkable  success  achieved  by  this  house  lies  undoubtedly  in  the  complete  knowledge  of  the  business  possessed 
by  the  management,  which  has  always  recognized  the  fact  that  the  closest  supervision  over  the  smallest  detail  of 
factory  "work  is  as  important  as  over  business  transactions  of  greater  magnitude.  They  undertook  at  the  outset  to 
manufacture  goods  of  a  superior  quality,  and  to  keep  the  product  at  the  very  highest  .standard  of  quality  and  purity. 
From  this  policy  the  management  has  never  wavered,  and  it  is  but  little  to  say  that  under  its  present  able  manage- 
ment this  house  is  certain  to  maintain  the  ascendancy  in  the  future  which  it  has  ever  held  in  the  past,  in  this 
important  and  valuable  industry.  The  wants  of  all  patrons  are  met  in  every  instance  with  unexampled  promptness 
and  satisfaction,  while  the  officers  and  directors  are  experienced  and  reliable  business  men,  whose  high  standing 
in  commercial  and  trade  circles  places  them  far  beyond  the  requirements  of  any  pA-aise  which  these  pages  could 
bestow. 


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|OHN  I  .  BKOWJvT  &  SONS,  Chemists  and  Manufacturers  of  Brown's  Bronoliial  Troches  for  Coughs, 
Colds,  Bronchitis,  Hoarseness,  Asthma,  Catarrh, Etc.,  Nos.  185  Summer  Streetand  33  Fariingdon  Road, 
London. — Brown's  Bronchial  Troches  have  become  kuown  for  their  great  excellence  and  efficacy  from 
one  end  of  the  world  to  the  other.  They  have  been  on  the  market  for  some  fifty  years,  and  their 
record  is  unequaled  as  a  cure  for  coughs,  colds,  bronchitis,  hoarseness,  asthma,  catarrh,  etc.  The 
foundation  of  this  business  was  laid  about  the  year  1765,  by  Stephen  Thayer,  as  a  druggist,  on  Washington  Street.  Mr. 
John  I.  Brown  was  apprenticed  to  the  house  to  learn  the  drug  business,  and  succeeded  to  the  control  of  the  business. 
The  business  premises  were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1873,  since  which  date  the  present  site  has  been  occupied.  The 
great  resources  and  unequaled  facilities  at  hand  for  the  systematic  and  successful  prosecution  of  the  business  enable 
the  Messrs.  Brown  to  meet  promptly  every  demand  of  their  widespread  trade,  which  reaches  to  all  parts  of  the  civ- 
ilized world  and  is  constantly  on  the  increase,  owing  to  the  superiority,  reliability  and  uniform  excellence  of  their 
productions.  Brown's  Bronchial  Troches  are  unqualifiedly  the  best  remedy  yet  introduced  to  the  public  for  coughs, 
colds,  hoarseness,  bronchitis  and  all  diseases  of  the  throat  and  lungs,  and  are  invaluable  for  public  speakers  and 
singers.  The  house  supplies  jobbers  in  quantities  to  suit,  at  short  notice,  and  places  all  transactions  on  a 
liberal  and  satisfactory  basis.  The  Messrs.  Brown  are  native  Bostonians,  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and 
accounted  among  the  representative  manufacturers  of  the  city,  possessing  the  requisite  energy  to  maintain  the 
supremacy  long  enjoyed  by  this  old  and  honorable  house  in  its  important  field  of  usefulness. 


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C.  CHASE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Horse  Clothing  and  Carriage  Robes,  Velours  and  Plushes,  No. 
129  Washington  Street. — The  elements  of  commercial  success  are  seldom  found  in  happier  combina- 
tion than  in  tlie  case  of  the  house  of  L.  C.  Chase  &  Co.,  who,  as  manufacturers  of  horse  clothing  and 
>  carriage  robes,  velours  and  plushes,  have  secured  for  their  goods  such  wide  celebrity,  coupled  with 
a  trade  of  great  and  growing  magnitude.  This  old  and  honored  house  was  founded  in  1857  by 
Messrs.  L.  C.  and  H.  F.  Chase,  under  the  firm  name  of  L.  C. 
Chase  &  Co.  In  1869,  Mr.  John  Hopewell,  .Jr.  was  admitted  to 
partnership,  and  in  1879  Messrs.  O.  F.  Kendall  and  Frank 
Hopewell  also  became  partners.  In  1880  the  Messrs.  Chase 
retired  from  the  firm,  since  which  date  the  remaining  partners 
liave  continued  the  business  under  the  original  firm  name. 
The  business  premises  comprise  three  fioors,  75  x  100  feet,  and 
one  floor  200  x  100  feet,  all  of  which  splendid  floor  space  is 
utilized  for  trade  purposes  at  Nos.  125  to  129  Washington 
Street.  They  also  have  large  storehouses  on  Hanover  and 
Portland  Streets  for  surplus  stock.  They  give  employment  in 
this  city  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  skilled  hands  in  the  manu- 
facture of  horse  sheets,  fly  nets,  light  dusters  and  horse  goods 
for  general  summer  wear.  They  also  handle  the  entire 
product  of  the  Troy  Mills,  Troy,  N.  H.  of  which  L.  C.  Chase 
&  Co.  are  heavy  stockholders;  also  the  entire  product  of 
the  Sanford  Mills,  Sanford,  Me.,  of  which  Mr.  John  Hopewell, 
Jr.,  is  treasurer,  and  Mr.  Frank  Hopewell  is  assistant  treas- 
urer, and  where  nine  hundred  hands  are  constantly  employed, 
and  have  introduced  the  most  popular  original  shades  and 
patterns  extant,  so  that  the  attractive  array  of  these  goods  to 
be  seen  in  their  spacious  salesrooms  is  sufficient  evidence  of 
the  artistic  taste  and  culture  brought  to  bear  upon  the  busi- 
ness. Here  is  displayed  at  all  times  a  mammoth  stock  of  horse 
blankets,  carriage  robes,  velours  and  plushes,  and  all  kinds  of 
horse  clothing,  which  is  adapted  to  every  class  of  trade 
throughout  the  United  States.  Quality  has  ever  been  the  first 
consideration  of  this  firm  in  the  selection  of  all  materials  and 
in  the  production  of  their  specialties,  and  they  are  recognized 
as  authority  in  everything  appertaining  to  this  branch  of  trade,  having  successfully  solved  several  problems  insur- 
ing greater  efficiency  and  security  in  their  goods.  The  substantial  inducements  offered  by  this  firm  both  as  to  qual- 
ity and  price  have  had  their  natural  result,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  is  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and 
eminently  creditable  in  character.  Branch  offices  are  operated  at  No.  338  Broadway,  New  York,  and  No.  260  Fifth 
Avenue,  Chicago;  also  another  at  San  Francisco,  and  the  house  is  represented  upon  the  road  by  a  corps  of  talented 
salesmen.  The  business  aggregates  over  two  million  dollars  per  year,  and  is  an  important  factor  in  retaining  to 
Boston  its  due  share  of  national  trade  supremacy.  The  copartners  are  all  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  train- 
ing, members  of  the  Home  Market  Club  and  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  and  accounted  among  that  class  of 
public-spirited,  energetic  young  business  men  who  build  up  great  enterprises  in  every  avenue  of  commerce  and  trade 


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ilcCLINTOCK  &  WOODFALL,  Civil  Enoineers,  No.  23  Coui-t  Street.— The  profession  of  a  civil 
engineer  is  one  of  great  icsponsibility,  requiring  superior  ability,  coupled  with  large  practical 
experience.  Standing  amongst  the  foremost  in  this  profession  in  Boston,  by  common  consent,  is  the 
firm  of  Messrs.  McClintock  &  Woodfall,  whose  oiEces  are  located  at  No.  23  Court  Street.  The  co- 
partners, Messrs. W.  E.  McClintock  and  J.  L.  Woodfall,  are  able  and  expert  engineers  and  surveyors,  fully 
conversant  with  every  detail  and  feature  of  their  profession.  Mr.  McClintock  has  pursued  the  business  of  civil 
engineering  since  1867,  while  Mr.  Woodfall's  experience  dates  back  to  1883.  They  organized  the  present  firm  in 
April,  1890,  and  their  services  are  in  constant  and  important  requisition  in  this  and  other  cities.  The  fidelity  and 
accuracy  manifested  by  this  responsible  firm  has  been  generally  recognized,  while  their  fame  rests  upon  a  lengthy 
and  successful  career.  They  are  intrusted  with  the  most  important  public  and  private  work  in  their  line  in  Boston 
and  throughout  New  Englaud,  and  wherever  their  ability  is  brought  into  play  their  reputation  is  extended  and 
confirmed  as  leaders  of  their  profession.  They  have  made  surveys  for  the  sewer  systems  in  the  towns  of  Westfield, 
Revere,  Gardner,  East  Hampton  and  Natiok,  in  Massachusetts;  for  Bath  and  Calais,  Maine,  and  St.  Stephens  and 
Milltown,  New  Brunswick;  and  made  the  roads  and  streets  for  Claremont,  New  Hampshire,  and  for  Danvers,  Med- 
•ford,  Melrose,  AVakefield,  Spencer,  Whitman  and  Boston,  in  Massachusetts.  They  operate  two  steam  rollers  of  fifteen 
tons  each,  and  have  unsurpassed  facilities  for  macadamizing  streets  and  roads;  while  they  also  contract  for 
school  house  ventilating,  and  promptly  undertake  geodetic  and  topographical  surveys  and  plans  of  cities,  towns, 
villages  and  farms,  and  measurements  of  grading,  brick  and  stone  work  ;  also,  give  particular  attention  to  the 
sub-division  of  large  properties  into  building  lots,  and  to  .jury  plans  in  road  and  other  cases.  Mr.  McClintock  is  a 
native  of  Maine,  and  a  prominent  resident  of  Chelsea,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Government  Coast 
Survey  for  eight  years,  was  city  engineer  for  Chelsea  ten  years,  made  the  survey  of  the  city  of  Boston  for  the 
State  of  Massachusetts  in  1877  and  '79,  and  was  for  some  time  with  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  Company  and 
re-located  all  their  lines  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  and  vice-president  of  the  Boston  Society  Civil  Engineers,  and  stands  deservedly  high  in  both  social 
professional  and  business  life.  Mr.  Woodfall  is  a  native  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  a  graduate  of  the  Dartmouth  Scientific 
School,  and  a  conscientious,  painstaking  and  progressive  member  of  the  engineering  profession,  combining  his 
energy  and  vigor  with  the  ripe  experience  of  Mr.  McClintock  to  form  a  firm  of  commanding  influence  wide 
popularity  and  solid  worth. 


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HE  HANFORD-STAjSTFORD  COMPANY,  No.  603  Sears  Building.— The  system  of  cooling  liquids  by 
aeration  is  essentially  a  modern  institution,  of  quite  recent  origin,  but  it  has  become  so  indispensable 
to  the  brewing  industry  that  it  is  a  matter  of  wonder  how  they  have  managed  to  exist  so  long  with- 
out it.  The  leader  in  the  introduction  of  this  system  in  Boston  is  the  Hanford-Stanford  Company 
which  has  patented  devices  for  cooling  and  aerating  beer  in  tubs  or  wort  receivers.  Tlie  object  of  the 
Hanford-Stanford  apparatus  is  to  place  the  hot  beer  in  a  surface  cooler  in  the  form  of  a  spray  and  to  utilize  every 


possible  foot  of  the  cooler  surface  for  two  reasons;  first,  to  get  a  thorough  hot  aeration  by  so  dividing  the  atom- 
izers that  the  cooler  is  well  covered,  and  avoiding  intermingling  of  the  spray;  secondly  greatly  increased  cooling 


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efEect.  After  five  years'  practical  work  in  this  one  branch  of  the  brewing  art,  this  company  place  befoi-e  the  trade 
the  result  of  their  experience,  as  shown  in  the  present  excellent  apparatus.  They  guarantee  a  saving  of  fifty  per 
cent,  in  time  of  cooling,  a  large  saving  in  refrigerating  liquids  and  water,  an  improved  yeast  and  fermentation,  and 
a  resulting  beer  of  better  keeping  qualities  than  by  the  present  method.  It  shows  the  highly  beneficial  efEect  of  a. 
hot  aeration  upon  beer,  and  the  resulting  yeast  is  of  first-class  fermenting  power,  cells  large,  uniform,  settling 
quickly  and  proving  conclusively  that  oxygen  is  of  the  first  importance  in  the  formation  and  perpetuation  of  a 
healthy  yeast  Reference  is  made  to  the  following  among  the  many  using  this  apparatus,  to  wit:  The  Bergner  & 
Engel  Brewing  Company,  Philadelphia;  Anheuser-Busch  Brewing  Association,  St.  Louis;  E.  F.  HaiienrefEer  &  Co., 
Frank  Jones  Brewing  Company,  Boston;  Jacob  Ruppert,  Peter  Doelger,  Wm.  A.  Miles  Brewing  Company,  the 
Consumers  Brewing  Company  [Limited],  the  John  Kress  Brewing  Company,  New  York  City;  Prospect  Brewing 
Company,  Chr.  Schmidt,  Class  &  Naohod  Brewing  Company,  F.  A.  Poth,  Arnholdt  &  Schsefer  Brewing  Company, 
Philadelphia;  Budweiser  Brewing  Company,  Long  Island  Brewing  Company,  Brooklyn;  P.  Schoenhofen  Brewing 
Company,  Ernst  Fecker  Brewing  Company,  McAvoy  Brewing  Company,  Ernst  Bros.  United  States  Branch  Brewing 
Company;  Wacker  &  Birk,  Chicago;  Chr.  Moerlein  Brewing  Company,  Cincinnati;  the  National  Brewing  Com- 
pany; Geo.  Bauernschmidt  Brewing  Company,  Baltimore;  Jos.  Hensler  Brewing  Company,  Newark,  N.  J.;  Chr. 
Heurich  Brewing  Company,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Quinnipiac  Brewing  Company,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Wm.  Peter 
Brewing  Company,  Union  Hill,  N.  J.  The  president,  Mr.  Hanford,  and  the  general  manager,  Mr.  Stanford,  are  the 
inventors  of  the  apparatus  and  give  their  close  personal  attention  to  the  promotion  of  the  best  interests  of  the 
company.  Under  its  present  management  the  continued  success  and  permanent  prosperity.of  the  company  is  well 
assured.  , 

ILECTRIC  GAS  LIGHTING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Electric  Gas  Lighting  Apparatus  and  Electrical 
Goods  in  General,  No.  195  Devonshire  Street. — Within  five  years  electricity  has  accomplished  more  than 
the  steam  engine  did  in  half  a  century.  Prominent  among  the  corporations  which  are  the  legitimate  out- 
growth of  the  wonderful  application  of  electricity  in  the  service  of  man  should  be  named  the  Electric 
Gas  Lighting  Company  of  this  city,  whose  office  and  salesroom  are  located  at  No.  195  Devonshire 
Street,  with  factory  at  No.  173  same  street.  This  company  is  the  recognized  representative  of  all  that  is  best, 
safest  and  most  advanced  in  the  field  of  domestic  electrical  appliances.  It  was  incorporated  in  1882,  under  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. :  President,  Joseph  S.  Fay;  Vice- 
President  and  General  Manager,  Louis  W.  Burnham;  Treasurer,  William  W.  Burnham;  Secretary,  Arthur  Drew; 
Corporation  Clerk,  J.  Frank  Lang;  Board  of  directors :  Joseph  S.  Fay,  Boston,  Mass.;  Francis  C.  Foster,  Cambridge, 
Mass. ;  Ezekiel  G.  Byam,  Boston,  Mass.;  John  Hopewell,  Jr.,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Alvan  A.  Sweet,  Newton,  Mass. ;  Jacob  M. 
Haskell,  Boston,  Mass.;  Louis  W.  Burnham,  Boston,  Mass.  The  company  are  extensive  manufacturers,  importers 
and  wholesale  dealers  in  electrical  house,  hotel,  church,  theater  and  office  furnishings,  including  call  bells,  annun- 
ciators, electric  gas  lighting  apparatus,  frictional  lighting  goods,  electro-mechanical  gongs,  electric  door  locks  and 
openers,  cut-outs,  small  electro  motors,  batteries  and  battery  materials;  also  sole  manufacturing  agents  for  the 
United  States  of  the  celebrated  "Samson"  (French)  battery.  Also  general  electrical  goods,  such  as  bell  outfits, 
magneto  and  extension  bells,  fire  alarm  and  burglar  alarm  supplies,  electro-medical  apparatus,  fine  electrical  and 
telegraph  instx-uments  and  supplies,  insulated  wires  and  cables,  electric  light  and  line  supplies,  etc.,  etc.  It  has 
(japtured  the  newest  inventions  and  most  valuable  patents  that  cover  the  system  of  electric  gas  lighting,  its  latest 
acquisition  being  the  A.  L.  Bogart  patents,  purchased  in  1891,  and  their  specialties  are  now  recognized  as  possess- 
ing elements  of  superiority  found  in  no  other  similar  inventions.  The  United  States  courts  have  recently  decided 
that  their  ratchet-wheel,  hand-lighting  gas  burners  are  protected  by  letters  patent,  which  security  will  encourage 
the  constant  improvement  of  the  property  by  the  company,  and  enable  them  to  give  the  trade  the  benefit  of  uni- 
form prices.  Their  other  specialties  include  billiard  table  burners,  gasoline  gas  lighting  apparatus,  luminous  gas 
lighting  goods,  the  dynamo  gas  lighter,  wires  for  electric  gas  lighting  uses,  multiple  gas  lighting  apparatus,  fric- 
tional machines  and  jump  spark  burners,  flash  lighting  burners,  the  "Star"  electro-mechanical  gong,  the 
"  Brodie  "  limited  alarm  bell,  the  "Lane"  monitor  bell,  magneto  and  extension  bells,  the  "  Tirrell "  gravity 
drop  and  the  "Hub"  needle  annunciators,  the  burglar  alarm  annunciator,  the  Thaxter  electric  lock,  the  electric 
door  opener,  electric  alarm  matting,  burglar  alarm  door  and  window  springs,  electro-medical  batteries,  battery 
chemicals  and  supplies,  pocket  galvanometers,  electricians'  pocket  tool  kit,  miniature  incandescent  lamps,  toy 
motors,  the  electric  alarm  clock,  the  Manhattan  telephone,  insulated  wires  and  cables,  etc.  The  trade  is  promptly 
supplied  in  quantities  to  suit,  and  a  fine,  growing  trade  is  enjoyed  in  Boston,  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Philadelphia, 
Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Baltimore,  Cincinnati,  Cleveland,  Pittsburg,  Buffalo,  Washington,  Louisville,  Deti-oit,  Milwau- 
kee, Providence,  Kansas  City,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  Atlanta,  Denver,  San  Francisco,  Omaha,  Memphis,  Nashville, 
Toledo,  Albany,  Troy,  Worcester,  Springfield,  Lowell,  Lawrence  and  other  cities  of  the  Union.  President  Fay  and 
General  Manager  Burnham  are  gentlemen  of  executive  ability.  Conservative,  yet  progressive,  they  have  ever 
retained  the  confidence  of  our  leading  financial  and  commercial  circles,  and  are  conspicuously  successful  in  this 
great  enterprise.  Treasurer  Burnham  and  Secretary  Drew  are  also  competent  officials,  while  the  entire  board 
of  officers  and  directors  are  doing  all  in  their  power  to  perf  Sbt  and  extend  the  most  complete  system  of  electric  gas 
lighting  known. 


100 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


EW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  ACCIDENT  ASSOCIATION,  Office,  Gushing  Building,  No.  85  Water 
Street,  Rooms  33,  34,  35  and  36. — Fate  and  cliance  are  tlie  two  uncontrollable  factors  in  every  man's 
life.  Struggle  as  he  may,  be  prudent  as  he  can,  the  unknown  events  of  the  future  bear  down  upon 
him  with  resistless  force,  and  in  a  second  he  may  be  swept  away  to  a  violent  death  or  meet  with 
serious  and  disabling  injuries.  It  is  estimated  that  yearly  one  in  six  of  the  human  race  becomes  the 
victim  of  accidental  injury  in  one  form  or  another;  and  in  this  active  age,  bristling  with  the  dangers  of  rapid  tran- 
sit, electric  currents,  lofty  buildings,  more  frequent  sea  voyages  and  the  thou- 
sand and  one  complications  of  civilization,  how  necessary  it  is  to  exercise  the 
utmost  prudence.  In  this  connection  we  would  advise  our  i-eaders  to  investigate 
the  inducements  offered  by  the  New  England  Mutual  Accident  Association,  whose 
liome  ofiSce  is  located  at  No.  So  Water  Street.  This  association  was  organized  in 
1SS4,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  and  is  the  largest  and  most 
successful  accident  insurance  association  in  New  England,  doing 
business  in  twenty-two  different  States  of  the  Union,  with  a 
large  membership  and  cash  assets  in  proportion.  The  "  New 
England  "  provides  every  desirable  feature  offered  by  its  com- 
petitors, besides  the  following  liberal  and  distinctive  features 
not  possessed  by  other  companies.     It  extends  its  benefits  to  all 


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desirable  risks,  thus  securing  the  greatest  possible  strengtli  and  broadening  the  field  of  its  labors  and  usefulness. 
The  rating  is  arranged  so  as  to  make  the  cost  as  nearly  as  possible  the  same  under  each  classification,  while  pay- 
ments may  be  varied  to  equalize  the  apportionment.  Each  classification  is  thus  made  practically  self-sustaining, 
while  the  association  insures  absolute  protection,  liberal  indemnity,  and  all  valid  claims  are  promptly  paid.  Under 
able  and  honorable  executive  management  the  association  has  made  an  enviable  record  and  is  extending  its  benef- 
icent influence  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  Its  cash  assets  January  1,  1891,  were  $46,714.32;  amount  of  insurance 
in  force,  over  $37,000,000.00.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  association  are  as  follows  :  President,  Hon.  Augustus 
P.  Martin,  Boston,  Mass.,  of  Messrs.  A.  P.  Martin  &  Co.,  ex-mayor  of  the  city  of  Boston,  and  former  president 
New  England  Shoe  and  Leather  Association;  Vice-President,  Charles  E.  Carpenter,  Providence,  R.I.,  Messrs.  Earl 
Carpenter  &  Sons;  Vice-President,  Benjamin  H.  Ticknor,  Boston,  Mass.,  of  Messrs.  Ticknor  &  Co.,  publishers;  Sec- 
retary and  General  Manager,  Benjamin  F.  Dyer,  Melrose,  Mass.,  Treasurer,  Sylvester  S.  Coats,  Melrose,iMass. ;  Medi- 
cal Director,  John  A.  FoUett,  M.  D.,  Boston,  Mass.  Other  directors:  Wilham  A.  Robinson,  New  Bedford  and 
Providence,  of  Messrs.  W.  A.  Robinson  &  Co. ;  Henry  H.  Earl,  Fall  River,  Mass. ;  William  R.  Gray,  Boston,  Mass. ; 
F.  J.  Moore,  superintendent  of  agencies  and  manager  claim  department.  These  gentlemen  form  an  official  board 
which  commands  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  public  generally,  and  assures  the  perpetuity  of  the  organization. 
On  account  of  the  fact  that  with  business  and  professional  men  disability  is  more  frequently  of  a  partial  nature 
than  that  of  those  engaged  in  more  hazardous  occupations,  it  very  frequently  happens  that  under  the  ordinary 
form  of  policy  issued  by  nearly  all  accident  companies  the  insured  is  not  entitled  to  recover  for  entire  loss  of  time 
sustained  m  consequence  of  an  accidental  injury,  the  right  to  recover  being  limited  to  the  period  of  total  dinabilUy. 
In  other  words,  the  ordinary  contracts  fall  short  of  securing  to  the  insured  the  full  measure  of  what  is  desired, 
which  IS,  undoubtedly,  indemnity  for  actual  loss  of  time  sustained,  regardless  of  whether  disabiUty  be  total  or  par- 
tial. Realizing  this  fact,  the  "New  England"  has  recently  introduced  a  form  of  policy  known  as  the  "Ideal," 
which  IS  original  with  the  "New  England,"  and  issued  only  by  this  Association.  It  is  deservedly  popular  with 
business  and  professional  men,  and  secures  to  the  insured  indemnity  for  entire  loss  of  time  sustained  by  accidental 
injury  up  to  fifty-two  weeks.  The  advantages  of  the  "Ideal,"  form  of  policy  will  be  readily  appreciated  by  the 
following  comparison:  Weekly  Indemnity  as  Provided  by  the  Ordinary' Policy :  Right  to  recover,  limited 
to  the  period  of  time  during  which  the  insured  is  wholly  disabled  from  performing  anv  and  every  kind  of  business 
pertaining  to  his  occupation.  Weekly  In-demnity  as  Provided  by  the  "  Ideal  "  Policy  Original  with  the 
"  New  England:"  Right  to  recover  indemnity  for  actual  loss  of  time  necessarily  sustained,  whether  disability  be 
total  or  partial. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


]ULLER,  HARDING  &  CO .,  Bankers,  No.  60  Devonsliire  Street. — Boston  lias  long  been  a  leading  center 
in  this  country  for  banking  and  stock  operations,  and  the  transactions  daily  carried  on  in  this  line  con- 
.stitute  an  important  factor  in  the  advancement  of  the  city's  financial  strength  and  prosperity.  A  suc- 
cessful firm  engaged  in  this  line  of  enterprise  is  that  of  Messrs.  Fuller,  Harding  &  Co.,  bankers  and 
brokers,  whose  office  is  at  No.  60  Devonshire  Street.  The  firm  sustains  an  excellent  reputation  and  has 
first-class  connections  vrlth  the  financial  centers  of  the  country.  Their  New  York  correspondents  are  John  H.  Davis 
&  Co.  The  business  of  this  favorably  known  house  was  established  in  ISSS  by  the  present  firm,  the  copartners 
being  Messrs.  Wirt  X.  Fuller  and  Theo.  P.  Harding,  both  natives  of  Boston,  and  experienced,  energetic  business 
men.  Mr.  Fuller  was  for  a  time  engaged  with  S.  Westcott  &  Son,  leather  dealers,  afterwards  becoming  a  member 
of  the  banking  firm  of  Cord  ley,  Young  &  Fuller.  Mr.  Harding,  who  was  with  the  latter  firm,  is  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Stock  Exchange,  and  has  had  ten  years'  valuable  experience  in  his  vocation.  The  firm  have  a  private  wire 
to  New  York,  their  office  is  equipped  with  stock  tickers,  and  the  latest  news  of  the  financial  world  is  always  at  their 
command.  They  carry  on  a  general  business  in  buying  and  selling,  and  carrying  on  margin  stocks  of  all  kinds  listed 
on  the  exchanges,  also  handle  investment  securities  and  first-class  commercial  paper,  and  negotiate  loans,  etc.  All 
transactions  are  intelligently  directed,  and  customers  liave  their  interest  advanced  in  the  most  substantial  way 
possible. 


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BoYLSTON  Street,  prom  Copley  Sqcabe. 


A.LTER  R.  MORSE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers'  Agents,  Converters  of  Cotton  Goods  and  Dry  Goods  Com- 
mission, No.  290  Devonshire  Street.— Among  the  commercial  enterprises  of  this  city  there  are  none 
which  occupy  a  more  prominent  position  in  relation  to  the  general  thrift  than  that  in  which  the  house 
of  Walter  R.  Morse  &  Co.,  is  engaged,— the  firm  being  manufacturers'  agents,  converters  of  cotton 
goods,  and  dry  goods  commission  merchants.  The  business  of  this  now  widely  known  concern  was 
organized  many  years  ago  by  John  A.  D.  Gross  &  Co.,  and  five  years  since  Mr.  Walter  R.  Morse  succeeded  to  the 
business,  becoming  sole  proprietor  in  1SS7,  since  which  he  has  conducted  operations  under  the  present  firm 
name.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  two  spacious  floors,  2.5  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  excellently  arranged 
with  every  convenience  for  the  manipulation  of  goods,  and  all  facilities  for  the  systematic  dispatch  of  "the 
active  trade  supplied.  The  firm  are  agents  for  wadding,  batting,  twine,  wicks,  wicking  and  scrim  manufacturers, 
and  are  also  converters  of  cotton  piece  goods,  selling  to  the  jobbing  trade  exclusively.  The  trade  supplied  extends 
to  all  parts  of  tlie  United  States.  Mr.  Morse  is  a  native  of  Boston,  has  always  resided  here,  and  is  popular  in  every 
circle  where  he  is  known. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITEEATURE. 

'jTIMPSON,  LITTLEFIELD  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  64  and  66  N.  Market  and 
3  and  s  North  Streets. — An  example  of  the  attainments  that  are  possible  by  a  wise  combina- 
tion of  energy  and  enterprise,  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  is  to  be  seen  in  the 
success  achieved  by  the  well-known  house  of  Messrs.  Stimpson,  Littlefield  &  Co.,  commission 
merchants  in  Produce,  Poultry  and  Game,  at  Nos.  64  and  66  N.  Market  and  3  and  5  North  Street.  This 
representative  house  was  founded  in  1865,  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Littlefield,  and  in  1890  his  interests  were  consoli- 
dated with  those  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Stimpson,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stimpson,  Murray  &  Co. 
since  1879 ;  and  the  present  firm  was  organized.  They  make  a  specialty  of  poultry  and  game  all  the  year 
round  and  southern  fruit  and  country  produce  in  the  summer  ;  and  their  business  has  grown  to  a  magni- 
tude that  is  equaled  by  but  few  houses  in  the  same  line  in  the  city.  Their  spacious  and  well-equipped 
premises  have  become  a  regular  exchange  market  for  all  goods  in  their  line.  Every  convenience  is 
provided   for  receiving,    storing    and    delivering    the  heavy   consignments  of  goods  handled,  including 


ample  cold  storage  on  the  premises  and  large  warehouse  accommodations  at  No.  55  Fulton  Street.  The 
extensive  business  they  now  control,  with  connections  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  is  a  substantial 
tribute  to  the  energy  and  good  judgment  of  the  management;  and  their  total  sales  in  1890  aggregated 
over  half  a  million  dollars.  They  refer  to  the  Fourth  National  Bank  of  Boston,  the  Boston  Fruit  &  Produce 
Exchange,  and  to  any  Mercantile  Agency  in  the  country ;  while  to  those  consigning  goods  in  their  line  to 
Boston  we  can  say  with  entire  candor  that  no  house  anywhere  can  do  better  for  them  than  the  above  firm  ; 
while  purchasers  will  find  here  the  very  goods  wanted  and  all  orders  will  receive  prompt  and  careful,  atten- 
tion. Mr.  Stimpson  is  a  native  of  Boston,  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  the  K.  of  H.,  the 
A.  O.  of  U.  W.,  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the  K.  T. ;  while  Mr.  Littlefield  was  born  in  Maine  and  came  to 
Boston  in  1856.  Both  gentlemen  are  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  share  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  entire  trade. 


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103 


UO  WNGSTON  ST.   '-=  -^ 


The  originators 
of  the  manufacture 
of  wrappers  aud 
aprons  in  New  Eng- 
land were  Messrs. 
Richardson,  Howe 
&  Lovejoy,  whose 
estahlishment  is  lo- 
^cated  at  No.  120 
Kingston  Street. 
This  firm  began 
business  in  1876  on 
Avon  Street,  con- 
tinuing there  three 
years  when  they  re- 
moved to  42  Chaun- 
cy  Street,  where 
they  remained  until 
1889,  when  a  re- 
moval to  the  pres- 


H.B.CLAFLIN        CO 

ent  address  was  effected.  Here  they  occupy  a  floor  having  an  area  of  20,800  square  feet,  one-third  of  which  space 
is  used  for  wareroom  purposes,  the  other  two-thirds  for  a  manufactory,  where  two  hundred  hands  are  empioyed. 
The  firm  also  have  a  factory  at  Gloucester,  Mass.,  where  they  employ  one  hundred  and  ten  hands.  They  main- 
tained a  branch  establishment  at  No.  338  Broadway,  New  York,  until  January  1st,  1892,  where  they  located 
themselves  with  the  H.  B.  Claflin  Co.  This  is  not  only  the  first  concern,  but  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  New  Eng- 
land. Tlie  trade,  which  is  exclusively  wholesale,  extends  all  over  the  United  States,  and  is  steadily  increasing  in 
volume.  The  firm  manufacture  a  general  line  of  wrappers,  ladies'  cotton  underwear,  aprons,  etc.,  all  of  superior 
quality,  well-made  and  durable.  A  very  heavy  stock  is  at  all  times  carried,  and  orders  are  filled  upon  the  most 
favorable  terms.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Henry  Richardson,  Henry  P.  Howe  and  Herbert  M.  Love- 
joy.  Mr.  Richardson  is  a  native  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  Mr.  Howe  of  New  York,  Mr.  Lovejoy  of  New  Hampshire. 
They  have  long  resided  in  Boston,  and  are  prominently  known  in  commercial  and  social  circles. 


ST^^^ETTINGELL,  ANDREWS  CO.,  Electric  Light  Supplies  and  Electric  Railway  Supplies,  Nos.  192-202  Sum- 
iSt^^^^»  ™^r  Street. — There  are  numerous  manufacturing  establishments  represented  in  Boston  that  maintain  an 
active  trade  and  do  a  large  annual  business  in  their  respective  lines  of  goods,  hut  it  is  only  here  and 
there  that  we  find  a  great  representative  concern,  alert  to  avail  itself  of  every  method  and  every  inven- 
tion which  can  in  any  way  tend  to  improve  the  quality  or  extend  the  field  of  usefulness  for  its  goods. 
The  growth  and  development  of  such  concerns  cannot  be  gauged  by  the  general  run  of  trade.  They  are  on  a  differ- 
ent plan,  and  fill  a  sphere  of  usefulness  of  the  widest  extent  with  the  largest  consumers  of  its  specialties  for  perma^ 
nent  customers.  An  apt  illustration  is  afforded  by  the  Pettingell,  Andrews  Company,  of  Nos.  192  to  202  Summer 
Street.  This  company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of,  and  dealers  in  electric  light  and  electric  railway  supplies  of 
every  description,  and  are  especially  prominent  as  sole  New  England  agents  for  the  Okonite  Co.  of  New  York  and 
London,  manufacturers  of  Okonite  wires  and  cables,  also,  for  Lang,  Wharton  &  Downs,  of  London,  electrical  supplies; 
and  the  Economic  Electric  Co.  of  Boston,  lamp  manufacturers.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1888,  by 
Messrs.  Pettingell,  Andrews  &  Co.,  and  in  June,  1890,  the  present  company  was  incorporated,  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $200,000,  and  with  P.  E.  Pettingell,  president;  D.  A.  Andrews,  Jr.,  vice-president; 
D.  A.  Andrews,  treasurer;  C.  B.  Price,  secretary.  When  the  friction  of  competition  rules  more  closely  than  ever, 
as  is  the  case  to-day,  it  is  only  those  who  have  full  confidence  in  their  resources  who  can  possibly  come  to  the  front. 
The  great  and  gratifying  success  already  achieved  by  this  company  is  due  not  only  to  its  influential  connections 
and  ample  resources,  but  also  to  the  knowledge  of  all  details  and  processes  possessed  by  its  officers.  They  are 
practical  men  at  the  business,  and  give  it  the  benefit  of  their  close  personal  attention.  They  handle  all  makes  and 
kinds  of  electrical  supplies,  and  for  standard  and  reliable  productions  in  this  line  they  challenge  competition.  They 
have  become  especially  prominent  in  furnishing  electric  railway  supplies,  and  among  their  patrons  in  New  England 
may  be  mentioned  among  others,  the  Newburyport  &  Amesbury  Electric  Railway  Co.,  the  Springfield  Street  Rail- 
way Co.,  the  Holyoke  Street  Railway  Co.,  the  Gloucester  Street  Railway  Co.,  the  Concord  Street  Railway  Co.,  the 
Bangor  Street  Railway  Co.,  and  the  West  End  Street  Railway  Co.,  of  Boston.  The  company  also  ship  large  quanti- 
ties of  supplies  to  South  America,  Mexico,  England  and  Canada,  as  well  as  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and 
are  the  owners  of  the  H.  E.  Swift  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Boston.  All  orders  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention, 
and  the  company  is  recognized  as  an  important  factor  in  the  electrical  field.  The  officers  are  well  and  favorably- 
known  in  Boston  as  enterprising  and  reliable  business  men,  of  marked  executive  ability  and  sterling  personal  worth, 
under  whose  guidance  the  permanent  prosperity  of  this  company  is  well  assured. 


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LOTHROP  COMPANY,  Publishers,  Nos.  364  and  366 
Washington     Street.— Mr.     Daniel     Lothrop,     the 
I  founder,  and  head  of  the  firm  which  bears  his  name, 
is  one  of  the  N"ew  Hampshire  boys  who  have  done  so 
much  to  build  up  the  prosperity  and  the  honor  of 
Massachusetts.     He  was  born   in  Rochester,  K.  H.,  August  11, 
1S31.     On  the  paternal  side,  he  is  descended  from  Mark  Lothrop, 
who  settled  in  Salem,  in  1648,  his  line  subsequently  joining  that 
of  Priscilla  and  John  Alden  of  "the  Mayflower."     On  the  mater- 
nal side,  his  ancestry  dates  from  William  Home  of  Home's  Hill, 
Dover,  N.  H.     He  was  a  diligent  student,  being  a  remarkable 
mathematician,  and  having  a  most  retentive  memory.     He  was 
ready  to  enter  college  when  he  was  fourteen,  but  wise  friends  ad- 
vised him  to  wait  a  year  in  order  that  his  physique  might  be 
brought  up  to  his  intellectual  growth;  and  during  this  time,  cir- 
cumstances thrust  him  into  the  arena  of  business,  where  he  now 
exerts  one  of  the  broadest  influences  of  any  of  Boston's  mer- 
chants;  an  influence  which  penetrates   the  life  of    our    whole 
people,  and  has  made  known  his  name  and  work  to  the  entire 
English  speaking  world.  With  inexhaustible  energy  and  great  exec- 
utive and  financial  ability,  he  has  built  up  the  well-known  publish- 
ing house  of  the  D.  Lothrop  Co. ,  gradually 
maturhig  his  plans  for  his  life's   cam- 
paign—the   publication    of     wholesome 
books   for   all.     In    1850,  Mr.    Lothrop 
bought  out  a  bookstore  in  Dover,  N.  H., 
which  soon  became  one  of  the  largest  in 
New  England,  and  the  literary  center  of 
the    town,  a  favorite  meeting-place    of 
bright  and  educated  men   and  women, 
alive  to  the  questions  of   the   day.     In 
1868,  he  began  his  publishing  business  in 
Boston,  being  a  pioneer,  and  more  than 
a  pioneer — a  discoverer  of  the  vast  pos- 
sibilities of  a  literature  distinctively  cre- 
ated for  young  people.     The  seeds  which 
he  scattered  with  a  generous  hand,  on 
what  had  been  regarded  as  a  barren  field, 
soon  brought  forth  a  bounteous  harvest. 
And  from  this  point  onward,  the  devel- 
opment of  juvenile  taste,  and  the  pros- 
perous growth  of  the  publishing  house  of 
Lothrop,  have  been  so  intimate,  that  it 
is  impossible  to  contemplate  one  without 
measuring  the  other.    Success  attending 
his  unflagging  efforts,  Mr.  Lothrop  now 
offered  liberal  prizes  for  manuscripts; 
new  blood  was  thus  introduced  into  the 
veins  of  the  old  literary  life.     And  with 
it  came  a  marvellous  change  in  this  class 
of  publications,  for  the  head  of  the  house 
was  indefatigable  in  his  efforts  to  foster 
ambition,  and  to  bring  to   the   surface 
latent  talent.     From  the  start  he  has  en- 
couraged American  authors,  being  a  true 
American  at  heart,  and  has  issued  more 
books  written  by  Americans,  than  any 
other  publisher.     From  the  commence- 
ment, Mr.  Lothrop  has  adhered  rigidly, 
and  it  may  be  said  heroically,  to  his  de- 
termination not  to  publish  a  work  merely 
sensational,  no  matter  what  chances  of 


D.  LoTHHOp  Company's  Washington  St.  Stoke,  Nos.  364  and  ?SS. 


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OFFIN,  ALTEMUS  &  CO.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  MercliaiHs,  No.  53  Avon  Street.— The  commision  mer- 
chant and  manufactures'  agent  occupies  a  very  important  position  in  the  industries  of  the  present  day, 
and  a  conspicuous  example  of  his  influence  in  tlie  dry  goods  trade  is  afforded  in  tlie  firm  of  Messrs.  Cof- 
fin, Altemus  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Boston  and  Baltimore,  whose  Boston  house  is  located  at 
No.  53  Avon  Street.  This  firm  are  dry  goods  commission  merchants  of  large  experience  and  a  high  repute, 
and  enjoy  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and  eminently  creditable  in  character.     They  are  especially  promi- 


nent in  the  trade  as  agents  for  Washington  prints,  the  Glasgow  Com- 
pany, the  Farr  Alpaca  Company;  Barnaby  Mfg.  Co's.  fine  zephyr 
ginghams;  H.  &  D.  Henry,  wool  flannels;  Pembroke  wide  sheetings; 
Sevill,  Schofield,  Son  &  Co.,  blankets;  and  for  the  Williamsville 
Mfg.  Co. ;  the  Slater  Cotton  Company,  manufacturers  of  the  cel- 
ebrated "Pride  of  the  West "  bleached  cotton;  Powhatan  Mills, 
Centerville  Mills,  Davol  Mills,  Valley  Falls  Company,  Monohansett 
Mfg.  Co.,  Elmwood  Mills,  Thistle  Mills,  Ballon  Co.,  Attawaiigan 
Mills,  Trion  Mfg.  Co.,  Hamlet  Mills  and  the  Forestdale  Mfg.  Co. 
This  firm  are  represented  in  Boston  by  Mr.  Warren  M.  AVhiting,  who 
has  been  their  manager  here  for  the  past  nine  years,  and  is  a  dry 
goods  merchant  of  twenty-three  years'  experience.  He  was  formerly 
with  Messrs.  J.  S.  &  E.  Wright  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  and  is  a  gentleman 
of  wide  acquaintance  and  eminent  popularity  in  the  trade.  His 
office  contains  a  complete  line  of  samples  of  the  products  of  the 
above  famous  concerns,  and  the  entire  Boston  and  New  England  trade  is  supplied  from  this  agency,  all  orders  being 
shipped  direct  from  the  mills  at  manufacturers'  prices,  by  which  means  a  large  saving  of  freight  and  expense  is 
saved  to  the  jobbers  and  cutters.  All  orders  by  mail  or  telegraph  are  promptly  filled,  and  terms  are  made  invariably 
satisfactory  to  buyers.  The  principal  office  of  the  firm  is  at  No.  220  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  with  other 
brandies  at  Worth  Street,  New  York,  and  German  Street,  Baltimore ;  and  their  business  is  an  important  factor  in  such 
New  England  trade  centers  as  Providence,  Lowell,  Hartford,  New  Haven,  Worcester,  Springfield,  Manchester,  Con- 
cord, Lawrence,  Lynn,  Portland,  Bridgeport,  Burlington,  Kutland,  St.  Albans,  Montpelier,  Brattleboro,  Nashua, 
Newport,  Fitchburg,  Salem,  Lewiston,  Bangor,  Pawtucket,  Augusta,  Woonsocket,  Norwich,  Norwalk,  Northamp- 
ton, New  London  and  others  too  numerous  to  mention  here.  M!r.  Whiting,  the  manager  bei-e,  is  painstaking  in  his 
efforts  to  meet  the  wishes  and  supply  the  demands  of  the  trade,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  thorough  reliability,  with 
whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


Post  Office  Square. 
Showino  Mdtdal  Life  Ins.  Co.  BoiLDiNa 


118  BOSTON,  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

|A.MPRECHT  BROTHERS  &  CO.,  Bankers,  Room  No.  313  Exchange  Building,  No.  53  State  Street.— The 
rapidly  accumulating  wealth  of  the  American  people  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the  constant  demand  for 
investments  suitable  for  savings  and  trust  funds.  Municipal  bonds  rank  next  to  "  Governments"  in 
point  of  safety,  and  Boston  bankin"  houses  have  been  eminently  successful  in  selecting  the  various 
classes  of  these  securities  which  possess  the  most  favorable  qualifications  for  permanent  investment. 
A  widely  known  banking  house  making  a  specialty  of  high  grade  municipal  bonds  is  that  of  Lamprecht  Brothers 
&  Co.,  whose  offices  are  located  in  the  Exchange  Building,  No.  53  State  Street,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  at  No.  113  Superior 
Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  the  business  was  established  in  1882.  The  firm  have  devoted  their  closest  attention 
to  this  branch  of  finance,  and  offer  at  all  times  a  choice  list  of  securities  carefully  selected  to  meet  the  most 
conservative  requirements. 

AMARACK  MINING  COMPANY,  Office,  No.  199  Washington  Street.— Among  the  most  desirable 
forms  of  investment  now  offering  are  the  securities  of  the  Tamarack  Mining  Company,  whose  main 
office  is  located  at  No.  199  Washington  Street,  and  which  was  incorporated  in  1882,  to  acquire  and 
develop  a  most  valuable  tract  of  copper  mining  territory  in  Michigan.  They  have  a  capital  stock  of 
$1,250,000-,  divided  into  50,000  shares  of  $25  each,  and  the  following  are  the  board  of  directors,  to  wit: 
A.  S.  Bigelow,  president;  Hon.  Franklin  Fairbanks,  Charles  Van  Brunt,  A.  W.  Spencer,  Edward  S.  Grew,  John  N. 
Denison,  John  Daniell.  The  secretary  and  treasurer  is  Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  of  this  city.  The  property  of  the 
company  includes  1140  acres  of  land,  and  a  full  working  plant,  with  four  shafts,  and  all  the  latest  impioved  machin- 
ery for  mining  copper.  They  own  one  of  the  richest  veins  of  copper  ore  in  the  country,  while  the  mine  is  unusually 
well  situated  as  i-egards  perfect  transportation  facilities,  cheap  fuel  and  cheap  labor.  The  ore  is  readily  worked, 
and  the  ingot  copper  produced  is  of  the  highest  quality  for  all  purposes  of  the  arts,  industries  and  coinage.  The 
company  is  thoroughly  organized,  its  affairs  are  progressing  most  favorably  under  the  supervision  of  the  executive 
officers,  and  the  superintendent  at  the  mine,  Mr.  John  Daniell,  and  with  the  splendid  prospects  before  it,  the  Tama- 
rack is  certain  to  continue  a  steady  dividend  payer.  As  regards  cost,  the  results  achieved  by  this  company  in  min- 
ing copper  have  never  before  been  equaled.  Its  mine  has  yielded  over  10,000,000  i>ounds  of  refined  copper  in  a 
single  year,  for  which  it  realized  upwards  of  $1,400,000.00,  while  its  cost  to  the  company  was  not  over  six  cents  per 
pound.  The  company  are  now  paying  dividends  at  the  rate  of  $16.00  per  share  annually,  and  its  stock  is  held  by 
many  of  our  conservative  capitalists  as  one  of  the  choicest  and  most  remunerative  of  investments.  Superintendent 
Daniell  is  a  mining  expert  of  large  experience,  in  every  way  qualified  to  economically  and  successfully  work  the 
mines,  while  the  officers  and  directors  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  financial  world,  and  form  a  tower  of 
strength  to  any  enterprise  with  which  they  may  be  identified. 

ILLSWORTH  &  PIEHLER,  Furriers,  No.  2  Bromfield  Street,  Corner  Washington.— The  manufac- 
ture of  various  descriptions  of  fine  fur  garments  in  this  country  is  an  industry  which  has  for  many 
years  steadily  increased  in  magnitude  and  importance,  and  is  at  the  present  day  a  branch  of  commer- 
cial enterprise  second  to  none  in  importance,  popularity  and  public  interest.  One  of  the  most 
enterprising  and  successful  houses  engaged  exclusively  in  the  fur  trade  in  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs. 
Ellsworth  &  Piehler,  located  at  No.  2  Bromfield  Street,  corner  of  Washington.  This  firm  are  manufacturers  and 
direct  importers  of  fine  fur  goods  for  the  retail  trade,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  seal  garments.  The  business 
was  originally  established  in  18S8,  by  Messrs.  Cranz,  Ellsworth  &  Pieliler,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the  control 
in  1891.  Both  partners  are  practical  furriers  of  large  experience  and  established  reputation,  while  their  high 
personal  character  is  universally  regarded  as  an  ample  guarantee  of  the  excellence  and  value  of  the  goods  in 
which  they  deal.  They  operate  a  well-equipped  factory  at.  No.  17  Bromfield  Street,  where  they  give  employment 
to  skilled  hands  only,  whose  work  is  always  closely  scrutinized  by  the  proprietors,  who  are  leading  authorities  in 
America  on  all  that  appertains  to  furs,  from  their  raw  state  until  they  are  fashioned  to  adorn  the  fairest  wearers. 
Theirs  is  an  exclusive  fur  store,  whei-e  the  most  magnificent  seal  sacques,  dolmans,  ulsters,  wraps  and  jackets  are 
obtainable  at  the  very  lowest  prices.  In  fact,  owing  to  their  wide  connections  on  both  sides  the  water,  the  quota- 
tions of  this  firm  range  under  those  usually  asked  for  inferior  goods  elsewhere.  It  is  of  vital  importance  to  buy 
light,  when  the  investment  is  in  a  fine  fur  garment,  and  this  is  the  place  of  all  others  to  patronize,  as  thousands 
of  the  best-dressed  ladies  of  New  England  know  through  personal  experience.  Here  are  always  in  stock  compre- 
hensive assortments  of  capes,  muffs,  boas,  collars,  gloves,  caps,  rugs  and  small  furs  generally,  all  of  the  best 
material,  carefully  and  skillfully  made,  beautifully  trimmed  and  finished,  and  quoted  at  remarkably  low  prices. 
The  firm  also  store,  insure  and  repair  furs,  and  send  goods  to  all  parts  of  the  Union.  The  members  of  this  firm  are 
Messrs.  I.  H.  B.  Ellsworth  and  Otto  J.  Piehler.  Mr.  Ellsworth  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  he  was  in 
business  for  a  period  of  sixteen  years;  was  also  in  the  house  of  A.  N.  Cook  &  Co.  for  twenty-three  years,  and  has 
received  the  patronage  of  some  customers  throughout  all  his  forty  years'  business  career.  Mr.  Piehler  is  a  native 
Bostonian,  with  A.  N.  Cook  &  Co.  for  ten  years,  an  expert  and  practical  furrier,  and  a  young  man  of  high  social 
and  business  standnig. 


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fOISTING  ENGINES,  300  different  styles  and  sizes.  SELF-CONTAINED  ENGINES.  PLAIN  SLIDE 
VALVE  ENGINES.  AUTOMATIC  SLIDE  VALVE  ENGINES.  PLAIN  HEAVY  DUTY 
ENGINES.  AUTOMATIC  HEAVY  DUTY  ENGINES.  HORIZONTAL  TUBULAR,  LOCOMOTIVE 
and  VERTICAL  BOILERS.  Large  stocli;  of  Engines  on  hand  for  immediate  delivery.  Complete 
steam  plants  furnished  and  set  up  in  any  part  of  New  England. — The  largest  and  finest  stock  of 
engines  and  boilers  in  Boston  is  to  be  found  at  this  establishment,  whose  proprietor  is  the  New  England  agent  for 
the  Lidgerwood  Manufacturing  Company,  the  largest  manufacturers  of  hoisting  engines  and  boilers  in  the  United 
State;  and  who  build  over  three  hundred  different  styles  and  sizes  of  hoisting  engines,  and  have  over  eight  thousand 
engines  in  operation;  the  Atlas  Engine  Works,  the  largest  manufacturers  of  portable  and  stationary  engines  in 
the  country;  the  Gorton  &  Lidgerwood  Co.,  house-heating  boilers;  steam  Road  Rollers,  etc.,  while  he  also  deals 
extensively  in  stone  crushers,  wire  rope,  rock  drills,  and  boilers  of  every  description.  Mr.  Houghton  is  a  practical 
machinist  and  engineer  of  thirty-five  years'  experience,  and  established  his  present  business  here  in  1.883. 
No  house  engaged  in  this  important  line  of  mercantile  activity  in  Boston  maintains  a  higher  standing  in  the 
trade,  and  few,  if  any,  enjoy  so  large  a  measure  of  recognition,  its  annual  sales  reaching  a  very  handsome  figure. 
The  business  is  conducted  on  the  soundest  and  most  progressive  principles,  and  its  management  is  characterized 
by  energy,  sagacity  and  judicious  enterprise,  coupled  with  strict  integrity.  All  persons  having  dealings  with  this 
house  are  certain  to  find  the  same  of  a  very  satisfactory  character.  The  boilers  handled  by  Mr.  Houghton  are  of 
every  size,  style  and  variety,  and  are  of  a  character  for  utility,  reliability  and  uniform  excellence  that  command 
universal  attention  and  win  the  confidence  of  close  and  discriminating  buyers.  The  Atlas  Engine  Works  have 
included  in  their  engines  every  improvement  that  conduces  to  economy  in  running  and  increased  horse-power.  The 
best  of  material  only  is  employed,  and  every  part  is  fashioned  and  put  together  with  the  greatest  accuracy  and 
care.  Every  engine  is  critically  examined  before  shipment,  and  the  products  of  these  works  may  be  truthfully 
said  to  be  hourly  running  to  the  extent  of  many  thousand  horse-power  in  every  State  in  the  Union.  The  prices 
are  at  bed  rock,  and  quality  considered,  are  the  cheapest  quoted  by  any  engine  works  in  the  land.  Mr.  Houghton 
is  prepared  to  supply  these  splendid  engines,  and  the  other  important  specialties  handled  by  him,  at  the  shortest 
notice  to  customers  in  any  part  of  New  England,  style  and  power  being  specially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  pur- 
chasers. Those  of  our  readers  contemplating  the  purchase  of  anything  in  this  line,  should  communicate  at  once 
with  Mi\  Houghton.  They  will  save  money  and  obtain  better  service  through  him  than  by  dealing  with  any 
other  house  in  New  England. 


120  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

HE  THIRD  NATIONAL  BANK,  Moses  Williams,  president;  Francis  B.  Sears,  vice-president;  Frederick  S.  Davis,  cashier; 
Andrew  Eobesoii,  manager  of  safe  deposit  vaults;  Exchange  Building,  Corner  State  and  Kilby  Streets.— Boston  has 
long  afiforded  one  of  the  most  desirable  and  profitable  fields  for  legitimate  banking  in  the  United  States.  The  present 
prosperous  era  in  the  business  world,  finds  the  leading  financial  institutions  of  Boston  better  prepared  than  ever 
to  meet  all  demands  of  trade,  and  handle  satisfactorily  the  vast  business  that  is  [offered.  Eepresentative  among  the 
number  of  her  banking  institutions  stands  the  Third  National  Bank  which  under  sound  and  conservative  management 
has  had  a  remarkably  prosperous  career.  It  was  incorporated  in  1863,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000,  which  was  increased  in  1881  to  $600,000 
and  1889  to  $1,000,000,  and  on  October  1st,  to  $3,000,000.  It  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  and  one  of  enormous  magnitude; 
making  collections  on  all  points  through  its  chain  of  correspondents,  which  include  the  National  Park  Bank,  the  Phenix  National 
Bank,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.,  and  Bank  of  New  York,  New  York.;  the  First  National  Bank,  of  Chicago;  Drexel  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia; 
the  Union  Bank  of  London  Eng. ;  the  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank  of  San  Francisco;  Boston  National  of  Seattle,  issuing  draft 
on  London,  buying  and  selling  foreign  exchange,  handling  first-class  commercial  paper,  and  in  every  way  seeking  its  customers'  best 
interests  and  affording  them  perfect  financial  facihties.  Its  ofSeers  and  directors  are  as  follows,  vi2, :  President,  Moses  Williams;  vice- 
president,  Francis  B.  Sears;  cashier,  Frederick  S.Davis;  manager  of  Safe  Deposit  Vaults,  Andrew  Eobeson;  directors.  Royal  E.  Eobbins,  Benj- 
amin F.  Brown,  Thomas  O.  Richardson,  Moses  Williams,  Otis  E.  Weld,  Benjamin  F.  Stevens,  Francis  B.  Sears,  Charles  A.  Welch,  Henry  B. 
Endicott,  Jerome  Jones,  William  L.  Chase,  Edward  Atkinson,  George  E.  Keith,  Charles  E.  Sampson  and  Joseph  B.  Russell.  A  more  thor- 
oughly representative  and  efficient  board  could  not  be  constituted,  and  their  ripe  experience  is  manifest  in  the  course  of  the  bank,  which  has 
the  endorsement  of  the  foremost  authorities  in  finance.  Its  sound  and  healthy  condition  is  best  shown  by  the  annual  statement,  made 
September  S3,  1891.  Capital  stock  $2,000,000,  surplus  fund  $75,000,  undivided  profits,  $94,177.27,  individual  deposits  $3,681,189.50.  This  bank 
has  recently  taken  possession  of  new  and  elegant  quarters  in  the  Exchange  Building,  with  entrance  at  the  corner  of  State  and  Kilby  Streets, 
and  which  form  a  suite  of  the  finest  banking-rooms  in  the  city.  A  safe  deposit  department  was  added  to  the  facilities  of  this  bank  during 
1891,  and  this  branch  of  the  business  is  safely  housed  and  ably  directed.  The  safe  deposit  vault  has  six  compartments,  with  a  capacity  of 
15,000  boxes.  This  vault  is  massive  in  its  construction,  splendidly  equipped  with  time  locks  and  heavy  doors,  and  was  built  by  George  L. 
Damon,  of  this  city.  Three  coupon  rooms  are  connected,  which  contain  sixty-five  small  chambers  for  the  use  of  patrons.  Beyond  is  the 
ladies'  clipping-room,  with  twelve  compartments,  a  reading-room  and  all  accessories,  with  a  lady  attendant.  The  banking-rooms  and  private 
offices  are  magnificent  in  their  appointments  and  furnishings,  and  one-fourth  of  an  acre  of  floor  space  is  occupied  in  the  business  of  the 
bank.  The  president,  Mr.  Williams,  has  been  at  the  helm  since  November,  1885,  and  is  a  prominent  attorney-at-law,  with  a  business  record 
of  the  most  creditable  character.  The  vice-president,  Mr.  Sears  was  cashier  from  3873  to  1890,  and  has  been  counected  with  the  bank  since 
1864,  promoting  its  interests  with  fidelity  and  acceptability  in  every  capacity.  The  cashier,  Mr.  Davis,  has  been  engaged  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness for  forty  years;  was  cashier  of  the  Traders  National  Bank  for  thirty  years  and  its  president  two  years,  previous  to  accepting  his  pres- 
ent position  in  1890;  and  is  a  financier  of  ripe  experience  and  vnde  acquaintance,  whose  opinions  are  of  weight  in  banking  circles. 

^YER,  RICE  &  CO.,  Hats,  Straw  Goods,  Japanese  Robes,  Ladies'  Furs,  Nos.  36,  38  and  40  Chauncy  Street.— The  firm  name  of 
Dyer,  Rice  &  Co.,  will  ever  remain  honorably  identified  with  the  American  trade  in  fine  furs,  as  no  house  in  Boston  has 
achieved  such  distinction  or  developed  subh  perfected  facilities  in  this  line.  The  business  was  established  in  1865  by  Messrs. 
Gould,  Dyer  &  Peabody,  who  were  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Dyer,  Taylor  &  Rice  in  1869,  and  they  by  Messrs.  Dyer,  Taylor  &.  Co. 
in  1879,  succeding  also  at  that  date  to  the  business  of  Hart,  Taylor  &  Co.,  the  present  firm  being  organized  in  1887.  Tliey  are 
extensive  wholesale  dealers  in  hats,  caps  and  straw  goods,  and  manufacturers  of  furs,  robes,  coats,  etc.  The  building  occu- 
pied  for  trade  purposes  contains  five  floors,  and  a  basement,  75  x  125  feet,  eligibly  located  at  Nos.  36,  38  and  40  Chauncy  Street.  The  firm  are 
the  leading  authority  in  Boston  on  all  that  pertains  to  furs,  from  their  raw  state  until  they  are  fashioned  to  adorn  the  fairest  of  wearers, 
while  to  vast  practical  experience  they  unite  marked  executive  ability,  perfected  facilities,  and  influential  connections  both  at  home  and 
abroad.  They  are  direct  importers  of  the  best  Alaska  sealskins,  finished  with  the  world-famous  London  dye.  These  goods  never  need  re-dy- 
ing, because  they  do  not  fade.  Here  are  obtainable,  at  very  moderate  prices,  the  most  magnificent  seal  sacques,  dolmans,  paletots,  muffs, 
capes,  collars  and  wraps,  buffalo,  bear  and  Esquimaux  dog  sleigh  robes,  fur  and  fur-lined  coats,  all  at  prices  that  make  an  inquirer  a  pur- 
chaser every  time.  In  fact,  owing  to  their  vast  trade,  this  firm's  quotations  range  under  those  asked  for  vastly  inferior  goods  elsewhere.  It 
is  of  vital  importance  to  buy  right,  where  the  investment  is  in  a  fine  fur  garment,  and  this  is  the  place  above  all  others  to  make  selections,  as 
thousands  of  the  best-dressed  ladies  in  Boston  know  through  personal  experience.  The  stock  is  the  largest  in  the  city,  both  as  regards  furs, 
hats  and  straw  goods,  while  the  trade  of  the  house  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  A  corps  of  twenty  talented  salesmen  represent 
the  interests  of  the  firm  upon  the  road,  and  all  orders  of  whatever  magnitude  receive  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Messrs.  B.  F.  Dyer,  J.  B.  Rice,  F.  E.  Dyer  and  N.  G.  Nickerson.  The  senior  partner  is  a  native  and  well-known  resident  of  Braintree, 
Mass.,  president  of  the  Braintree  Savings  Bank,  and  a  director  of  the  Mount  Vernon  National  Bank  of  this  city.  Mr.  Rice  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  still  resides.  Mr.  F.  E.  Dyer  is  a  son  of  the  senior  partner,  and  Mr.  Nickerson  is  a  native  ;of  Dennis,  Mass.,  and  an  experi- 
enced merchant.  All  are  members  of  the  Boston  Merchants  Association,  and  have  won  an  honored  record  for  enterprise,  integrity  and 
sagacity,  as  worthy  exponents  of  a  great  staple  branch  of  trade. 

WRIGHT  COMPANY,  Tobacco  Manufacturers,  [Inc.]  No.  290  State  Street.— The  tobacco  manufacturing  interest  is  one  of  the 
prime  factors  in  the  commercial  progress  and  industrial  development  of  the  country.  In  fact,  at  one  time,  tobacco  was  the 
agent  used  in  business  transactions  in  Virginia,  that  being  utilized  as  the  currency  of  the  day.  The  trade  has  gone  on  steadily 
increasing  with  each  succeeding  decade,  and  a  vast  amount  of  capital  and  a  vast  number  of  people  are  now  engaged  in  the 
I  '  business.  One  of  the  most  successful  concerns  engaged  in  the  industry  is  that  of  the  J.  Wright  Company,  [Inc.]  whose  factory 
is  at  Richmond,  Va.,  and  whose  selling  offlce  is  at  No.  390  State  Street.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  ten  years  ago,  at 
Richmond  and  Boston,  simultaneously,  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  J.  Wright  and  A.  A.  Eedway.  On  March  2,  1891,  the  business  was 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  Mr.  Wright  being  the  president  and  Mr.  Redway  the  secretary.  The  latter  resides  in  Boston^ 
while  Mr.  Wright  assumes  control  of  the  factory  in  Richmond.  Both  gentlemen  are  practical  tobacco  manufacturers  of  mature  experience: 
and  through  the  critical  supervision  of  affairs  maintained  at  their  factory,  by  the  selection  of  the  best  crop  tobaccos,  and  by  the  following  of 
most  approved  processes,  they  are  enabled  to  produce  tobaccos  of  remarkably  excellent  quality.  The  works  are  equipped  with  the  latest 
improved  machinery,  driven  by  steam  power,  and  employment  is  found  for  a  force  of  upwards  of  three  hundred  expert  hands.  The  firm 
manufacture  a  fine  line  of  smoking  and  chewing  tobaccos,  in  plug,  cut  and  spun  roll,  in  a  large  variety  of  brands,  and  their  goods  are  unex- 
celled for  flavor  and  general  excellence.  The  production  is  an  extensive  one,  the  output  amounting  to'about  two  million  pounds  of  tobacco 
per  year.  Of  this  the  greater  quantity  is  disposed  of  from  the  Boston  establishment.  The  trade  supplied  extends  all  throughout  the  New 
England  States  and  the  South,  and  is  steadily  growing  in  volume  with  each  passing  year.  The  firm  is  a  liberal  one,  and  all  its  customers  have 
their  interests  advanced  in  the  most  substantial  manner. 


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I ENRY  HASTINGS,  Swedish  (Norway)  Iron  and  Steel,  and  General  Iron  and  Steel  Merchant,  No.  126  State  Street.— One  of  the 
most  prominent  houses  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  fundamental  line  of  iron  and  steel,  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry  Hastings,  located 
at  No.  126  State  Street.  This  gentleman  is  well  and  widely  known  as  a  general  iron  and  steel  merchant,  making  a  leading 
specialty  of  Swedish  (Norway)  iron  and  steel,  and  is  especially  prominent  in  the  trade  throughout  the  country  as  sole  Ameri- 
can agent  for  some  of  the  largest  mills  of  Sweden.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1883,  by  Messrs.  Lewander 
&  Co.  Mr.  Hastings  was  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  succeeded  to  the  sole  control  in  January,  1891.  He  is  recognized  as  a 
leader  in  the  trade,  and  a  reliable  authority  as  regards  merchant  iron  and  steel  of  all  kinds.  He  brings  to  bear  a  wide  range  of  practical 
experience  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  requirements  of  the  American  trade,  coupled  with  intimate  and  influpiitini  relations  with  the 
best  producing  sources  both  at  home  and  abroad.  His  sales  are  large  and  he  is  prepared  to  promptly  fill  the  liirgest  orders  at  the  lowest 
market  rates.  Shipments  are  made  direct  from  the  mills  to  customers  in  car  lots,  or  by  the  1,000  tons,  and  Mr.  Hastings  has  afforded  uni- 
versal satisfaction  in  regard  to  the  strict  fulfillment  of  every  contract  and  commission.  His  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  and  the  equitable  manner  in  which  he  conducts  his  business,  as  well  as  the  excellent  quality  of  all  supplies  delivered  by  him, 
are  guarantees  of  good  faith  in  all  future  ti'ansactions.  Mr.  Hastings  is  a  native  Bostonian,  a  son  of  Commodore  Henry  Hastings,  the 
■well-known  ship-owner  who  has  been  largely  interested  in  commerce  and  stands  deservedly  high  in  social,  commercial  and  trade  circles. 


^IDGWAY  FUKNACE  COMPANY,  No.  76  Union  Street.—The  most  radical  and 

marked  improvement  in  hot  air  heating  yet  introduced  is  that  contained  in  the 

Ridgway  Furnace,  manufactured  by  the  Ridgway  Furnace  Company,  of  this 

city,  with  headquarters  at  No.  76  Union  Street.    This  company  was  incorpo 

rated  in  1890,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of 

$15,000,  as  successors  to  the  Ridgway  Furnace  and  Stove  Company,  which  had 
been  in  operation  since  1884.  The  main  feature  of  the  Ridgway  furnace  is  the  revolving  open 
fire  pot,  which  is  not  only  good  in  principle  but  perfect  in  practice,  turning  with  extraordi 
nary  ease  on  ball-bearings  and  permitting  one  to  graduate  most  accurately  the  amount  of 
ashes  to  be  shaken  out,  without  packing  the  coal  as  by  the  old  method  of  shaking  the  grate 
The  ashes  escape  in  the  form  of  the  finest  powder,  and  the  combustion  is  absolutely  complete 
No  sifting  of  ashes— no  clinkers— no  explosions,  as  the  gases  are  consumed  as  fast  as  generated 
through  the  sides  as  well  as  the  top.  The  condition  of  the  fire  can  be  seen  at  a  glance,  and 
access  had  to  every  part  of  it.  It  is  quite  as  important  that  a  furnace  should  not  overheat  the 
house  in  mild  weather  as  that  it  should  heat  it  enough  in  cold.  The  Ridgway  stands  this  test 
perfectly ;  a  fire  can  be  kept  smouldering  for  days,  without  danger  of  going  out.  The  cleanli 
ness,  ease  of  management,  and  novel  construction,  make  it  the  ideal  furnace,  worthy  the  full 
est  confidence  of  those  seeking,  the  latest  and  best  method  yet  devised  for  heating.  Eight 
years'  use  with  no  visible  wear  proves  its  durability.  An  automatic  regulator  is  furnished  with 
every  furnace  so  sensitive  that  closing  the  registers  will  check  the  draft,  affording  a  great  safe 
guard  and  convenience.  These  furnaces  are  in  increasing  use  in  this  city,  in  New  York  City 
Washington,  D.  C,  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  the  leading  cities  and  towns  in  Massachusetts,  New 
York,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Rhode  Island,  Maine,  and  adjoining  States.  Catalogues 
are  furnished  on  application,  and  orders  are  promptly  and  carefully  fiUed  in  all  cases 
The  officers  of  this  company  are  Edw.  B.  Cole,  president;  Chas.  L.  Ridgway,  treasurer  and 

manager;  Chas.  J.  Ridgway,  secretary.  The  president,  Mr.  Cole,  is  a  well-known  Bostonian  and  a  member  of  the  great  shoe  firm  of  B.  F. 
Cole  &  Co.  The  manager,  Mr.  Chas.  L.  Ridgway,  is  th©  inventor  of  the  furnace  which  hears  his  name,  and  gives  the  business  the  benefit  of 
his  close  personal  attention,  inventive  talents  and  great  practical  skill.  He  is  ably  assisted  by  his  son,  the  secretaiy,  and  under  its  present 
management  the  company  has  before  it  an  ever-widening  field  of  usefulness. 


i^ARREN  CHEMICAL  &  M'FG.  CO.,  Importers  and  Refiners  of  Trinidad  Asphaltum,  Sole  Manufacturers  ofWarren's  Natural 
Asphalt  Roofing,  No.  12  Pearl  Street.— Among  the  staple  articles  of  commerce  which  are  always  in  steady  demand  in  the  Bos- 
ton market,  there  are  but  few  more  important  than  asphalt.  The  leading  importers  and  refiners  of  the  famous  Trinidad 
asphaltum  in  this  city  are  the  Warren  Chemical  &  Manufacturing  Company,  who  are  specially  prominent  as  sole  manufac- 
turers of  "Warren's  natural  asphalt,  roofing,  "  Anchor  Brand "  and  are  also  manufacturers  of  coal  tar  roofing  and 
paving  materials,  sheathing  paper,  black  varnishes,  two  and  three-ply  felts,  liquid  asphalt,  roof  coating,  composite 
felt,  disinfectants,  "La  Brea"  asphalt  mastic,  etc.  The  main  office  of  the  company  is  at  Nos.  81  and  83  Fulton  Street,  New  York, 
and  it  is  represented,  in  New  England  by  Mr.  H.  K.  Richards,  with  headquarters  at  No.  12  Pearl  Street.  The  business  was  founded 
in  1855,  and  in  1858  the  present  company  was  incorporated,  possessing  unusual  facilities  both  for  the  importation,  production  and 
manipulation  of  the  raw  material,  and  its  suitable  handling  and  ^application.  The  company  refer  with  justifiable  pride  to  a  largely 
increased  business  in  natural  asphalt,  necessitating  considerable  increase  in  plant  and  impi'ovements  in  methods  of  manufacture 
to  enable  them  to  meet  the  demand.  In  roofing,  particularly,  the  greater  demand  has  called  for  renewed  energies,  and  this  depart- 
ment, starting  from  a  very  small  beginning,  has  reached  sales  of  more  than  2,000,000  square  feet  annually.  The  advantages  of  natural 
asphalt  over  coal  tar,  felt  and  gravel  roofing  include  very  much  greater  durability,  being  known  to  remain  exposed  for  ages  with- 
out alteratiob,  being  practically  unchangeable  in  the  atmosphere,  and  not  liable  to  suffer  injury  by  the  greatest  alternations  of  frost 
and  thaw;  while  the  asphaltic  cement  has  more  body,  will  not  run,  emits  no  disagreeable  odor,  and  does  not  injure  rain  water.  It 
is  a  more  reliable  and  better  roofing  than  tin  or  any  other  metal,  and  it  is  cheaper  than  any  other  roofing  that  is  suitable  for 
substantial  and  permanent  buildings.  It  affords  a  much  more  thorough  protection  from  fire  than  tin,  either  from  within  or  without 
the  building.  From  very  small  beginnings  it  is  now  in  extensive  use,  40,000,000  square  feet  having  been  applied  within  the  last  fourteen 
years  on  mills,  warehouses,  mercantile  blocks  and  dwellings,  in  quantities  of  five  thousand  feet  to  fifty  acres,  including  such  prominent 
buildings  as  the  Pullman  Building,  Chicago;  Harmony  Mills,  Cohoes,  N.  Y.;  New  York  Tribune,  Union  League  Club,  United  Bank  Building, 
Boreel  Building,  New  York  City;  Flint  Mills,  Globe  Yarn  Mills,  Pocasset  MiUs,  Fall  River,  Mass.;  Oneko  Woolen  Mills,  Wamsutta  Mills,  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  Washburn  &  Moen  Mfg.  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Whiting  &  Parsons  Paper  Co's..  Holyoke,  Mass.;  Thomson-Houston 
Electric  Co.,  Lynn,  Mass,;  Tifft  House,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Conant  Thread  Co.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.;  Manchester  Print  Works,  and  Stark  Mills,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. ;  Burnett  House,  Cincinnati.  O.;  Columbus  Buggy  Co.,  Columbus,  O.;  State  Capitol,  Indianapolis,  Ind.;  Kauffman  Milling  Co., 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Bureau  of  Engraving  and  Printing,  Washington,  D.  C;  Herald  Building,  Boston,  Mass.;  Power's  Hotel  and  Block,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. ;  Campau  Block,  Detroit,  Mich.  Mr.  Richards,  the  manager  in  New  England,  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  in  the 
prime  of  life,  eminently  capable  as  a  business  man,  fully  qualified  for  the  direction  of  this  important  business  and  enjoying  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  in  both  commercial  and  social  life. 


123  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

CONNECTICUT  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  D.  W.  Kilburn,  General  Agent,  No.  53  Devonshire  Street  —The 
Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  education  of 
the  people  of  every  community  in  habits  of  economy,  prudence  and  provident  thrift,  since  its  inception  in  1846.  It 
is  represented  in  this  city  by  Mr.  D.  W.  Kilburn,  as  general  agent  for  Massachusetts,  with  headquarters  at  No.  53 
Devonshire  Street.  Mr.  Kilburn  has  been  with  the  company  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years,  and  has  been  its  gene- 
ral agent  since  1884.  The  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  offers  its  policies  as  a  perfect  protection  to  the  family.  Its  calculations 
are  based  on  the  assumption  of  earning  only  three  per  cent,  interest,  instead  of  four  or  four  and  a  half  per  cent,  as  is  assumed 
by  all  other  companies.  Its  poUcies  will  therefore  be  protected  by  a  larger  reserve  than  is  held  by  any  other  company.  It  selects 
risks  with  great  care,  and  has  a  low  rate  of  mortality.  Its  investments  are  of  the  safest  character;  its  economy  of  management 
is  unsurpassed,  if  equaled.  It  has  no  stockholders.  Every  dollar  of  saving  or  profit  belongs  solely  to  the  policy  holders,  and  goes 
to  increase  the  value  of  their  policies,  or  to  reduce  the  cost  of  their  insurance.  Each  policy  has  attached  a  table  of  cash  values,  and  the 
accumulation  of  surplus  will  be  stated  each  year.  The  actual  value  of  the  policy  is  increasing  each  year  by  the  increase  of  reserve  and  the 
addition  of  any  surplus  earned  and  credited,  and  remains  always  available  at  the  period  stated.  The  company  had  in  force  December  31, 1890. 
64,147  policies,  insuring  $153,234,742.  Its  assets  on  that  day  were  $58,747,707.44;  its  surplus  by  its  own  standard  was  $5,572,000.19,  and  by  the 
legal  standard  of  four  per  cent.  $6,150,000.  The  premiums  and  reserves  of  the  company  are  grounded  upon  the  most  conservative  basis 
which  has  been  approved  by  experience  again  and  again ;  its  contracts  are  of  the  simplest,  most  legitimate  cliaracter,  devoid  of  speculative 
features;  and  its  growth  is  wholly  healthful,  its  assets  are  not  be  excelled  for  solidity  and  productiveness,  and  its  surplus  is  ample  to  provide 
for  every  adverse  contingency.  The  new  limited  life  premium  policies  of  the  Connecticut  Mutual  have  become  widely  popular,  as  an  abso- 
lute protection,  and  a  remunerative  investment.  This  company  does  an  annual  business  of  over  a  million  dollars,  and  annually  collects 
several  millions  in  premiums.  Mr.  Kilburn,  the  agent  in  Massachusetts,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  a  member  of  the  Boston  Life  Underwriters' 
Association  and  of  various  social  clubs,  and  possesses  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  business  community  to  a  most  gratifying  degree. 

lANEUIL  HALL  NATIONAL  BANK,  J.  V.Fletcher,  President,  T.  G.  Hiler,  Cashier,  S.  Market  Street  and  Merchants  Row.— 
Among  the  live  financial  institutions  of  the  city  to  which  our  business  men  can  look  with  confidence  and  pride  is  the  old,  reli- 
able Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank,  whose  banking  rooms  are  eligibly  located  at  the  corner  of  S.  Market  Street  and  Merchants 
Row.  This  bank  commenced  business  as  a  State  institution  in  August,  1851,  with  a  capita)  of  $500,000,  and  was  reorganized 
under  the  national  banking  laws  in  1865,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000  and  at  that  time  an  extra  dividend  of  50  per  cent,  was  paid 
and  a  regular  dividend  of  5  per  cent.  It  is  indeed,  one  of  the  old  and  honored  landmarks  of  the  city.  Swinging  a  heavy  cap- 
ital, controlled  by  founders  and  promoters  of  unquestioned  ability  and  integrity,  it  has  not  only  proved  a  pillar  of  strength  in  time  of  great 
financial  necessity  and  fear,  but  has  upheld  and  fostered  the  material  interests  of  the  entire  mercantile  and  manufacturing  community.  Its 
watchwords  have  been  prudence  and  economy— prudence  in  investments,  economy  in  expenses  of  handling  business— and  from  these  two 
walls  of  strength  has  sprung  a  solid  arch  of  prosperity  and  profit..  Its  principal  characteristics  are  those  which  tend  to  inspire  and 
mamtain  success,  to  wit:  ample  capital,  good  connections,  unlimited  backing,  the  confidence  of  commercial  circles  and  the  highest 
standing  in  the  financial  world.  A  bank  so  long  established  and  having  gone  so  far  in  its  career  with  ever-growing  success  is,  nat- 
urally, an  assurance  of  permanency,  but  there  is  more  than  mere  "solidity,"  as  the  word  goes,  which  has  contributed  to  its 
prosperity  and  popularity.  Although  founded  upon  a  rock,  it  has  each  twelve  months  been  raised  above  the  level  of  the  year 
before,  and  now  has  a  surplus  and  undivided  of  profits  of  $402,000,  and  individual  deposits  amounting  to  $1,700,000.00.  This  insti- 
tution does  a  regular  legitimate  banking  business  in  deposits,  loans,  collections  and  exchange;  receiving  the  accounts  of  corporations 
and  individuals  on  the  most  favorable  terms;  remitting  collections  at  the  lowest  rates  through  its  chain  of  correspondents,  which 
include  the  Fourth  National,  Market  and  Fulton  National  Banks,  of  New  York;  and  renders  thorough  satisfaction  to  all  its  customei-s. 
The  officers  and  directors  of  the  Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank  are  as  follows,  viz:  President,  J.  V.  Fletcher;  Cashier,  T.  G.  Hiler; 
Directors,  J.  V.  Fletcher,  Chas.  E.  Morrison,  Samuel  S.  Learnard,  A.  J.  Adams,  Geo.  W.  Fiske,  L.  M.  Haskins,  Samuel  F.  Wood- 
bridge,  Stillman  F.  Kelley  and  Henry  D.  Yerxa.  The  executive  officers  are  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  do  business. 
Prompt,  obliging  and  efiBcient  in  all  their  dealings  with  the  public,  they  are  naturally  popular,  and  in  their  own  individuality  serve  to 
strengthen  the  standing  of  the  bank  in  both  social,  commercial  and  financial  life.  President  Fletcher  is  prominent  in  both  monetary  and 
political  circles.  He  has  served  four  years  as  a  representative  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  two  years  as  a  Republican  Senator  from  the  Second 
Middlesex  District,  being  chairman  of  the  committee  on  banks  and  banking  in  that  body.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Belmont  Savings 
Bank,  and  a  successful  merchant  in  Faneuil  Hall  Market.  The  cashier,  Mr.  Hiler,  came  into  the  bank  at  its  organization  in  1851,  rising  step 
by  step  to  his  present  responsible  position  in  ;i8T6,  and  is  a  financier  of  large  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  high  repute;  while  the 
board  of  directors  presents  an  array  of  talent  and  solidity  that  commands  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  entire  business  community. 

jAMEWELL  AUXILIARY  FIRE  ALARM  CO.,  No.  19  Pearl  Street.— This  is  emphatically  an  era  of  progress.  As  an  illustra- 
tion of  the  fact,  we  would  refer  our  readers  to  the  Gamewell  Auxiliary  Fire  Alarm  Co.,  whose  offices  are  located  at  No.  19 
Pearl  Street.  Thi^  company  are  introducing  the  "  auxiliary  fire  alarm  system,"  which  furnishes  a  meansfor  sending  an  alarm 
of  fire  from  private  premises  immediately  upon  its  discovery.  This  is  accomplished  by  electrically  connecting  the  nearest 
street  signal  box  with  any  number  of  auxiliary  pulls,  the  locations  of  which  are  familiar  to  the  occupants  of  buildings  in  which 
they  are  placed,  and  which  are  accessible  by  simply  breaking  the  thin  glass  in  front  of  the  pull.  In  the  Gamewell  Auxiliary  Fire 
Alarm  system,  a  positive  and  unmistakable  "  return  signal "  is  provided  in  each  auxiliary  box,  consisting  of  an  electro-ma.gnetic  buzzer. 
The  Gamewell  also  includes  other  valuable  features,  necessary  to  preserve  its  reliability  of  operation ;  its  security  against  continued  disarrange- 
ment of  wires ;  and  the  prevention  of  false  alarms  from  accidental  wire  crosses.  After  the  street  box  has  been  operated  for  a  first  alarm,  sub- 
sequent alarms  cannot  be  given  from  any  auxiliary  box  with  which  it  is  connected  until  the  auxiliary  device  in  street  box  has  been  properly 
set  by  an  authorized  person,  but  the  failure  to  set  such  auxiliary  device  is  automatically  reported  at  an  engine  house,  or  elsewhere  as  may  be 
arranged.  A  continuous  ringing  bell  is  operated  in  case  of  a  break  in  the  closed  circuit  used  in  this  system,  as  also  from  crossing  of  the  wires ; 
and  a  galvanometer  furnishes  the  means  of  readily  testing  the  efficiency  of  the  battery  employed  without  expert  service  or  electrical  experi- 
ence, and  which  operation  consumes  but  a  few  seconds  of  time.  A  private  alarm  bell  may  be  used  if  desired,  to  be  operated  only  in  case  of  an 
alarm  from  an  auxiliary  box,  and  to  be  located  at  any  desired  point  for  the  convenience  of  parties  using  the  system.  Standard  auxiliary  at- 
tachments are  manufactured  by  the  Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Co.  for  all  types  of  street  signal  boxes,  including  the  "  pony."  These 
attachments  may  be  applied  to  signal  boxes  already  in  the  service  without  interference  in  any  manner  with  the  ordinai-y  manual  operation  of 
the  same.  This  system  is  in  use  in  Boston,  Brooklyn,  Baltimore,  Washington,  Detroit,  San  Francisco,  Portland,  Me.,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Ansonia, 
Ct,  Fall  River,  Lawrence,  and  other  Massachusetts  towns,  as  well  as  other  large  cities  of  the  Union,  and  the  demand  is  steadily  increasing. 
The  Gamewell  AuxiUary  Fire  Alarm  Co.  was  incorporated  in  1887,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  is 
officered  as  follows,  viz:  A.  P.  Sawyer,  president;  Geo.  W.  Piper,  treasurer;  6.  F.  Milliken,  general  manager.  These  gentlemen  are  well  and 
favorably  known  in  telegraph  and  electrical  circles,  and  are  well  fitted  to  push  this  enterprise  forward  to  the  position  it  deserves  in  the 
business  world. 


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^WAIN  LUBRICATOR  COMPANY,  Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  Swain  Pateut  Lubricator  for  Journals,  No.  39  Oliver  Street; 
New  York  Office,  No.  106  Liberty  Street.— In  the  important  line  of  lubricators  for  shafting,  crank  pins,  loose  pulleys  and 
eccentrics,  the  Swain  Lubricator  Company  has  attained  a  national  reputation.  This  company  are  sole  manufacturers  of  the 
Swain  Patent  Lubricator  for  journals,  with  main  office  and  manufactory  at  Chicago.  The  New  England  branch  of  the 
company  is  located  at  No.  29  Oliver  Street,  Messi-s.  Emerson  and  Morrill  controlling  the  New  England  trade,  with  an 
office  at  No.  lOli  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City.  The  Swain  Patent  Lubricator  is  the  invention  of  Mr.  F.  F.  Swain,  president 
of  the  company,  and  has  been  on  the  market  for  the  past  five  years.  Over  a  million  cups  are  now  in  use,  and  they  are  widely  recognized  as 
the  acme  of  economy,  safety  and  cleanliness.  The  method  of  lubricating  shafting  under  this  patent  is  the  best  and  most  practical  ever  put 
before  the  pubhc.  It  is  the  only  perfect  system  of  automatic  lubrication,  and  should  be  used  in  every  manufactory  where  cleanliness, 
economy  and  safety  are  considered.  The  cup  is  very  simple,  consisting  of  a  tube  and  tight-fitting  cap;  within  the  tube  a  weight  is  arranged 
to  move  freely;  to  this  is  attached  an  indicator  rod,  showing  at  a  glance  the  exact  amount  of  material  in  the  cup.  The  lubricator  is  a  solid 
stick,  compounded  of  the  finest  material,  and  made  to  stand  a  very  high  degree  of  heat  before  inciting.  The  lubricator  is  kept  directly  in 
contact  with  the  shaft,  and  is  worn  away  only  as  the  shaft  needs  lubrication,  a  single  lubricator  lasting  from  one  to  three  months.  There  is 
positively  no  drip  or  waste  of  material,  and  wlien  the  shaft  stops  running  the  wear  of  the  lubricator  at  once  ceases.  Practical  men  will  at 
once  see  the  advantages  resulting  from  this  method  of  lubrication.  The  following  consumers,  who  are  some  of  the  most  conservative  and 
economizing  concerns  throughout  the  country,  have  used  the  Swain  Lubricator  tor  years:  The  Adams  &  Westlake  Co.,  McCormick  Harvest- 
ing Machine  Co.,  Wm.  Deering  &  Co.,  among  many  others.  The  durability  of  one  lubricator  is  from  one  to  three  months,  and  it  is  the  only 
reliable  loose  pulley  lubricator  in  the  world.  This  company  also  manufacture  the  celebrated  Swain  Metallic  Piston-Rod  Packing;  which  is 
the  most  simple,  most  sensible,  the  cheapest  and  most  successful  packing  on  the  market,  always  giving  the  most  perfect  satisfaction.  It 
fits  an  ordinary  stufiSng  box,  has  no  springs  to  break,  while  no  machine  shop  is  needed  to  keep  up  repairs.  There  are  water  spaces  between 
rings,  and  flat  bearings  on  rods.  It  is  the  only  metallic  ring  packing  made  with  tongue  joints,  each  ring  being  surrounded  by  an  elastic 
cushion.  The  claims  for  superiority  are,  adaptability  to  rods  in  ordinary  conditions,  simplicity  and  ease  of  adjustment,  avoidance  of  wear 
on  rods,  no  disconnecting  of  cross-heads  in  applying,  ease  of  removing  when  desired,  and  economy  and  durability  as  shown  by  results. 
Both  dealers  and  consumers  throughout  New  England  are  supplied  from  the  Boston  office,  and  the  goods  commend  their  own  merits  to  the 
confidence  and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  buyers.  Messrs.  Emerson  and  Morrill  are  both  natives  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
gentlemen  of  large  business  experience,  thorough  reliability  and  sterling  personal  worth. 


|NGINEERING  EQUIPMENT  COMPANY,  No.  126  Pearl  Street.— In  securing  the  necessary  supplies  for  steam  power  plants, 
mills,  electric  railways,  and  kindred  enterprises,  our  manufacturers  and  corporations  throughout  New  England  shovdd 
hereafter  make  a  factor  of  the  "  Engineering  Equipment  Company,"  whose  offices  are  located  at  No.  136  Pearl  Street. 
This  company  is  engaged  in  the  business  of  furnishing  steam  and  electric  equipment  materials,  and  their  house  is  head- 
quarters for  various  specialties  nowhere  else  obtainable.  The  company  was  incorporated  February  1,  1891,  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000,  and  has  its  main  offices  at  No.  143  Liberty  Street,  New- 
York.  F.  L.  Perine,  general  manager;  A.  L.  Tinker,  secretary;  C.  J.  Field,  president;  A.  C.  Hale,  chemist  to  company.  Their  eastern 
office  was  opened  in  this  city  during  the  same  year,  and  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  F.  A.  Magee,  the  well  known  mechanical  engineer,  as 
agent  for  New  England.  This  company  has  the  eastern  selling  agency  for  patent  cotton-leather  belts  and  belting  specialties,  manu- 
factured only  by  The  Underwood  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Tolland,  of  which  F.  H.  Underwood  is  president;  G.  W.  Lawring,  secretary; 
E.  S.  Agard,  secretary;  J.  E.  Underwood,  superintendent;  for  the  Dodge  "Independence"  Wood-split  Pulleys;  for  the  Dodge  Patent 
Rope  Transmission  of  Power;  and  for  the  Boston  trolley  and  line  matei-ials  made  solely  by  Albert  and  J.  M.  Anderson;  while  they 
are  sole  agents  for  Kellogg  Steel  Pole  for  electric  railways;  Indurated  Fibre  Pipe  for  electric  conduits;  and  eastern  agents  f or  Habir- 
shaw  wires,  cables  and  cones;  and  contract  for  and  furnisli  cars,  trucks,  rails,  ties,  and  street  railway  construction  materials;  and 
also  engines  and  boilers.  A  specialty  is  made  of  filling  large  orders  for  standard  equipment  materials,  and  the  intimate  and  influ- 
ential connections  enjoyed  by  the  management  with  manufacturers  of  the  highest  repute  place  the  company  in  a  position  to  name 
inducements  in  both  quality  and  prices  of  materials  that  smaller  houses  cannot  afford  to  duplicate.  The  company  already  bears  a  reputa- 
tion second  to  none  for  the  ability  to  fill  large  contracts  promptly  and  to  the  letter,  and  those  of  our  readers  who  open  negotiations  with  the 
Boston  office  will  secure  advantages  and  benefits  that  are  not  met  with  elsewhere.  Mr.  Magee,  the  manager,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Stevens 
Institute  of  Technology  of  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  and  practiced  his  profession  for  ten  years  as  a  mechanical  engineer,  being  formerly  employed 
with  the  Edison  General  Electric  Company  and  the  E.  S.  Greely  Company,  of  New  York;  and  is  eminently  fitted,  both  by  experience  and 
talent,  for  worthily  repi'esenting  this  important  interest  in  so  important  a  field  of  industrial  activity. 


ORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  H.  S.  Wheelock,  Manager,  No.  27  Kilby  Street.— The  leading  British  fire  insurance  cor- 
porations invariably  place  their  interests  in  this  country  in  the  care  of  gentlemen  who  have  secured,  by  years  of  experience 
and  practice,  honorable  reputations  in  the  business.  Prominent  among  the  British  companies,  having  department  head- 
quarters in  the  city  of  Boston,  is  the  Northern  Assurance  Company,  of  London,  which  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the 
strongest,  wealthiest  and  most  reliable  insurance  corporations  in  the  world.  It  was  incorporated  in  1836,  and  has  been  repre- 
sented in  Boston  since  1879.    The  manager  of  the  New  England  department  is  Mr.  H.  S.  Wheelock,  an  experienced  under- 


writer and  adjuster,  who  is  enabled  not  only  to 
policies  which  give  the  assured  all  needed  protec- 
to  guarantee  an  equitable  and  pi'ompt  adjustment 
losses  occurring  in  the  New  England  States  are 
office.  Mr.  Wheelock  has  had  eighteen  years' 
and  his  knowledge  and  judgment  as  to  fire  insur- 
desirable  medium  through  which  to  effect  insur- 
the  Northern  Assurance  Company  has  increased 
pies  a  prominent  position  in  the  United  States, 
confidence  of  the  business  public.  It  has  paid  in 
States  branch  alone,  to  say  nothing  of  its  many 
any  possible  contingenc.y  which  is  likely  to  arise, 
cites  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  whole 
be  obtained  at  the  lowest  current  rates  con- 
insurer.  Mr.  Wheelock,  the  manager  for  New  England,  is  a  native  Bostonian, 
city.    He  was  for  many  years  special  agent  of  the  Royal  Insurance  Company  of  Liverpool 


offer  superior  inducements  in  properly  drawn 
tion,  and  tlie  lowest  obtainable  rates,  but  likewise 
and  payment  of  all  losses  that  may  occur.  All 
settled  and  paid  without  reference  to  any  other 
experience  as  an  insurance  agent  and  manager, 
ance  matters  are  such  as  to  make  this  office  a  very 
ance  on  property  of  all  kinds.  The  business  of 
with  each  succeeding  year,  until  to-day  it  occu- 
and  by  honorable  practice  has  secured  the  entire 
losses  over  $33,000,000,  and  has  in  its  United 
millions  of  assets  abroad,  ample  funds  to  meet 
It  has  agencies  in  all  the  leading  commercial 
civilized  world,  where  policies  of  insurance  may 
sistent  with  safet,y  to  both  the  insured  and  the 
young  man  of  high  social  and  business  standing  in  the 
a  member  of  the  New  England  Insurance 


Exchange  and  of  the  Boston  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  and  is  thoroughly  reliable,  prompt  and  responsible  in  all  his  business  methods^ 


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E.  SOPER  &  CO.,  Millers'  Agents  for  Cotton  Seed  Meal,  Shippers  of  Grain  and  Feed,  Nos.  2  and  3  India  Street.— Considered 
as  a  factor  in  the  sum  of:  commercial  activity,  the  importance  of  the  grain  and  feed  interest  in  this  city  can  scarcely  be  over- 
estimated. The  transactions  in  ear  lots  oE  corn,  oats,  etc.,  daily  reach  enormous  proportions,  and  the  volume  ol:  trade  affords 
evidence  of  steady  and  substantial  increase.  Notable  among  Boston's  representative  firms  engaged  in  the  line  indicated  is 
that  of  J.  E.  Soper  &  Co.,  of  Nos.  2  and  3  India  St.,  and  which  for  thirty-five  years  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the  trade. 
They  are  millers'  agents  for  sale  of  cotton  seed  meal,  and  shippers  of  grain  and  feed,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  cotton 
seed  meal,  of  which  they  are  the  largest  handlers  in  the  United  States.  The  firm  which  is  composed  of  Messrs.  J.  E.  Soper  and  H.  B.  Moore, 
occupy  a  well  ordered  office,  connected  by  telephone,  (2133;,  and  employ  several  clerks.  They  are  agents  for  a  number  of  western  millers, 
and  represent  nearly  all  the  cotton  seed  meal  mills  in  the  country,  selling  immense  quantities  of  the  latter  in  car  and  cargo  lots.  The  house 
js  conducted  on  strict  business  principles,  while  its  management  is  characterized  by  liberal  and  honorable  methods,  and  those  having 
dealings  with  this  solid  and  reliable  firm  are  assured  of  finding  the  same  of  an  entirely  satisfactory  character.  The  trade  of  the  concern  is 
exceedingly  large,  extending  throughout  New  England,  New  York  State  and  the  British  provinces;  and  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line 
above  indicated  (in  car  lots)  are  executed  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner,  at  lowest  possible  figures,  manufacturers'  prices 
being  quoted.  Messrs.  Soper  and  Moore,  who  are  gentlemen  of  middle  age  and  natives  of  Maine,  are  men  of  energy  and  sagacity  as  well  as 
thorough  business  experience,  highly  regarded  in  comm,ercial  circles,  and  are  valued  members  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


Washington  Street,  Looking  North. 


|HOMAS  W.  31cKEE,  Manufacturer  Table  Luxuries,  No.  52  South  Market  Street.— A  most  prominent  and  influential  house 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  table  luxuries,  ketchups,  extracts,  pickles,  preserves,  mustards,  sauces,  etc.,  is  that 
conducted  by  Mr.  Thomas  W.  McKee  at  No.  52  South  Market  Street.  This  gentleman  first  established  this  business  m  1887  at 
Cambridge,  and  has  occupied  the  present  location  for  the  past  three  years.  His  productions  are  highly  esteemed  by  the 
trade  on  account  of  their  salability,  being  in  constant  demand  wherever  introduced.  They  are  acknowledged  to  be  of  extra 
fine  quality,  purity,  flavor  and  freshness  and  are  fully  equal  to  any  foreign  delicacies  now  upon  the  market,  and  are  by  some 
considered  superior  to  them.  Mr.  McKee  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  this  business  and  gives  his  personal  attention  to  all  the  details;  and 
customers  may  rely  upon  having  nothing  inferior  or  adulterated  sold  to  them.  Heihas  two  thousand  customers  in  and  around  Boston.  His 
trade  is  wholesale  only  and  is  constantly  increasing  in  this  vicinity,  thus  proving  an  exception  to  the  rule  that  "  a  prophet  is  not  without 
honor,  save  in  his  own  country."  Mr.  McKee  is  a  native  of  Montpelier,  Vermont.  He  is  popular  with  his  numerous  patrons  and  enjoys  the 
confidence  of  all  those  with  whom  he  has  dealings. 


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|HE  IMPROVED  PROCESS  GLUE  COMPANY,  No.  50  Central  Street.— The  improved  Process  Glue  Company,  whose  Boston  office 
is  located  at  No.  50  Central  Street,  fills  a  niche  in  the  commercial  activity  of  this  country  peculiarly  its  own.  The  company 
are  manufacturers  of  improved  process  liciuid  fish  glues  and  belting  cement,  by  a  secret  method,  and  operate  a  factory  at 
Gloucester,  Mass.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  January,  1891,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of 
$50,000,  and  has  purchased  from  the  Le  Pa/?e  Company  all  its  glue  stock  and  material,  and  acquired  all  the  rights  under 
the  patents  of  Wm.  N.  Le  Page,  tlie  original  inventor  of  Hquid  fish  glue,  formerly  owned  by  said  company,  for  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  improved  process  fish  glues.  These  glues  have  now  come  to  be  very  widely  known  as,  in  all  respects,  the 
strongest  and  most  rehable  extent.  They  include  family  glue  in  bottles  and  cans,  and  assorted  cases  of  family  glues,  with  wire  display 
stands;  carriage  glue,  tor  carriage,  cabinet  and  wood  work,  the  finest,  clearest  and  strongest  glue  in  use:  shoe  glue,  for  boot  and 
shoe  manufacturers,  etc. ;  paper  glue,  for  envelope  and  blank-book  manufacturers,  labels,  etc,  straw  glue  bleached,  tor  stiffening  straw 
hats;  sizing  glue,  for  fabrics;  and  sizing  glue,  for  oil  cloths;  also,  A  No.  i  bolting  cement,  for  leather  belting;  while  glues  adapted  for 
special  work  are  supphed  to  order.  The  new  cans  used  by  this  company,  with  patent  cap  and  fastening,  have  proved  a  great  convenience . 
Dealers  and  large  consumers  reouiring  glue  in  any  form  or  for  any  purpose  should  make  a  factor  of  this  enterprising  and  progressive 
company.  Its  principal  selling  agents  are  Messrs.  Tower  &  Lyon,  No.  95  Chambers  Street,  New  York,  and  goods  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of 
the  United  States,  direct  from  the  Boston  office.  The  president,  John  J.  Tower,  is  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Tower  and  Lyon,  of  New  York. 
The  Treasurer  is  C.  E.  Hubbard.  Mr.  Le  Page  is  the  superintendent  at  Gloucester  and  all  the  glues  and  eements'sold  by  the  company  are 
manufactured  under  Mr.  Le  Page's  personal  supervision. 

F.  PIERCE  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  Nos.  180  to  186  Washington  Street.— A  foremost  operator  in  realty 
in  New  England  is  Mr.  C.  F.  Pierce,  trading  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  F.  Pierce  &  Co..  and  whose  headquarters  are  at 
Nos.  180  to  186  Washington  Street,  this  city.  Since  he  established  business  in  1884,  Mr.  Pierce  has  built  up  a  very 
extensive,  influential  patronage  all  throughout  the  New  England  States,  and  has  carried  through  many  important 
*  transa<;tions.  He  maintains  ten  agencies,  eight  being  in  Massachusetts,  two  in  New  Hampshire,  and  it  is  worthy 
of  remark  that  eight  out  of  the  ten  men  in  charge  of  these  agencies  neither  smoke,  chew  tobacco  or  drink  alcoholic 
beverages,  and  none  of  them  show  property  on  Sundays.  Every  spring  and  fall,  Mr.  Pierce  publishes  a  real  estate  bulletin,  giving 
a  descriptive  acceunt  of  eligible  properties  on  sale,  many  being  splendid  bargains,  and  all  good  opportunities  for  the  profitable 
investment  of  capital:  city  and  country  realty  of  all  kinds  is  bought,  sold,  leased  or  exchanged,  money  loaned,  mortgages  nego- 
tiated, estates  managed,  fire  insurance  effected,  rents  collected,  and  appraisements  made,  all  customers  having  their  wants  attended  to  in 
the  most  acceptable  manner.  Business  chances  are  also  bought  and  sold.  Mr.  Pierce  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  a  thoroughly  progres- 
sive, energetic  business  man,  and  all  his  dealings  are  characterized  by  fairness  and  a  desire  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  patrons  in  the 
most  substantial  manner. 

C.  PEECIVAL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Watches,  Diamonds,  Jewelry  and  Optical  Goods,  No.  393  Washington  Street.— 
The  history  of  the  prosperous  house  of  D.  C.  Peroival  &  Co.,  of  No.  398  Washington  Street,  commences  with  the  year  1864, 
when  the  firm  was  founded  by  the  existing  senior  partner.  That  gentleman,  subsequent  to  his  initial  effort  upon  the  bus- 
"iness  high  road,  prosecuted  his  endeavors  in  the  direction  of  prosperity  tor  a  term  of  eighteen  years,  when  ho  formed  a 
'  partnership  with  Mr.  Southworth  under  the  present  name  and  conditions.  Messrs.  Percival  &  Co.,  are  wholesale  dealers  in 
watches,  diamonds  and  jewelry,  optical  goods,  canes,  pens,  tools,  materials,  etc.,  handling  largely  "  Rogers  &  Bro."  silver 
plated  ware,  the  A.  F.  Towle  &  Son  Co. ,  sterhng  silver  and  silver  plated  ware,  the  specialty  of  the  house  being  watches.  The  operations  of  the 
house  embrace  an  extensive  import  trade  and  the  domestic  area  covered  by  the  house  includes  the  whole  of  the  New  England  section.  The 
house  occupies  the  whole  of  the  second  floor  of  the  admirably  located  building  upon  Washington  Street,  and  employs  a  staff  of  twenty-five 
able  and  courteous  assistants.  The  premises  are  equipped  with  every  improvement  and  contain  five  large  safes  having  attached  the  Holmes 
Electric  Protection  system.  The  connection  of  the  house  is  traversed  periodically  by  a  force  of  four  drummers,  and  the  reputation  of  the 
concern  tor  high  class  goods  and  honorable  dealing  is  excellent.  The  partnership  is  made  up  of  Mr.  D.  C.  Percival  and  Mr.  Dean  Southworth, 
both  of  whom  emphatically  command  a  representative  position  in  the  trade  community.  Mr.  Percival  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and 
resides  in  Boston.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  that  influential  organization,  the  Jewelers'  League,  and  an  active  associate  of  the  Jewelers' 
Association.    Mr.  Southworth  is  a  native  of  Stoughton  and  resides  at  Braintree,  Mass. 

R.  FISK  &  CO.,  Ribbons,  Silks,  MiUinery  and  Straw  Goods,  No.  26  Summer  and  No.  98  Hawley  Street.— Boston  has 
one  house  which,  if  all  the  others  were  obliterated,  would  still  entitle  her  to  national  supremac.v  as  having  the  great  leading 
representative  of  the  wholesale  trade  in  ribbons,  silks,  millinery  and  straw  goods.  We  refer,  of  course,  to  the  old  and  cele- 
brated firm  of  G.  R.  Fisk  &  Co.,  successors  to  Plimpton,  Fisk  &  Co.,  the  scope  of  whose  operations,  resources,  connections 
[  •  and  policy  has  enabled  them  to  retain  the  largest  trade  of  the  kind  in  New  England.  This  immense  business  is  the  out 
come  of  the  enterprises  started  by  J.  W.  Plimpton  &  Co.  in  1840,  as  dealers  in  small  wares  and  furnishing  goods,  and  by 
Messrs.  A.  Partridge,  E.  E.  Plimpton  and  Geo.  R.  Fisk  in  1853  as  wholesale  dealers  in  millinery  goods,  the  two  firms  consolidating  their 
interests  in  1868,  under  the  firm  name  ot  J.  W.  Plimpton  &  Co.  In  1874  the  firm  became  Plimpton,  Fisk  &  Co.,  and  in  March,  1890,  the  present 
firm  was  organized.  Mr.  J.  W.  Plimpton  had  died  in  1867,  Mr.  A.  Partridge  in  1861,  Mr.  E.  E.  Plimpton  in  1876,  and  Mr.  Albert  Plimpton  in 
March,  1890,  leaving  Mr.  Geo.  R.  Fisk  the  sole  survivor  of  the  two  original  firms,  while  the  present  firm  comprised  also  Messrs.  J.  B.  Spiller, 
John  MoCandlish  and  B.  F.  Janes  who  had  been  members  of  the  firm  since  1874,  and  Mr.  W.  H.  Squires,  who  came  into  the  firm  in  1878.  All 
of  the  new  firm  were  therefore  old  in  experience,  and  a  more  competent  body  of  business  men  cannot  be  found  in  any  one  firm  in  the  city. 
They  bring  to  bear  every  possible  qualification,  and  have  long  retained  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  millinery  trade.  The  business 
premises  at  No.  158  Washington  Street  were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1872,  and  the  present  building,  at  Nos.  26  Summer  and  98  Hawley  Streets,  has 
been  occupied  since  1874.  The  internal  arrangements  are  complete,  and  a  thorough  system  of  organization  is  enforced,  in  every  way 
rendering  the  concern  a  model  one,  and  one  which  contains  the  largest  stock  in  its  line.  The  firm  also  operate  an  office  at  No.  530  Broad- 
way, New  York,  established  in  1886.  This  firm  are  direct  importers  and  leading  jobbers  in  ribbons,  silks,  millinery  and  straw  goods,  and 
possess  the  finest  opportunities  in  the  markets  of  both  Europe  and  America.  They  take  advantage  of  every  fluctuation  in  prices,  of  the  great 
trade  sales  and  forced  offerings  of  mills  and  commission  houses,  and  are  unquestionably  the  best  prepared  of  any  New  England  house  to  offer 
the  choicest  and  latest  goods  in  their  line  at  the  most  moderate  prices.  The  stock  always  includes  the  latest  styles  and  newest  shades  in  silks 
and  ribbons,  while  the  millinery  department  contains  the  freshest  Parisian  novelties  in  flowers,  feathers,  ornaments  trimmed  hats  and  bon- 
nets. A  large  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  great  resources  and  facilities  of  the  firm  enable  them 
to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  of  the  largest  orders,  while  terms  are  made  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Geo. 
R.  Fisk,  the  honored  head  of  the  house,  is  a  native  of  Upton,  Mass.,  and  now  resides  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Spiller  was  born  in  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  and  came  into  the  house  in  1862.  Mr.  McCandlish  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  house  since  boyhood.  Mr. 
Janes  was  born  in  Charlestown,  whfle  Mr.  Squires  is  a  native  of  Ware,  Mass.,  and  both  have  been  in  the  house  since  they  were  mere  boys. 
We  know  of  no  house  more  satisfactorily  constituted  for  the  successful  conduct  of  such  a  business,  and  none  certainly  which  so  worthily 
stands  betwixt  the  producers  and  retailers  of  millinery  and  straw  goods. 


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HE  LACING  STUD  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  o£  Lacing  Studs  and  Hooks,  W.  C.  Bray,  Treasurer,  No.  55  Lincoln  Street.— 
Brominenl  among  the  manufacturers  of  specialties  peculiar  to  their  respective  establishments  in  Boston  stands  the  Lacing 
Stud  Co.,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  55  Lincoln  Street,  with  a  factory  at  Wollaston,  Mass.  This  company  are 
extensive  manufacturers  of  studs  and  hooks  for  boots  and  shoes,  and  enjoy  a  reputation  and  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in 
extent  and  eminently  creditable  in  character.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1873,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  and  is  offtoered  and  managed  by  Francis  Batcheller,  president;  W.  C.  Bray,  treasurer.  Employment  is  given  to 
a  large  number  of  skilled  hands  at  the  factory,  and  the  output  is  one  of  great  magnitude  and  importance.  Every  enterprising  and  progres- 
sive method  is  brought  to  bear  in  the  manufacture  to  improve  the  quality,  enhance  the  value  and  cheapen  the  cost  of  production,  and  as 
a  result  the  goods  are  widely  preferred  by  shoe  manufacturers  and  supply  houses  throughout  the  country  to  those  of  any  other  make,  and 
the  trade  of  the  house  is  annually  increasing  in  volume  and  value.  The  largest  orders  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled,  and  the  terms  and 
prices  quoted  are  thoroughly  satisfactory  to  buyers.  Shipments  are  made  to  all  sections  of  the  United  States,  and  a  fine  growing  export 
trade  is  also  enjoyed  with  numerous  foreign  countries.  The  president,  Mr.  6atcheller,  is  of  the  well-known  boot  and  shoe  firm  of  the  E.  &  A. 
H.  Batcheller  Co.,  of  Boston.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  Bray,  is  an  expert  and  talented  manufacturer  of  large  experience  and  established  repu- 
tation in  this  industry,  possessing  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  requirements  of  manufactm-ers  and  dealers,  and  is  eminently  popular 
and  successful  in  meeting  all  their  demands. 


HE  BARNEY  VENTILATING  FAN  COMPANY,  No.  70  Pearl  Street.-The  Barney  Ventilating  Fan  Co.,  whose  principal  head- 
quarters are  located  at  No.  70  Pearl  Street,  with  works  on  Utica  Street,  are  sole  manufacturers  of  the  Barney  Compound  Venti- 
lating Wheel,  the  most  approved,  powerful  and  efficacious  air-moving  device  in  the  world .  The  employment  of  tans  and  venti- 
lating wheels  as  positive  air  movers  is  by  no  means  new,  but  by  mis-application  they  have  had  a  slow  march  to  the  front. 
Years  of  experience  have  cow  established  the  fact  that  ventilating  wheels,  properly  constructed  and  applied  to  all  forms  of 
ventilation,  are  permanently  and  pre-eminently  at  the  front  of   all    devices  for  securing  a  positive  circulation  of  air,  and 

can  be  used  to  great  advantage  wherever  small  motive  power 
can  be  obtained,  and  in  this  age  of  steam,  electric,  gas  and 
water  motors,  the  cases  are  comparatively  few  where  the 
Barney  Compound  Ventilating  Wheel  cannot  be  introduced 
and  successfully  used  for  positive  air  moving.  The  Barney 
Ventilating  Fan  Company  is  prepared  to  contract  for  the  full 
installment  of  heating  and  ventilating  plants,  and  guarantee 
them  to  fill  all  the  demands  and  requirements  of  the  object 
sought.  A  few  of  the  most  frequent  applications  of  these 
wheels  for  the  removal  of  steam  are  to  dye-houses,  bleacher- 
ies,  paper  mills,  slasher  rooms,  bi'eweries,  wash  rooms,  shodd.y 
mills,  laundries,  glue  manufactories,  cylinder  dryers,  vulcan- 
izing rooms,  and  all  kinds  of  drying  plants.  Surprising  work 
has  been  done  in  the  way  of  removing  floating  dust  from  turn  • 
bier  rooms,  pulverizing  mills,  picker  rooms,  and  glass  polish- 
ing, buffing,  sand  papering,  carpet  beating,  grain  cleaning, 
dusting,  rag  cutting  and  grinding  macliines  of  all  kinds.  When 
applied  to  halls  of  audience,  churches,  school-houses,  public 
halls,  theaters,  libraries,  banks,  hospitals,  public  institutions,  manufactories,  and  in  short,  any  place  occupied  by  human  beings  in  greater  or 
less  numbers,  the  Barney  Compound  Ventilating  Wheel  is  guaranteed  to  move  at  the  same  horse-power  one-third  more  air  than  any  other 
device  in  the  world,  and,  all  things  being  equal,  three  times  the  volume  of  any  flat-bladed  fan.  This  wheel  is  consti-ucted  with  a  viewto  service, 
made  of  the  best  material  to  be  obtained,  carefully  adjusted,  balanced  and  put  together,  and  fully  guaranteed  to  be  the  best  wheel  for  moving 
large  volumes  of  air  at  the  smallest  outlay  of  power  extant.  It  is  in  great  and  growing  demand,  not  only  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  but 
in  England,  Germany,  France,  Russia,  Brazil,  Spain,  Austria,  Sweden,  Norway,  China,  Japan,  Australia,  Mexico,  South  America,  the  West 
Indies  and  the  otlier  great  nations  in  the  world.  This  company  also  handle  the  best  and  most  extensive  line  of  blowers,  exhausters,  heaters, 
dry  kiln  appurtenances,  counter-shafts,  blastgates,  steam  traps,  and  steam  engines  in  the  world,  and  apply  the  same  tor  every  conceivable 
demand.  They  are  also  prepared  to  furnish  at  the  lowest  prices,  steam,  gas,  electric  and  water  motors  of  all  horse-powers  and  for  all 
purposes.  Mr.  James  E.  Barney,  tlie  manager  of  this  company,  is  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  the  ventilating  wheel  which  bears  his  name, 
and  has  made  the  subject  a  study  for  the  past  twenty  years.  He  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  permanent  success  achieved  by  this  com- 
pany through  his  inventive  genius  and  well-directed  enterprise. 

FRANCIS  HAYWARD,  Rubber  Goods,  No.  160  Congress  Street.— There  is  no  substance  now  in  use  that  is  capable  of  subserv- 
■  ing  so  many  and  varied  purposes  of  man  as  India  rubber.  Not  only  are  water-proof  garments  and  boots  and  shoes  made  of 
tins  material,  but  a  great  number  of  fabrics  and  articles  especially  adapted  for  mechanical  purposes.  Each  year  but  enlarges 
its  sphere  of  usefulness,  and  its  manufacture  is  increasing  in  enormous  proportions.  A  leading  headquarters  for  both  hard 
J  and  soft  rubber  goods  of  every  description,  in  this  city,  is  the  establishment  of  Mr.  J.  Francis  Hayward,  located  at  No.  160 
Congress  Street,  corner  of  Franklin  Street.  This  gentleman  has  been  connected  with  the  rubber  business  for  the  past  twenty- 
five  years,  and  established  his  present  enterprise  here  in  1888,  as  selling  agent  for  the  Elastic  Rubber  Co.,  and  the  Standard  Rubber  Co.,  and  as 
a  wholesale  dealer  in  rubber  goods  generally.  He  also  owns  and  operates  retail  stores  at  the  following  places,  viz:  Hope  Rubber  Co.,  No.  83 
Westminster  Street,  Providence,  R.  I.;  Lowell  Rubber  Co.,  No.  61  Central  Street,  Lowell,  Mass. ;  Worcester  Rubber  Co.,  No.  334  Main  Street, 
Worcester,  Mass. ;  New  Hampshire  Rubber  Co  ,  No.  949  Elm  Street,  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  Lawrence  Rubber  Co.,  No.  427  Essex  Street,  Lawrence, 
Mass. ;  Fall  River  Rubber  Co.,  No.  9  S.  Main  Street,  Fall  River,  Mass.  His  Boston  warehouse  comprises  two  floors,  60  x  110  feet  each,  and 
here  Ls  displayed  at  all  times  a  very  large  and  elegant  stock  of  goods  suited  to  the  wants  of  tlie  trade  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  assort- 
ments are  thoroughly  complete  and  comprehensive,  and  include  rubber  clothing,  boots  and  shoes,  ladies'  and  gent's  gossamer  clothing,  drug- 
gists' sundries,  elastic  bands  and  rings,  syringes  of  all  kinds,  endless  belts  and  machine  bolting  in  large  assortment,  rubber  hose,  rubber  door 
mats,  pails  and  buckets,  steam  packing,  carpeting,  stair  plates,  door  springs,  wagon  springs,  weather  strips,  umbrellas,  toys,  gloves,  drinking 
cups,  dolls,  chair  tips,  brushes  and  a  thousand  and  one  things  both  useful  and  ornamental.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  character  and 
quality  of  the  productions,  the  aim  being  not  only  to  meet  every  want  in  this  line,  but  to  offer  the  very  best  in  every  case  that  the  markets 
afford.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  I'epresent  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  largest  orders  receive  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment,  while 
the  prices  quoted  are  such  as  are  safe  from  successful  competition.  Mr.  Hayward  is  a  native  of  North  Easton,  Mass.,  and  now  resides  in 
Quincy.  He  was  for  some  years  connected  with  the  Boston  Belting  Company,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Rubber  Manufacturers'  Association, 
and  stands  deservedly  high  in  commercial,  financial  and  trade  circles. 


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ilLL.  CLARKE  &  CO.,  Iroa  and  Brass  Working  Machinery  and  Machine  Shop  SuppHes,  Nos.  156  to  1&4- Oliver  Street.— The 
house  of  Messrs.  Hill,  Clarke  &  Co.,  at  Nos.  156  to  164  Oliver  Street,  has  achieved  an  international  reputation  and  pat- 
ronage as  being  headquarters  for  the  best  makes  of  iron  and  brass-working  machinery  extant.  The  business  was 
established  in  1865  under  its  present  name  and  style,  by  Messrs.  Hamilton  A.  Hill,  Henry  W.  Clarke  and  Heni^ 
Pickering,  and  in  1880  Mr.  Charles  A.  Clarke  and  in  18S1  Mr.  Joseph  Wainwright  were  admitted  to  partnership,  with- 
out change  in  the  firm  name.  The  wai'ehouse  of  the  firm  in  this  city  contains  150,000  square  feet  of  floor  space, 
•and  they  also  have  a  second  warehouse  in  Worcester.  As  the  acknowledged  leaders  in  their  line  in  Boston,  they  carry  the  largest 
stock  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  including  lathes,  planes,  upright  drills,  boring  mills,  bolt  cutters,  pulley  machines,  power  hammers, 
shapers,  key  seaters,  milling  machines,  grinding  machines,  pipe  machines,  and  general  machine  shop  supplies.  The  firm  are  espe- 
cially prominent  in  trade  circles  as  agents  for  such  well-known  manufacturers  as  the  Brainard  Milling  Machine  Co.,  of  Boston; 
Flather  &  Co.,  Nashua,  N.  H. ;  P.  Blaisdell  &  Co.,  Prentice  Bros.,  Lathe  &  Morse  and  Whitcomb  Mfg.  Co.,  all  of  Worcester,  Mass. ;  D.  E.  Whitton* 
New  London,  Conn.;  Westcott  Chuck  Co.,  Oneida,  N.  Y. ;  and  Hendy  Machine  Co.,  Torrington,  Conn.  The  productions  of  these  and  other 
leading  manufacturers  are  always  kept  in  stock,  and  significant  advantages  are  extended  to  customers  in  th&  matter  of  terms  and  prices. 
Shipments  are  made  not  only  to  all  part  of  the  United  States,  but  also  to  regular  customers  in  England,  France,  Germany,  Switzerland' 
Sweden,  Canada  and  the  Provinces.  Orders  of  whatever.magnitude  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  all  the  great  resources  of 
the  house  are  used  to  promote  the  interests  of  its  patrons.  The  Messrs.  Clarke  and  Mr.  Hill  were  born  in  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  while 
Messrs.  Pickering  and  Wainwright  are  native  Bostonians:  and  all  thoroughly  trained  in  this  branch  of  commerce,  and  are  gentlemen  of 
experience,  sagacity  and  high  repute. 

W.  GREGORY  &  CO.,  Manufacturers,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Oils,  Varnishes,  Starches  and  Cements,  Office,  No.  104  Broad 
Street. — A  prominent  and  widely  known  Boston  oil  firm  is  that  of  F.  W.  Gregory  &  Co.,  office.  No.  104  Broad  Street,  and  Nos. 
1  and  3  Wharf  Street.  They  are  manufacturers,  importers  and  dealers,  handling  all  kinds  of  animal,  vegetable  and  mineral 
oils,  importers  of  olive  oil  and  olive  soap  stocks,  high-grade  varnishes,  lubricants  and  kindred  preparations,  and  their  trade 
which  is  large  and  active  extends  throughout  the  New  England  States  and  the  Provinces.  Every  article  sold  by  this 
responsible  house  is  fully  warranted  and  the  prices  quoted  are  invariably  the  lowest  figures  at  which  such  goods  can  be  sold, 
the  most  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  dealers  and  large  consumers.  The  firm  are  agents  for  Columbia  Refining  Co.  of  New  York, 
manufacturers  of  cylinder  oils,  lubricants  and  greases  and  for  Hildreth  Varnish  Company,  factory  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y..  manufacturers 
of  superfine  coach  and  car  varnishes.  They  also  handle  large  quantities  of  potato  starch,  also  corn-starch,  while  they  deal  quite  extensively, 
likewise,  in  pure  para  cement,  for  channeling,  overlap  and  other  work;  paste  cement,  oil  proof,  etc.  The  quarters  occupied  as  salesrooms  on 
Broad  Street  are  commodious,  ample  and  well  ordered,  and  the  office  is  connected  by  telephone,  No.  2689.  An  efficient  staff  of  clerks,  sales- 
men, etc.,  are  employed  and  a  full  and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  here,  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line  above  indicated 
being  filled  in  the  most  prompt  and  rehable  manner.  Mr.  Gregory,  who  is  the  sole  proprietor  (the  "  Co.''  being  nominal),  is  a  gentleman  of 
middle  age,  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  trade  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Oil  Trade  Association.  He  was  at  one  time  the 
proprietor  of  the  Columbia  Refining  Company  of  New  York  and  subsequently  was  of  the  firm  of  Spear  &  Gregory  some  twenty  years,  being 
engaged  in  business  alone,  as  at  present,  since  1886. 

|RAVELERS  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  S.  F.  Woodman,  General  Agent,  Boston  Office,  State  and  Kilby  Steets.— At  the  pre  - 
ent  day  insurance  against  accidents  is  becoming  universal.  Any  person,  whether  walking,  riding,  driving,  boating,  traveling 
by  land  or  water,  or  engaged  in  the  usual  vocations  of  life,  is  liable  at  any  moment  to  unforeseen  disaster.  It  costs  very 
much  less  than  life  insurance  and  is  therefore  more  within  the  reach  of  the  million.  The  old  reliable  Travelers  Insurance 
Company,  of  Hartford.  Conn.,  has  attained  the  largest  measure  of  popularity  with  the  general  public  in  the  vast  field  of  acci- 
dent insurance,  while  in  life  insurance  proper  it  also  offers  unsurpassed  advantages  and  benefits.  Its  general  agent  in  Boston 
is  Mr.  S.  F.  Woodman,  whose  office  is  eligibly  located  at  the  corner  of  State  and  Kilby  Streets.  It  is  the  largest  accident  insurance  company 
in  the  world  and  is  also  unquestionably  the  most  reliable  and  desirable  to  insure  with.  Its  pohcies  are  liberal  in  their  provisions.  The  rates 
vary  according  to  hazard  of  calling  from  $5.00  for  each  $1,000  of  insurance,  with  $5.00  weekly  indemnity,  up  to  $10.00  per  $1,000;  the  full 
principal  sum  is  paid  for  loss  of  both  hands,  both  feet,  a  hand  and  foot,  or  in  case  of  blindness  caused  by  accident.  One-third  the  principal 
sum  will  be  paid  for  loss  of  single  hand  or  foot.  Accident  tickets  at  twenty-five  cents  per  day  are  issued  to  travelers,  though  not  limited  to 
the  accidents  of  travel.  The  company  has  a  cash  capital  of  $600,000,  and  its  annual  statement,  made  January  1,  1891,  shows  total  assets, 
$12,344,467.39;  surplus  as  regards  policy  holders,  $2,080,744.00;  its  loss  payments  in  1890  reached  $1,750,000.  Mr.  Woodman,  the  general  agent, 
has  resided  in  this  city  for  more  than  twenty-five  years,  and  entered  the  Boston  office  of  Ihis  company  in  1865;  had  charge  of  the  Montreal 
office  for  two  years,  and  has  been  general  agent  here  for  the  past  thirteen  years.  He  served  in  the  Forty-eighth  Massachusetts  Infantry  one 
year  during  the  war,  is  a  member  of  the  Life  Underwriters'  Association,  and  is  now  collecting  $100,000  or  more  in  premiums,  in  both  life 
and  accident  insurance  in  this  city  and  vicinity  annually,  and  is  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  for  his  promptness,  courtesy  and  business 
reliability. 

JIEBC  ANTILE  MUTUAL  ACCIDENT  ASSOCIATION,  No.  18  Post  Office  Square,— One  of  the  "wisest  systems  of  modern  times  is  that 
which  provides  a  way  for  protection  against  financial  loss  in  the  event  of  accidents  causing  physical  disabihty.  There  is  no 
kind  of  insurance  which  .should  be  so  popular  as  accident  insurance.  The  premiums  or  assessments  are  small  and  not  bur- 
densome, while  in  case  of  an  accident  the  payments  are  prompt  and  come  in  excellently  to  make  good  the  time  lost  by  inabil- 
ity to  attend  to  one's  trade  or  profession.  The  money  secured  against  loss  by  accident  is  invariably  paid,  either  to  the 
insured,  or  in  event  of  death  to  his  family,  if  he  exercises  the  precaution  to  insure  in  a  reliable  and  honorable  company. 
Such  a  corporation  is  the  Mercantile  Mutual  Accident  Association  of  Boston,  whose  home  office  is  at  No.  18  Post  Office  Square,  and  which  is 
now  in  the  eleventh  year  of  its  prosperity.  The  Association  was  organized  January,  1S81,  and  incorporated  under  the  state  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  under  prudent,  liberal  management,  and  a  conservative  yet  progressive  policy  it  has  been  increasingly  successful  from 
the  outset,  the  patronage  gro%ving  at  a  healthy  rate  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  now  the  membership  amounts  to  about  five 
thousand.  The  Association  has  paid  over  two"  thousand  six  hundred  claims,  amounting  to  over  $180,000.00,  has  never  allowed  a  just 
claim  to  be  litigated,  has  no  claims  due  and  unpaid,  while  every  proven  claim  has  been  promptly  settled.  The  annual  report  for 
1890  showed  the  affairs  of  the  company  to  be  m  a  most  gratifying  condition,  the  assets  being  $29,257.82;  and  Habilities  (contingent) 
$10,500.00;  certificates  issued  during  the  past  year  5,000,  for  the  amount  of  $13,000,000;  the  losses  and  claims  paid  in  1890,  number  232,  were 
$19,865.57.  Areserve  fund  of  $9,000.00  is  on  deposit  with  the  State  treasurer  of  Massachusetts.  The  Association  is  hcensed  to  do  business  in 
this  state,  Maine,  New  York  and  Michigan,  has  local  agents  in  the  principal  cities  of  those  States,  and  does  business  in  other  sections  of  the 
country  through  its  correspondents.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  prominently  known  business  men.  William  L.  Wellman  has  held  the 
position  of  secretary  since  the  Association  was  founded,  previous  to  which  he  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  insurance  business.  He 
possesses  an  expert  knowledge  of  every  department  of  bis  vocation,  has  a  staff  of  competent  assistants,  and  is  always  pleased  to  impart  any 
information  regarding  the  Mercantile  Mutual  Accident  Association. 


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iOWE,  BROWN  &  CO.,  [Limited,]  Manufacturers  of  Steel  of  all  descriptions,  Works  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Boston  Branch,  No.  127 
Oliver  Street.— Among  the  most  important  American  industries  is  the  manufacture  of  cast  steel,  and  one  of  the  old  and  prom- 
inent representatives  of  this  great  interest  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Howe,  Brown  &  Co.,  [Limited,]  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  Their 
works  have  been  carried  on  for  many  years  and  are  very  extensive,  comprising  several  rolling  mills  and  a  complete  plant  of 
machinery  and  appliance  for  the  manufacture  of  cast  steel  of  all  descriptions,  and  is  the  oldest  crucible  cast  steel  plant  in 
America.  The  superior  quality  of  the  product  is  well  known  to  the  trade  and  to  consumers.  The  firm  also  have  a  branch  house 
in  Chicago.  The  New  England  branch  has  been  established  in  this  city  for  twenty-four  years.  Mr.  Eph.  Smith  has  been  the  manager  for 
some  four  months  past.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  business,  having  been  connected  with  the  house  for  many  years.  The  ware- 
house is  located  at  No.  127  Oliver  Street.  It  is  50  x  125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  contains  a  full  line  of  the  firm's  manufactures.  The  present 
firm  of  Howe,  Brown  &  Co.,  [Limited,]  was  formerly  Hussey,  Howe  &  Co.,  [Limited,]  who  were  successors  to  Hussey,  Wells  &  Co. 

JRPHY  VARNISH  COMPANY,  Franklin  Murphy,  President,  No.  140  Pearl  Street.— The  Murphy  Varnish  Company,  who  operate 
extensive  factories  at  Newark,  N.  J.  and  Chicago,  III.,  and  branch  estabUshments  at  Cleveland,  St  Louis  and  Boston,  are  among 
the  largest  varnish  makers  in  this  country.  The  business  was  founded  in  1865,  by  Murphy  &  Co.,  in  a  small  way,  at  Newark, 
N.  J.  The  superior  quality  of  the  product  was  early  recognized,  and  the  demand  rapidly  increased,  necessitating  frequent 
additions  to  the  facilities  for  production.  In  1881  a  stock  company  was  formed,  under  the  original  firm  name,  and  in  January, 
1891,  the  present  company  was  incorporated,  with  a  capital  of  $3,000,000,  and  with  the  following  officers  and  managers,  to  wit: 
Franklin  Murphy,  president,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  James  G.  Barnet  vice-president,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  William  H.  Murphy,  treasurer,  Newark,  N.  J. ; 
Charles  D.  Ettinger,  secretary,  Chicago,  111. ;  Henry  M.  Murphy,  E.  M.  superintendent,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  Joseph  Merrill,  Jr.,  general  manager, 
Newark  N.  J.  These  gentlemen  have  been  brought  up  in  the  trade,  and  bring  to  bear  the  essential  qualifications  of  vast  practical  experience, 
perfected  facilities  and  sound  judgment.  The  works  at  Newark  and  Chicago  cover  a  large  area  and  are  fully  equipped  with  the  latest  improved 
machinery  and  appliances  with  large  furnaces,  vats,  tanks  and  other  conveniences  for  turning  out  the  enormous  quantities  of  these  goods  that 
are  annually  consumed.  The  company  control  the  best  formula  and  rules  for  the  production  of  the  most  perfect  varnishes,  and  have  repeat- 
edly demonstrated  the  superiority  of  their  goods  to  any  others  in  the  market.  The  immense  and  increasing  sales  to  the  trade  everywhere 
indicate  how  highly  they  are  appreciated.  The  Boston  house  is  eligibly  located  at  No.  140  Pearl  Street,  and  is  under  the  expert  management  of 
Mr.  F.  H.  Appleton,  who  has  been  with  the  company  for  the  past  ten  years  and  possesses  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  details  of  the 
business  and  the  requirements  of  the  ti-ade.  He  has  here  a  storage  capacity  for  25,000  gallons  of  varnish,  and  is  prepared  to  supply  the  trade 
throughout  New  England  in  quantities  to  suit  at  the  shortest  possible  notice,  and  at  terms  and  prices  which  are  safe  from  successful  compe- 
tition. The  sales  of  the  house  are  large  and  active  with  leading  retailers  in  Boston,  Providence,  New  Haven,  Lowell,  Worcester,  Springfield, 
Hartford,  Fall  River,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Manchester,  Concord,  Portland,  Bangor,  Bridgeport,  Salem,  New  Bedford,  Gloucester,  Newport^ 
Pawtucket,  Lewaston,  Burlington,  Rutland,  St.  Albans,  Augusta  and  other  New  England  towns.  The  officers  of  the  company  have  achieved 
a  record  accorded  only  to  those  whose  transactions  are  based  upon  the  strictest  principles  of  commercial  honor,  and  they  are  worthy  repre- 
sentatives of  the  greatest  advance  made  in  this  important  branch  of  skilled  industry  in  America;  while  Mr.  Appleton,  the  manager  in  this 
city,  is  a  gentleman  of  large  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth,  with  whom  it  is  always  pleasant  and  profitable  to 
deal. 

rirURGIS  &  CABOT,  Architects,  Room  No.  9,  No.  19  Exchange  Place.— The  architectural  advancement  during  the  past  decade 
of  American  development  is  as  remarkable  for  its  beauty  and  elegance  as  for  its  utility  and  stabiUty.  Here  in  Boston  the 
work  of  leading  local  architects  is  of  a  character  to  elicit  the  warmest  commendations  of  the  public  and  the  favorable  opin- 
ion of  experts.  A  leading  firm  identified  with  this  profession  is  that  of  Messrs.  Sturgis  &  Cabot,  who  occupy  Boom  No.  9, 
at  No.  19  Exchange  Place.  They  bring  to  bear  in  their  enterprise  the  experience  of  several  years'  close  study,  and  practical 
application  of  the  science  and  art  of  the  skilled  architect,  and  have  evinced  marked  originality  in  dealing  with  the  diffi- 
cult and  ever  varying  problems  and  requirements  of  the  building  enterprises  contracted  for.  The  business  of  this  house  was  founded 
thirty  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Sturgis  &  Brigham,  Mr.  JohnH.  Sturgis  afterward  becoming  the  sole  proprietor,  and  on  his  death,  in  1888,  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  nephew,  Mr.  R.  C.  Sturgis  and  Mr.  W.  R.  Cabot.  The  former  is  a  native  of  Boston,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  and  member  of  the  Boston  Architectural  Club,  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  and  the  Boston  Society  of  Architects. 
Mr.  Cabot  was  also  born  in  this  city,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Architectural  Club  and  Boston  Society  of  Architects.  Much 
notable  work  has  been  done  by  this  house,  among  other  buildings  being  the  Bostou  Art  Museum,  also  extension  to  same,  Boston 
Athletic  Association  Building,  Church  of  the  Advent,  extension  to  same.  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building,  and  residences 
for  Nathaniel  Thayer,  E.  V.  R.  Thayer,  Fred.  S.  Ames,  Mrs.  Blake,  Beacon  Street,  Dr.  H.  P.  Quincy,  etc.,  etc.  Messrs.  Sturgis 
&  Cabot  make  in  their  designs  of  buildings  the  same  careful  study  of  the  interior  requirements  as  of  the  exterior;  their  computations 
are  accurate,  their  plans  thoroughly  homogeneous  and  practical,  and  their  style  of  architecture  pure  and  symmetrical.  Their  aim  is  to 
secure  to  the  owner  the  best  results  within  the  hmits  of  estimates,  and  their  close  adherence  to  specifications,  and  careful  supervision  of 
builders,  point  them  out  as  sound  business  men,  as  well  as  architects  of  the  very  highest  attainments. 

|HE  ASHTON  VALVE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  the  Ashton  "  Pop  "  Safety  Valves  and  the  Noiseless  Blow  Back  Valve,  No. 
271  Franklin  Street,— A  representative  and  thoroughly  progressive  industrial  institution  of  Boston  is  that  of  the  Ashton  Valve 
Company,  located  at  No.  271  Franklin  Street.  This  company  are  internationally  famous  as  manufacturers  of  the  Ashton 
Lock-up  "  Pop  "  Safety  Valves,  for  locomotive,  stationary,  marine  and  portable  boilers;  also  the  noiseless  blow  back  valve, 
and  water  relief  valves  for  pumps  and  stand  pipes.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1871,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $150,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows:  C.  J.  Bishop,  president;  H.  G.  Ashton,  general  man- 
ager; Wm.  Howell  Reed,  treasurer.  The  works  are  thoroughly  spacious  in  size,  and  are  admirably  equipped  with  every  modern  appliance- 
tending  to  facilitate  rapid  and  perfect  production.  This  company  has  a  large  share  of  the  business  in  safety  valves  for  both  stationary  and 
marine  boilers  in  this  country,  maintaining  their  quality  and  reputation  in  all  the  competitions  of  trade.  They  never  cheapen  their  product 
under  any  temptation.  Their  standard  is  to  produce  the  best  goods  that  can  be  made  in  the  present  state  of  the  art.  Its  steadily  inci'easing 
business  during  the  last  twenty  years  affords  the  strongest  possible  evidence  of  the  superior  merits  of  its  goods.  They  have  been  awarded 
six  highest  premiums,  in  both  gold  and  silver  medals,  in  competition  with  other  makes,  and  their  valves  have  been  adopted  by  the  United 
States  Government,  endorsed  by  insurance  companies,  recommended  by  prominent  architects  and  engineers,  and  in  use  on  over  one  hundred 
and  fifty  railroads  and  on  thousands  of  boilers  in  every  State  of  the  Union,  while  they  are  also  in  demand  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  best 
materials  are  invariably  used,  and  only  skilled  mechanics  are  employed.  The  company  also  have  a  specialty  department,  which  enables  them 
to  design  and  furnish  on  application  special  valves  for  special  needs,  which  often  occur  in  steam  or  hydraulic  engineering.  By  using  the  Ash- 
ton valves  on  your  boilers,  you  are  insured  from  explosions  and  their  dire  consequences.  The  affairs  of  the  company  are  placed  in  able  and 
competent  hands  and  the  house  worthily  maintains  a  prominent  position  in  its  useful  and  valuable  industry,  reflecting  the  highest  credit 
on  all  concerned.  Branch  offices  are  operated  at  No.  218  Lake  Street.  Chicago,  and  No.  107  Liberty  Street,  New  York,  while  the  company 
can  claim  with  mighty  England  that  the  sun  never  sets  upon  the  products  of  their  industry. 


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HO.AIAS  SEWALL,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  Notary  Public,  and  Justice  of  the  Peace,  No.  194  Washington  Street.— Mr. 
Thomas  Sewall  of  No.  194  Washington  Street,  made  his  initiatory  efifort  in  business  upon  the  basis  of  his  own  resources 
during  the  currency  of  the  year  18«8,  the  place  of  bis  operations  at  that  date  being  as  at  present.  Prior  to  the  gentleman's 
first  embarkation  upon  the  business  highway,  he  had,  for  many  years,  been  bookkeeper  for  Messrs.  John  P.  Lovell  &  Sons, 
of  Washington  Street,  his  alliance  with  that  concern  being  characterized  by  the  constant  maintenance  of  the  most  exalted 
principles.    Mr  Sewall  is  a  notary  pubhc  and  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  he  transacts  a  heavy  Business  as  a  broker  in  real 


State  House. 


estate  and  mortgages.  His  operations  embrace  the  purchase,  sale  and  exchange  of  realty,  the  nego- 
tiation of  loans  and  the  examination  of  titles.  He  furnishes  plans  and  estimates  and  makes  contracts 
for  buildings  and  he  prepares  mortgages,  deeds  and  leases.  Mr.  Sewall's  clientage  is  located  within  the 
city  and  its  environs  and  the  same  is  of  expanding  and  highly  valuable  order.  The  quarters  occupied 
by  the  gentleman,  Room  No.  8,  consist  of  an  excellently  appointed  ofiSce.  Mr.  Sewall  is  a  young  man 
of  indomitable  perseverance  and  unusual  ability.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 


RICHARDSON,  HILL  &  CO.,  Bonds,  Stocks,  Commercial  Paper,  Etc.,  No.  40  Water  Street.— The  firm  of  Richardson,  Hill 
&  Co.,  have  been  prominently  identified  with  the  financial  world  for  twenty  odd  years,  and  during  that  period  the  busi- 
ness which  they  conduct  has  attained  to  large  proportions,  and  their  house  is  recognized  as  a  leading  one  in  its  special 
field.  They  deal  extensively  in  commercial  paper,  to  the  amount  of  millions  of  dollars  per  year,  and  are  general 
bankers  and  brokers.  They  buy  and  sell  on  commission  all  kinds  of  stocks,  bonds  and  securities,  which  are  listed 
on  the  various  stock  exchanges  of  the  country,  and  are  members  of  both  the  Boston  and  New  York  Stock  Exchan- 
ges. Their  offices  are  eligibly  located  at  No.  40  Water  Street,  and  are  connected  by  private  wire  with  New  York,  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore,  while  the  firm  have  agents  and  correspondents  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  They  keep  a  keen  eye  upon  the  market  and 
are  considered  leading  authorities  upon  actual  values,  which  their  extended  and  influential  connection  enable  them  to  secure  much  infor- 
mation of  mutual  and  incalculable  benefit  to  their  large  clientele  and  themselves.  Possessing  ample  capital  and  a  wide  and  varied  experi- 
ence in  monetary  matters,  this  firm  are  well  able  to  handle  all  business  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  while  their  standing  in  the  city  and 
with  those  best  able  to  judge  is  such  as  to  give  the  utmost  confidence  to  all.  They  conduct  their  business  upon  the  soundest  principles  of 
honor  and  integrity,  and  are  ever  cognizant  of  the  true  position  of  a  house  that  holds  the  interests  of  others  in  its  hands.  The  business  was 
originally  established  October  1, 1869,  by  Messrs.  Spencer  W.  Richardson,  William  H.  Hill,  Jr.  and  Ed.  D.  Adams,  as  Richardson,  Hill  &  Co. 
In  1878  Mr.  Adams  retired,  and  the  same  year  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dodd,  who  had  been  cashier  in  the  house  for  several  years,  was  admitted  to 
partnership.  In  October,  1880,  Messrs.  Frank  E.  James  and  Geo.  A.  Farlow,  who  had  been  clerks  in  the  house  from  71  and  '73  respectively, 
were  also  admitted  to  the  firm.  Mr.  Fai-low  retired  in  1890.  The  copartners  belong  to  that  class  of  steady,  conservative  business  men  to 
whom  Boston  owes  so  much  of  her  commercial  supremacy  and  financial  prosperity. 


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jEO.  H.  MORRISON.  Engineer,  No.  6  Federal  Street.— The  increasing  usS  of  electricity  as  a  motive  power  has  called 
for  the  exercise  of  the  highest  order  of  professional  skill  and  experience  in  order  to  secure  the  best  results.  The 
leading  engineer  in  Boston  engaged  in  making  practical  tests  of  steam,  electrical  and  all  other  power  plants,  is  Mr. 
Geo.  H.  Morrison,  who  occupies  eligible  office  quarters  at  No.  6  Federal  Street.  This  gentleman  is  known  all  over 
the j  United  States  as  an  expert  in  his  line,  and  was  for  several  years  an  engineer  in  the  United  States  Navy.  He 
established  himself  in  the  practice  of  |his  profession  here  in  1866,  and  has  developed  wide-spread  and  influential 
connections  bringing  to  bear  every  possible  qualification  and  being  at  all  times  prepared  to  undertake  the  most  difficult  and  com- 
plicated work  in  the  engineering  and  experimental  line.  His  services  are  in  constant  and  important  request  in  making  practi- 
cal tests  of  steam,  electrical  and  other  power  plants,  in  which  he  is  noted  for  the  greatest  accuracy;  while  another  feature  of  his  busi- 
ness is  weighing  power  and  indicating  engines,  in  which  he  is  acknowledged  to  be  pre-eminent.  He  is  recognized  as  thoroughly  proficient 
and  the  best  qualified  of  any  in  the  profession  to  do  all  work  thoroughly  and  accurately  and  at  moderate  rates,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of 
large  corporations  and  mill-owners  in  this  and  other  sections  of  the  country  who  have  experienced  the  benefits  of  his  careful  study  and 
technical  knowledge.  Those  who  are  interested  will  find  it  most  advantageous  to  communicate  with  him,  as  he  is  an  authority  upon  all  mat- 
ters to  which  he  devotes  his  time  and  talents,  and  is  so  recognized  in  the  industrial  world.  Mr.  Morrison  is  a  native  Bostonian,  in  the  active 
i  of  life  and  has  become  justly  celebrated  as  an  engineer  of  the  highest  attainments  and  soundest  judgment. 

BOSTON  RUBBER  CO.,  No.  9  Otis  Street,  Winthrop  Square.— As  a  source  of  supplies  for  every  kind  of  manufactured  goods  the 
cit7  of  Boston  possesses  advantages  and  facilities  to  meet  the  wants  of  dealers  and  consumers  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  any 
other  city  in  the  Union.  Numerous  and  varied  as  are  the  industries  here  represented,  they  are  ever  multiplying,  happily  as 
the  city  expands  itself  and  the  population  increases.  One  of  the  enterprises  which  has  gained  a  permanent  foothold  in  our 
midst  and  assumed  the  leading  position  in  its  line  is  that  conducted  by  the  Boston  Rubber  Company,  at  No.  9  Otis  Street. 
Winthrop  Square.  This  company  was  oi'ganized  in  1878,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of 
S40  000  which  has  since  been  increased  to  $300,000.  The  company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  rubber  clothing,  boots  and  shoes,  car- 
riage cloths  and  wringer  rolls,  operating  large  factories  at  Chelsea  and  Franklin,  Mass.,  and  giving  employment  to  from  five  hundi-ed  to 
six  hundred  hands.  The  business  has  been  managed  with  signal  ability  and  the  company  has  enjoyed  a  remarkably  successful  career, 
vigilance,  activity  and  integrity  having  been  its  characteristics  from  the  start.  They  now[  manufacture  more  wringer  rolls  than  aU  other 
houses  in  the  world  put  together,  and  in  all  departments  of  their  business  they  are  always  able  to  offer  terms  equal  with  any  other  house  in 
the  world.  As  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes  they  have  ever  pursued  a  wisely  conservative  course,  their  goods  being  celebrated  for  their 
wearing  quahties  as  well  as  for  their  excellent  style  and  fit,  and  continue  to  be  the  favorite  make  with  the  trade  throughout  the  United 
States  This  house  cannot  be  undersold,  while  its  great  resources  and  perfected  faeihties  enable  it  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect 
fulfillment  of  all  orders.  The  officers  of  this  company  are  as  follows,  viz. :  President  and  Treasurer,  George  H.  Hood;  Secretary,  F.  C.  Hood ; 
Mrectors,  George  A.  Alden,  A.  H.  Alden. 

M.  H.  GALLISON,  Engineers'  Specialties,  No. 
36  Oliver  Street.— Boston  has  no  manufactur- 
ing establishment  whose  product  is  in  geatei 
request  or  of  more  practical  utility  and  value 
than  that  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Gallison,  manufact 
urer  of  special  brass  work  for  steam  fitters 
plumbers  and  engineers,  and  dealer  in  engineers'  specialties 
whose  foundry,  work-shop  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  N  i 
36  Oliver  Street.  This  gentleman  has  been  established  in  the 
business  here  since  1879,  and  has  conducted  the  same  w  ith 
signal  ability  and  steadily  increasing  success.  He  is  espe 
cially  prominent  as  agent  for  New  England  for  the  Consoli- 
dated Safety  Valve  Company,  manufacturers  of  "pop' 
safety  valves,  Richardson- Ashcroft  patent  solid  nickel-seated 
"  pop  "  safety  valves,  witli  adjustable  screw  ring,  for  station 
ary  or  marine  boilers.  These  valves  have  been  approved  by 
the  U.  S.  Board  o£  Supervising  Inspectors,  and  more  than 
100,000  of  them  are  now  in  use  in  the  United  States,  Canada 
and  Great  Britain,  also  Richardson's  patent  portable  farm 
engine,  hoisting  engine,  steam  fire  engine  and  steam  launch 
valves,  made  with  lockup  attachment,  to  prevent  tampering 
with  the  valves.  Mr.  Gallison  is  also  sole  New  England  agent 
of  the  Ashcroft  Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturers  of 
steam  and  vacuum  gauges,  with  springs  of  solid  drann 
seamless  tubes;  marine  and  locomotive  clocks,  combination 
water  pressure  gauges,  standard  test  gauges,  ammonia 
gauges,  Ashcroft's  low  water  detectors,  Ashcrof t's  self-clean 
ing  gauge  cocks,  gas  fitters'  proving  pumps  and  gauges,  sciew  and  level  hydiauhc  test  pumps  pyrometers,  s-ihnometers,  and  all  instruments 
for  measuring  the  pressure  of  steam,  air,  gas  or  water;  Tabor's  patent  steam  engine  indicator  and  attachments.  This  house  is  a  recognized 
headquarters  for  iron  and  brass  pipe  and  fittings  of  every  description ,  and  for  engineers'  specialties,  such  as  packings,  oils,  oil  cups,  oil  filters, 
oil  pumps,  ejectors,  injectors,  inspirators,  lubricators  and  lubricating  compounds,  dies  and  die  plates,  flue  cleaners,  fusible  plugs,  gaskets,  gas 
pliers,  glass  tubes,  grease  cups  and  grease  extractors,  hydrometers,  thermometers,  tachometers,  steam  cocks,  pantagraph,  planimeter,  pol- 
ishin'^  liquids,  polishing  paste,  siphons  for  gauges,  pipe  drills,  pipe  taps,  tube  expanders,  hose  and  hose  nozzles  and  pipes,  hand  lamps,  lanterns 
fire  pails,  belt  lacings,  belt  dressings,  damper  regulators,  cosmic,  emery  cloth,  wrenches,  whistles,  waste,  etc.,  etc.  Many  of  the  leading 
machinists  and  engineers  in  Boston  and  throughout  New  England  purchase  all  their  supplies  at  this  house,  being  attracted  by  the  honorable 
methods  in  force,  the  superior  inducements  offered  and  the  promptness  with  which  all  their  orders  are  fulfilled.  With  a  full  outfio  of  machinery 
and  appliances  at  hand,  Mr.  GaUison  is  prepared  to  make  special  brass  work  of  any  kind  to  order,  and  to  cut  pipe  of  any  size,  to  plan  or  dimen- 
sions at  short  notice;  and  to  make  brass  and  nickeled  pipe  railings  for  engine  rooms,  nickel  plating  is  skilfully  executed,  and  repair  work  is 
promptly  attended  to.  The  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  services  of  some  seventy  skilled  workmen,  and  the  business  is  broadly  dis- 
tributed over  New  England.  Mr.  Gallison  is  a  native  of  Marblehead  and  a  resident  of  Boston;  he  was  for  some  time  connected  with  the  house 
of  Morris  Tasker&  Co.,  and  is  known  as  an  upright,  reliable  and  useful  citizen,  and  an  expert  and  accomplished  manager  of  his  business. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Manufacturers'  Club  and  has  just  been  honored  by  having  one  of  the  newest  and  handsomest  tug  boats  plying  this 
harbor  named  for  him. 


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F.  CREHORE  &  SON,  Manufacturers  of  Press  Papers  and  Cards  for  Jacquard  Looms,  Office,  No.  87  Milk,  Corner  of  Congress 
Street.  Room  No.  35.— Among  the  old  established  manufacturing  industries  of  this  section  of  the  country  is  that  of  press 
papers  and  cards  for  Jacquard  looms,  Messrs.  C.  F.  Crehore  &.  Son,  proprietors.  Their  office  is  at  No.  87  Milk  Street. 
The  mills  in  which  Mr.  Lemuel  Crehore  became  a  copartner  in  18:^5  with  Mr.  Wm.  Hurd  are  at  Newton  Lower  Falls. 
In  1834  they  became  the  exclusive  property  of  Mr.  Lemuel  Crehore,  who  for  ten  years  carried  on  the  business  in  copartner- 
ship with  Benjamin  Neal;  since  which  they  have  been  run  individually  by  Mr.  Crehore,  or  in  company  with  one  or  the 
other  of  his  sous.  The  eldest  son,  C.  F.  Crehore  entered  the  business  in  18fj7,  and  since  his  father's  death  in  18tJH  has  continued  it.  In  1882 
his  son  Frederic  M.  became  a  copartner  under  the  present  firm  name.  Their  mills  are  equipped  with  four  water  wheels,  two  steam  engines, 
four  paper  engines  and  one  paper  machine.  The  firm  manufactures  paper  for  pi'essing  cloths  in  woolen  mills  and  about  one  ton  per  day  is 
produced.  The  excellent  reputation  of  this  house  is  so  widely  known  and  so  thoroughly  established  that  it  needs  no  words  of  recom- 
mendation from  us.  The  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  is  largely  with  woolen  mills  of  Missouri,  Philadelphia,  and  New 
England.  Mr.  C.  F.  Crehoi-e  is  a  native  of  Newton  and  still  resides  there,  Mr.  F.  M.  Crehore,  the  son,  is  also  a  native  of  Newton  and  both 
partners  are  held  iu  the  highest  estimation  in  commercial  circles  for  their  sound  business  principles  and  sterling  integrity,  and  their  career 
is  a  credit  alike  to  themselves  and  to  the  city. 


pTIHt»i 


|N  this  age  of  machinery  and 
where  progress  is  the  order 
of  the  day  in  new   inven- 
tions in  every  kind  of  ma- 
chinery  for   nearly    evei-y 
purpose,  the  enormous  in- 
crease in  the  demand  for  leather  belting  of 
all  kinds  for  the  transmission  of  power  has 
rendered  its  manufacture  a  prominent  and 
representative  industry  in  the  United  States 
and  one  which  is  continually  on  the   in- 
crease; competition  only  serving  to  increase 
skill     of   American    manufacturers. 
The  leading  and  best  known  belt- 
ing house  represented  in  Boston  is 
the  Shultz  Belting  Company,  manu- 
facturers of    Shultz  Patent   Fulled 
Leather  Belting,  whose  works  are 
located  in   St.  Louis,   with  Boston 
branch   at  No.  164  Summer  Street. 
This    company    has   been  flourish- 
ing since    1876,    being   represented 
constantly  in  this  city,  and  supplies 
its  New  England  trade    from   this 
--^'"  house.      This   belting   is    made   of 

leather,    tanned    on    the    surface    only;     the  interior    (which    is    the  of    the    hide)    is    not   tanned,     but    raw 

hide,  fulled  and  softened  by  their   patent   process;    this   gives  it  the   i  lich   causes  it  to   closely   hug   the   pulley, 

thereby  enabling  it  to  transmit  more  power  than  any  other  belt.  It  does  not  pull  out  the  lace  holes  or  rivets,  and  stretches  less 
than  any  other  belt.  It  works  equally  well  for  the  largest  driving  belts  or  for  the  fastest  running  machinery  and  smallest  pul- 
leys. Their  "  fulled  leather  "  combines  imperviousness  to  climatic  influences  and  complete  pliabiHty,  and  thus  the  two  main  objections  to 
oak-tanned  leather,  viz. :  stiffness  and  danger  of  being  over-tanned  are  entirely  obviated.  In  testing  this  company's  belt  with  oak-tanned 
belting  at  Mr.  Robert  Grimshaw's  engineering  and  expert  offices,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  this  company's  belting  showed,  with  a  tension  of  only 
forty-three  and  three-quarter  pounds  per  inch  in  width,  a  grip  of  seventy-eight  pounds  on  a  thirty-six  inch  pulley,  contact  half  the  circum- 
ference, as  against  twenty-eight  and  one-quarter  pounds,  the  average  grip  of  oak-tanned;  and  with  a  double  belt,  with  a  tension  of  fifty-six 
and  one-quarter  pounds  per  inch  in  width  or  about  the  usual  tension  of  a  single  belt,  had  a  grip  of  one  hundred  and  three  pounds  as  against 
twenty-eight  and  one-quarter  pounds.  A  full  supply  of  this  superior  belting  is  kept  in  stock  in  this  city,  besides  rawhide  lace  leather,  picker 
leather  and  general  mill  supplies.  Orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  promptly  and  the  trade  is  large  and  active  throughout  all  the 
New  England  States.  Mr.  W.  P.  Mullen,  the  vice-president  of  the  company  has  the  management  of  this  branch  and  is  a  gentleman  of  large 
business  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  eminent  popularity  with  whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


|MPIRE  LAUNDRY  MACHINERY  COMPANY,  H.  S.  Porter,  General  Manager,  Nos.  185  and  187  High  Street.— The  greatest  suc- 
cess in  the  manufacture  of  laundry  machinery  has  been  achieved  by  the  Empire  Laundry  Machinery  Company, 
whose  eastern  salesroom  is  located  at  Nos.  185  and  187  High  Street.  This  company  has  its  work^  at  Watertown, 
and  it  was  incorporated  in  1883,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  and  with  Jno.  L.  Shorey,  pres- 
ident; Geo.  L.  Shorey,  treasurer;  H.  S.  Porter,  general  manager.  The  works  at  "Watertown,  ai'e  splendidly  equipped 
with  machinery  and  appliances  tending  to  facilitate  rapid  and  perfect  production,  and  steady  employment  is  given 
to  one  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  main  object  of  the  management  has  been  to  construct  such  mechanism  as  should  be  durable, 
rapid  and  perfect  in  its  operation,  and  at  the  minimum  of  cost,  and  in  this  design  they  have  attained  a  complete  success,  as 
is  well  proven  by  the  career  of  the  company  and  the  great  popularity  of  its  products  the  world  over.  The  machinery  bearing 
the  imprint  of  this  company  is  so  perfect  and  exact  in  construction  and  operation  as  to  reduce  the  work  of  washing,  starching  and 
ironing  to  a  simple  mechanical  operation,  while  it  is  in  heavy  and  increasing  demand  not  only  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  but  also  in 
Australia,  Canada,  the  Provinces  and  numerous  European  countries.  Among  the  laundries  in  this  section  of  the  country  supplied  by  this 
company  may  be  named  those  at  the  Hotel  Vendome,  Boston  Tavern,  the  Tremont  House,  United  States  Hotel,  St.  Mary's  Hospital,  Boston 
City  Hospital,  Harvard  College  and  many  others.  The  company  own  numerous  patents  for  washing,  ironing,  starching  and  crimping 
machinery,  and  are  in  a  position  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  of  all  orders  and  to  place  all  transactions  on  a  thoroughly 
substantial  and  satisfactory  basis.  The  company  manage  their  'Own  salesrooms  in  Boston,  New  York,  Chicago,  San  Francisco  and  Mel- 
bourne, Australia,  and  shipments  are  made  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  experienced  manufacturers  and  have 
achieved  a  position  in  the  community  that  entitles  them  to  universal  respect  and  consideration. 


133  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

!1UNARD  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY,  [Limited],  No.  99  State  Street,  Alexander  Martin,  Agent.— Tlie  annals  of  steam  navi. 
gation  will  ever  accord  a  prominent  place  to  the  Cunard  Steamship  Company,  as  being  tor  years  the  leader  in  the 
construction  and  operation  of  the  modern  high  power  steamship,  as  well  as  in  the  introduction  of  everything  that 
could  in  any  way  appertain  to  the  safety,  comfort  and  celerity  of  the  transatlantic  passage.  The  Boston  office  of 
this  company  is  located  at  No.  99  State  Street,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Alexander  Martin  as  agent,  and  with 
the  best  of  wharfage  facilities  at  East  Boston.  The  company  has  been  represented  here  since  early  in  the  fifties, 
Mr.  Martin  succeeding  to  the  control  in  1886,  having  been  chief  clerk  in  the  ofilce  for  fourteen  years  previously.  The  company's 
Atlantic  fleet  comprises  the  Etruria,  8000  tons;  the  Umbria,  8000  tons;  the  Servia,  8000  tons;  the  Aurania,  7500  tons;  the  Pavonia, 
6000  tons;  the  Cephalonia,  6000  tons;  the  Gallia,  5500  tons;  the  Catalonia,  5500  tons;  the  Bothnia,  5000  tons ;  the  Scythia,  6000  tons;  the  Samaria, 
3000  tons;  the  Marathon,  3500  tons;  and  the  Atlas.  S500  tons.  This  fleet  includes  some  of  the  largest,  finest  and  fastest  steamships  now  plying 
between  New  York  and  Liverpool,  notably  the  Etruria,  Umbria  and  Servia  which  have  no  equals  in  many  respects,  and  are  recognized  as 
affording  the  most  luxurious  accommodations  to  the  traveling  public.  The  business  of  the  company  has  consequently  attained  proportions 
of  enormous  and  unequaled  magnitude.  Among  the  many  features  tor  which  the  Cunard  Line  has  become  justly  celebrated  are  the  extreme 
care  and  forethought  manifested  in  the  navigation  of  their  ships,  the  skill  and  high  standing  of  their  commanders,  and  the  company's  uni- 
form good  fortune  in  conducting  such  an  extensive  trafHo  through  a  period  ot  fifty  years.  The  prime  consideration  is  safety,  and  the  captains 
of  the  steamers  are  vigilant  and  untiring  in  their  efforts  to  insure  safe  running  and  thorough  efficiency.  This  line  is  also  deservedly  popular 
foBthe  table  it  sets.  No  competitor  comes  up  to  its  high  standard  in  this  respect.  The  management  is  equally  liberal  in  service  and  attend- 
ance, and  the  best  circles  of  the  American  public  travel  preferably  on  its  ships.  Sir.  Martin,  the  agent,  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  an  experienced 
representative  of  this  field  of  enterprise  and  well  and  favorably  known  in  Boston's  leading  business  circles;  a  member  of  the  Chamber  ot 
Commerce  and  the  Boston  Athletic  Association,  and  by  his  courtesy,  promptness  and  reliabilit.y  is  promoting  in  every  way  the  best  interests 
of  this  popular  line. 

]|K;R0N  iron  company.  Patent  Calendered  Iron  and  Steel  Shafting  and  Sole  Eastern  Agents  for  the  Falls  Rivet  and 
Machine  Co.,  Nos.  53  and  54  Purchase  Street.— Specialized  branches  of  trade  have  come  to  a  more  perfect  development 
in  the  city  of  Boston  than  almost  anywhere  else  in  the  world,  and  a  forcible  illustration  of  this  fact  is  afforded 
by  the  establishment  known  as  the  Eastern  Department  of  the  Akron  Iron  Company,  located  at  Nos.  53  and  .54  Pur- 
chase Street.  This  company  are  widely  prominent  as  manufacturers  of  patent  calendered  iron  and  steel  shafting, 
and  are  also  sole  Eastern  agents  of  the  Falls  Rivet  and  Machine  Co.,  manufacturers  of  patent  steel  rim  and  Falls  friction 
clutch  pulleys,  hangers,  couplings  and  other  power  transmitting  machinery.  The  Akron  Iron  Company  has  been  in  successful  oper- 
ation for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  opened  the  Boston  store  in  1889,  placing  it  under  the  management  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Abbott, 
who  has  been  in  the  iron  trade  for  the  past  eight  years,  and  brings  to  bear  exceptional  qualifications,  including  a  foundation  under- 
standing ot  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  the  requirements  ot  the  trade.  The  premises  occupied  for  sales  purposes  are  spacious 
in  size,  and  are  kept  fully  stocked  with  the  above  named  specialties  which  are  recognized  as  the  acme  ot  perfection  for  the  purposes  for  which 
they  are  intended,  and  invariably  commend  their  own  merits  to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  buyers.  The 
pat«nt  calendered  shafting  is  finished  with  bright  surface,  and  every  bar  is  guaranteed  absolutely  round,  straight  and  true  to  size.  Line 
shafting  is  furnished  in  sizes  ordinarily  manufactured,  in  lengths  up  to  35  feet,  and  up  to  35  teet  when  specially  arranged  for;  while  key- 
seating  for  coupling  and  pulleys  is  done  to  order.  In  the  matter  of  terms  and  prices  special  inducements  are  offered,  while  all  orders  are 
given  prompt  and  careful  attention  and  parties  are  assured  satisfaction  in  every  case.  The  two  companies  here  represented  give  employ- 
ment to  from  six  hundred  to  seven  hundred  hands,  and  each  is  interested  in  tlie  operitions  of  the  other.  Manager  Abbott  is  a  native  of 
Columbus,  O.,  was  eight  years  connected  with  Messrs.  King,  6ilbert&  Warner,  of  Columbus,  and  is  a  young  man  of  large  business  experience, 
wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth. 

!|URTIS  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  "  WELCOME '  Soap,  No.  136  State  Street.— It  is  a  cold  tact  that  soap-using  is  a 
sign  of  civilization,  just  as,  in  the  words  of  the  inspired  writer,  "cleanliness  is  next  to  godliness."  Yet  there  are  many 
soaps  which  often  cause  the  very  troubles  against  which  they  are  intended  to  guard,  and  the  consumer  has  but  one 
safeguard  in  purchasing— to  buy  no  soaps  for  personal  use  or  clothes-washing  unless  they  bear  some  name  which  is 
a  synonym  for  excellence  and  purity  of  product,  the  name  of  some  firm  the  sole  object  of  which  is  not  the  realiza- 
tion ot  large  profits  without  regard  to  consequences  as  they  affect  customers.  There  are  such  firms,  and  in  the  roll 
of  honor  that  contains  their  names  we  find  no  more  prominent  place  than  that  long  occupied  by  Curtis  Davis  &  Co.,  the  well-known  manu- 
facturers of  Welcome  Soap,  at  No.  136  State  Street,  corner  ot  Chatham  Row.  This  representative  house  was  founded  in  1835,  by  Mr. 
Curtis  Davis,  and  in  1864  Mr.  James  Mellen  became  a  partner  under  the  firm  name  of  Curtis  Davis  &  Co.  The  honored  senior  part- 
ner and  founder  of  the  business  died  in  1887,  and  in  the  following  year  Mr.  Mellen  admitted  his  son,  Mr.  E.  D.  Mellen,  to  partnership, 
without  change  in  the  firm  name.  The  factory  of  the  firm  is  located  in  Cambridgeport,  and  the  output  thereof  is  the  largest  in  its  line 
in  New  England.  The  productive  capacity  is  five  hundred  boxes  of  one  hundred  bars  each  per  day.  and  the  leading  specialty  is 
"  Welcome  "  soap,  which  has  a  wide  sale.  Curtis  Davis  &  Co.  have  ever  been  recognized  as  leaders  in  quaUty  the  country  over,  and  their 
Welcome  laundry  soap  is  steadily  increasing  wherever  once  introduced.  They  are  found  for  sale  by  the  leading  jobbers  and  wholesale  grocers 
in  all  the  New  England  States.  The  exigencies  ot  the  business  require  the  constant  services  ot  fifty  hands,  and  the  largest  orders  are  filled 
with  promptitude  and  satisfaction.  The  Messrs.  Mellen  are  natives  of  Cambridgeport,  members  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
gentlemen  of  large  business  experience,  sound  judgment  and  high  repute. 

^  a  HILLIAM  E.  WATERHOUSE,  Naval  Architect  and  Yacht  Broker,  No.  50  State  Street.— The  genius  and  skill  of  American  arohi- 
1%  J^  mi  tects  is  now  recognized  the  world  over.  Among  those  who  are  winning  distinction  in  naval  architecture  in  this  city  should  be 
&  ■ypmJp.a  named  Mr.  William  E.  Waterhouse,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  60  State  Street.  This  gentleman  was  associated  with  Mr. 
f/  W^l  I  W^\^  Edward  Burgess,  as  assistant,  for  a  period  of  six  years,  and  now  occupies  the  offices  formerly  occupied  by  him  as  a  naval  archi- 
Im  ^y  l^isll  '®'^'  ^'^^  yacht  broker  with  such  distinguished  success.  Mr.  Waterhouse  was  personally  connected  with  the  designing  and  con- 
struction  of  all  vessels  built  by  the  late  Mr.  Burgess  since  the  "  Puritan,"  with  the  full  benefit  of  his  confidence  and  instruction, 
and  established  himself  in  business  in  August,  1891.  He  is  thoroughly  practical,  executing  plans  for  naval  architecture  in  the  most  reliable  and 
expert  manner,  furnishing  designs  and  estimates  for  any  proposed  vessel  or  yacht  at  short  notice,  and  personally  superintending  construc- 
tion when  desired;  while  he  also  buys,  sells  and  charters  yachts,  and  acts  as  a  broker  tor  those  requiring  his  experienced  judgment  and 
assistance.  He  is  now  engaged  on  government  work  as  superintending  constructor  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  and  his  patronage  is  fast  becoming 
one  of  a  thoroughly  substantial  and  flattering  character,  fully  commensurate  with  the  deservedly  high  reputation  for  ability  and  skill  which 
he  enjoys  among  those  who  have  tested  his  services.  Those  who  have  yachts  to  dispose  of  should  notify  Mr.  Waterhouse,  as  his  wide 
acquaintance  in  yachting  circles  renders  him  a  valuable  medium  for  their  sale.  All  orders  and  commissions  receive  his  immediate  personal 
attention,  and  terms  and  prices  are  placed  upon  a  thoroughly  fair  and  equitable  basis.  Mr.  Waterhouse  is  a  native  of  Ellsworth.  Me.,  and  a 
young  man  of  broad  culture,  inteUigent  enterprise  and  thorough  reliability,  who  is  devoted  to  his  profession  and  certain  to  make  an  honored 
name  therein. 


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EOEGE  C.  LENTH  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  Room  330,  Exchange  Building,  No.  53  State  Street.— Of  the  immense  volume 
of  business  wliich  is  transacted  between  this  city  aud  New  York  and  Chicago,  in  stocks,  bonds,  shares,  etc.,  a  lib- 
eral share  is  intrusted  to  the  care  of  Messrs.  George  C.  Lenth  &  Co.,  bankers  and  brokers,  of  No.  53  State  Street, 
■who  act  as  the  duly  accredited  correspondents  for  .Messrs.  Watson  &  Gibson,  of  No.  65  Broadway,  New  York,  mem- 
bers of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  The  business  of  Messrs.  George  C.  Lenth  &  Co.,  although  established 
only  one  year  ago,  has  already  assumed  large  proportions;  the  purchase  and  sale  of  stocks  and  bonds  for  cash  or 
on  raai'gin  being  undertaken  in  heavy  lines,  as  also  operations  both  ways  in 
petroleum,  grain  and  provisions;  orders  being  executed  in  all  markets  strictly 
on  commission,  and  all  transactions  being  regarded  as  strictly  confidential. 
For  these  several  purposes,  the  firm  has  private  wires  to  New  York  and  Chicago 
direct  from  the  office— room  330  in  the  Stock  Exchange  Building — thus  enabling 
them  to  obtain,  at  any  mouient,  the  latest  quotations,  the  general  state  of  the 
market  and  other  useful  information  for  the  benefit  of  investors  and  operators. 
The  able  proprietor,  Mr.  George  C.  Lenth,  has  had  two  yeai's'  previous  expe- 
rience as  a  broker  on  the  Board  in  New  York,  and  is  always  glad  to  extend  to 
clients  the  full  benefit  of  his  opinion  on  the  state  of  the  market  and  its  probable 
course  in  the  near  or  remote  future.  Every  facility  will  be  afforded  for  the 
prompt  execution  of  all  orders  in  stocks,  bonds  and  other  securities  in  the  New 
York  and  Boston  markets.  The  latest  foreign  and  domestic  financial  papers  and 
journals  will  be  found  on  file  at  the  office  for  the  convenience  of  customers,  and 
reliable  information  of  any  change  of  importance  in  the  various  markets  will  be 
promptly  furnished. 


The  New  Old  South  Church. 
JA.EDNEE  P.  KENGSLEY,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  119  Devonshire  Street.— A  position  ot  unquestioned  prominence  upon 
the  pages  of  this  work  upon  the  prosperity  and  affluence  of  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State  is  undeniably  due  to  Mr.  Gard- 
ner P.  Kingsley,  of  No.  119  Devonshire  Street.  The  gentleman  is  a  broker  and  dealer  in  real  estate,  mortgages  and  kindred 
things,  and  ho  pays  particular  attention  to  the  selling  and  leasing  of  first-class  houses,  stores  and  country  residences. 
Every  department  is  engaged  in  by  the  gentleman  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  property  located  in  the  center  ot  the  city,  as  also 
in  Back  Bay,  Brookline  and  the  suburbs.  He  engages  lnr';cly  in  the  building  and  improvement  of  property,  and  an  important 
branch  of  his  business  consists  of  the  negotiation  of  loans;  he  having  constantly  on  hand  large  sums  of  money  for  advance  upon  eligible 
realty.  The  date  ot  the  establishment  ot  Mr.  Kingsley  in  business  occurred  during  the  year  1863,  since  which  time  he  has  been  the  constant 
recipient  ot  the  favors  of  the  genius  of  prosperity,  having  established  a  large  and  flourishing  connection  and  earned  a  reputation  of  most 
enviable  character.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  gentleman  are  located  Room  No.  1  Rialto  Building,  the  excellence  of  which  site  -will  be 
apparent  to  the  most  cursory  observer.  Mr.  Kingsley  is  a  native  ot  .Boston,  and  is  a  middle-aged  gentleman,  possessing  the  unqualified 
esteem  of  the  entire  community. 


134  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITEEATUEE. 

aHAELES  K.  C.  BRECK,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor,  No.  85  Devonshire  Street,  Eoom  No.  20.— One  of  Boston's  leading  and 
best  known  civil  engineers  and  surveyors  is  Charles  E,  C.  Breck,  whosej  office  is  located  at  No.  85  Devonshire  Street,  Eoom 
No.  20.  He  was  formerly  of  the  Arm  of  Whitman  &  Breck.  established  in  1869,  and  has  conducted  business  alone  for  the  past 
five  years.  Mr.  Breck,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Milton,  Mass.  He  is  a  man  of  excep- 
tional skill  in  the  line  indicated,  standing  high  in  his  profession,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers.  He  occupies  well  equipped  offices,  and  employs  four  competent  assistants,  exercising  immediate  supervision 
himself  over  every  detail.  Mr.  Breck  is  prepared  to  engage  in  all  classes  of  work  comprehended  in  his  profession,  making  surveys  generally, 
and  furnishing  designs  for  bridges,  water  works,  etc.  Special  attention  is  given  to  surveying  and  laying  out  sea  shore  property  in  plats  and 
lots  for  sale,  also  to  consultations,  while  construction  is  personally  superintended,  likewise,  and  all  work  undertaken  by  this  gentleman  is 
certain  to  be  performed  in  a  manner  to  satisfy  the  most  exacting.  Among  the  more  noteworthy  achievements  attesting  Mr.  Breck's  skill 
may  be  mentioned  the  Boston,  Revere  Beach  and  Lynn  R.  R.,  the  Baker  Chocolate  Works,  at  Lower  Mills,  Mass.,  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum, 
at  Medfleld,  Mass.,  350  acres  of  subdivision  at  Booth  Bay,  Me. ;  West  Chop,  and  Tashmoo  Land  Company  at  Vineyard  Haven,  Mass. ;  Col. 
Roberts'  subdivision  at  Waltham,  the  coal  docks  of  the  Boston  Tow-Boat  Co.,  at  East  Boston,  Mass.,  and  a  number  of  others  equally  worthy 
of  mention  during  his  forty  years'  experience. 

iJASHBURN-CEOSBT  CO.,  Merchant  Millers,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Eastern  Office,  No.  20  Central  Street,  Boston,  Mass.. 
Col.  C.  C.  G.  Thornton,  General  Agent.— The  flour  manufacturing  industry  of  the  United  States  has  long  been  a  lead- 
ing business  interest,  the  operations  carried  on  in  r^rain  and  its  product — flour — being  a  backbone  and  mainstay  of 
the  national  wealth  and  prosperity.  The  largest  and  best  known  flour  milling  concern  in  the  world  is  the  Washburn- 
Crosby  Co.,  merchant  millers  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  whose  New  England  office  is  located  at  No.  20  Central  Street, 
this  city,  the  general  agent  being  Col.  C.  C.  G.  Thornton.  Gen.  0.  C.  Washburn,  the  founder  of  the  establishment, 
built  the  first  large  flour  mill  in  the  United  States  having  the  middlings  purifier,  and  produced  the  first  patent  flour  ever  made  in 
America;  he  was  also  the  flrst  to  introduce  the  Hungarian  or  roller  process  in  this  country.  Mill  B,  the  oldest  mill  owned  by  the 
company,  was  built  by  Ex-Gov.  Washburn,  of  Wisconsin,  at  Minneapolis.  Mill  A,  erected  some  time  later,  was  burned  down,  and 
Mill  C  was  next  built.  Mill  A  being  rebuilt  at  a  subsequent  period.  Washburn,  Crosby  &  Co.,  who  continued  the  business  up  to 
1887,  when  the  present  company  was  organized,  and  the  enterprise  was  incorporated  under  the  State  laws  of  Minnesota,  with  a 
capital  of  $500,000.  The  mills  are  all  equipped  with  the  most  improved  flour  milling  machinery  to  be  found  in  the  world,  the  plant 
being  the  finest  in  existence,  and  a  very  large  force  of  workmen  find  constant  employment  there.  The  productive  capacity  in  1890  was  8S0O 
barrels  of  flour  per  day;  during  the  present  year  this  has  been"  increased  and  the  daily  output  amounts  to  11,000  barrels  per  day,  for  which 
over  50,000  bushels  of  wheat  are  required.  The  flour  is  the  best  to  be  found  in  the  market,  and  it  is  shipped  in  large  quantities  to  all  parts  of 
the  globe.  The  officers  of  the  company,  who  are  prominently  known  in  the  financial  and  business  world,  are  James  S.  Bell,  president;  Wni. 
H.  Dunwoody,  vice-president;  Chas.  J.  Martin,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  New  England  agent,  Col.  C.  C.  G.'Thornton,  has  been  identified 
with  the  flour  trade  for  the  past  forty  years,  and  possesses  an  expert  knowledge  of  all  its  details. 

I  HE  MATHER  ELECTRIC  COMPANY,  of  Manchester,  Conn.,  Claflin  &  Kimball,  General  Agents,  No.  116  Bedford  Street, 
and  No.  24  Kingston  Street.— The  rapid  adaptation  of  electricity  by  the  American  people  for  lighting  purposes  is 
something  phenomenal.  It  needs  no  argument  at  the  present  day  to  show  its  superiority  over  eveiy  other  artificial 
illuminant,  while  the  rule  concerning  "  the  survival  of  the  fittest  "  is  exemplified  in  electric  lighting  as  well  as  in 
other  departments  of  industry  and  trade.  It  is  especially  applicable  to  the  Mather  system  of  incandescent  lighting, 
manufactured  by  The  Mather  Electric  Company,  of  Manchester,  Conn.,  whose  New  England  agency  is  under  the 
management  of  Messrs.  Claflin  &  Kimball,  with  headquarters  at  Rooms  402,  403  and  404,  New  England  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange 
Building.  This  company  has  done  more  to  popularize  electric  lighting  than  any  other,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  strongest  and 
most  progressive  corporations  in  the  country.  Its  system  is  the  simplest,  most  economical,  effective  and  commei'cially  valuable 
of  any  yet  introduced.  As  a  machine,  the  Mather  dynamo  is  the  most  perfect  yet  brought  out,  w^hile  electrically  it  has  no  superior, 
if  indeed  any  equal.  By  its  use  the  destructive  evil  of  sparking  is  entirely  done  away  with,  while  its  points  of  superiority  may  be 
tersely  summed  up  as  follows:  extreme  simplicity,  high  efficiency,  perfect  automatic  regulation,  economy  of  operation,  and  freedom  from 
sparking.  The  lamp  used  by  the  Mather  system  is  the  well-known  "  Perkins  "  lamp.  This  lamp  was  formerly  manufactured  for  use  only 
on  the  Mather  system,  but  the  demand  for  it  by  the  users  of  other  systems  has  been  so  large  that  the  "  Perkins  Electric  Lamp  Company '' 
has  recently  been  formed  for  its  manufacture  and  sale.  Messrs.  Claflin  &  Kimball  are  the  general  agents  for  this  company  also,  and  are 
contractors  for  wiring,  supphes,  etc.  The  Mather  system  is  used  in  the  following  places  in  New  England,  to  wit:  Church  Gi-een  Electric 
Light  Co.,  New  England  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange  Building,  Lincoln  Building,  Cyclorama  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  Oriental  Tea  Company, 
Hutchins  Organ  Co.,  North  Packing  Co.,  De  L.  Sheplee  &  Co.,  Winch  Bros.,  and  others  in  Boston;  Providence  Worsted  Co.,  British  Hosiery 
Co.,  Thornton  Worsted  Mills,  Providence  Machine  Co.,  and  others  in  Providence,  E.  I. ;  Mellen  House,  Globe  Yarn  Mills,  Border  City  Mfg 
Co.,  King  Philip  Mills,  Dubois  Lithographic  Co.,  Fall  River,  Mass.;  Lakeside  Mfg.  Co.,  Whitcomb  Envelope  Co.,  Norton  Emery  Wheel  Co., 
Cutting  &  Bishop,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Winona  Paper  Co.,  Parsons  Paper  Co.,  George  E.  Dickinson  Paper  Co.,  Holyoke,  Mass.;  Plimpton 
Mfg.  Co.,  Hartford  Light  &  Power  Co.,  Hartford  Manilla  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn. ;  Merrimac  Paper  Co.,  Lawrence,  Mass. ;  State  Almshouse, 
Tewksbury,  Mass.;  Ludlow  Mfg.  Co.,  Ludlow,  Mass.;  Stoneville  Worsted  Co.,  Auburn,  Mass.;  Z.  Crane,  Jr.,  &  Bro.,  Dalton,  Mass.; 
Agawam  Paper  Co.,  Mittineague,  Mass.;  HaverhiU  Paper  Co.,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  S.  D.  Warren  &  Co.,  Cumberland  Mills,  Me.; 
Richards  Paper  Co.,  Gardiner,  Me.;  Fairfield  Paper  Co.,  Salmon  Falls,  Mass.;  Augusta  Pulp  Co.,  Augusta,  Me.;  The  L.  L.  Brown  Paper 
Co.,  Adams,  Mass.;  Berhn  Iron  Bridge  Co.,  East  Berlin,  Conn.;  Morgan  Envelope  Co.,  Springfield,  Mass.;  Bridgeport  Copper  Co., 
Bridgeport,  Conn.;  Hall  Eubber  Co.,  Watertown,  Mass.;  and  others  too  numerous  to  mention.  The  large  number  of  plants  of  other 
systems  that  have  been  thrown  out  and  the  Mather  system  installed  in  their  place  is,  perhaps,  the  best  criterion  of  their  value.  The 
expression  of  a  gentleman  who  made  such  a  change,  tells  the  whole  stoiy.  He  says:  "It  is  cheaper  to  purchase  a  Mather  plant  than  to 
operate  any  other  as  a  gift."  The  company  claim  the  following  special  advantages  for  the  Mather  Electric  Motor.  First.  High  efficiency. 
Repeated  careful  tests  made  by  disinterested  parties  have  shown  that  the  commercial  efficiency  of  the  Mather  motor  is  higher  than  that 
claimed  for  other  motors.  Second.  Entire  freedom  from  sparking  at  the  brushes.  With  brushes  properly  adjusted,  there  is  absolutely  no 
sparking,  even  with  extreme  variation  of  load.  Third.  Self  regulation.  When  the  potential  at  the  motor  is  constant,  the  greatest  variation 
of  speed  of  the  simple  shunt-wound  motor  is  only  about  three  per  cent,  and  the  compound-wound  motor  will  run  at  a  speed  absolutely  con- 
stant for  all  changes  of  load.  A  motor  may  be  well  designed,  and  efficient  electrically,  at  the  same  time  the  mechanical  design  and 
construction  may  be  such  as  to  make  it  practically  worthless.  As  a  machine  the  Mather  motor  is  the  most  perfect  yet  brought  out,  while 
electrically  it  has  no  superior,  if  indeed  any  eoual.  The  magnet  is  of  iron,  as  in  other  motors,  but  in  form  entirely  different.  The  New 
England  agents,  Messrs.  A.  D.  Claflin  and  M.  M.  Kimball,  are  both  native  Bostonians,  graduates  of  Harvard  College,  members  of  the  Electric 
Club,  and  young  men  of  large  practical  experience,  thorough  enterprise  and  sterling  personal  worth,  whose  constant  aim  and  study  it  is  to 
give  perfect  satisfaction  in  every  installation  or  contract  intrusted  to  their  hands. 


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]EANKLIN  ROLFE  &  CO.,  Shipping  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  .30  Broad  Street.— Messrs.  Franklin  Rolfe  &  Co., 
enjoy  the  enviable  distinction  of  being  among  tlie  more  reputable  of  the  foreign  shipping  and  commission  merchants 
of  the  city  of  Boston.  Their  bouse  had  its  origin  in  the  year  1852,  in  the  efforts  of  Messrs.  Wheelright  &  Cobb.,  which 
firm  changed  to  that  of  Samuel  C.  Cobb,  and  was  succeeded  in  1878  by  Messrs.  Kolfe  &  Guild,  the  predecessors  of 
the  present  concern  which  assumed  conti-ol  in  1881.  The  business  embraces  the  handling  of  an  extensive  variety 
of  products,  conspicuous  among  which  are  goods  imported  from  the  Mediterranean  sea-board  as  fruits,  nuts, 
sumac,  brimstone,  and  the  like.  The  business  premises  of  the  concern  are  admirably  located  upon  Broad  Street.  They  consist 
of  an  excellently  and  completely  equipped  office  upon  the  third  floor  of  the  building,  and  their  management  evinces  a  commend- 
able example  of  that  systematic  harmony  so  essentially  the  key-note  of  the  welfare  of  a  business  of  any  magnitude  or  importance.  Mr. 
Rolfe  is  a  gentleman  of  thorough  and  lengthy  experience  in  his  business,  and  he  possesses  in  emphatic  prominence  a  number  of  those 
estimable  features  which  contribute  to  form  the  character  of  the  ideal  business  man.  He  is  a  native  of  the  city  of  Boston,  and  he  resides 
at  present  at  Winchester,  Mass.,  where  he  is  the  center  of  a  large  circle  of  esteeming  friends. 


New  Enqlamd  Steam  Cooperage  Company,  Boston,  Mass. 
?jTANDARD  STAVE  &  COOPERAGE  CO.,  Exporters  of  and  Dealers  in  Staves  and  Cooperage  Stock,  Manufacturers  of 
Tanks,  Dye-Tubs,  Vats,  Hogsheads,  Barrels  and  Kegs,  No.  160  State  Street.— One  of  the  recently-formed  corporations 
of  Boston,  and  one  of  the  most  vital  importance  to  her  commercial  interests,  is  the  Standard  Stave  &  Cooperage 
Company,  whose  principal  office  is  located  at  No.  160  State  Street.  This  company  are  extensive  exporters  of  and 
dealers  in  staves  and  cooperage  stock,  and  also  large  marufacturers  of  tanks,  dye-tubs,  vats,  hogsheads,  barrels 
and  kegs.  It  is  the  result  of  the  consolidation  of  the  Mills  Brothers  Company,  New  England  Steam  Cooperage  Company, 
Hill  &  Wright,  W.  J.  Slade  &  Son,  the  Hickey  Cooperage  Company,  and,  in  fact,  all  the  large  cooperage  houses  in  Boston,  which 
consolidation  was  effected  in  1891,  by  the  incorporation  of  the  present  company,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with 
a  capital  of  $400,000,  making  it  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  New  England,  and  a  leader  in  its  line  in  the  United  States.  The 
foundation  of  the  business  was  laid  in  1833,  by  Messrs.  J.  L.  Mills  &  Sons,  as  dealers  in  cooperage  stock,  and  members  of  that 
firm  are  now  serving  the  present  company  with  the  judgment  born  of  long  experience— iVIr.  Wm.  N.  Mills  being  manager  of  the  Boston 
office,  and  Mr.  I.  B.  Mills  manager  of  the  New  York  office,  at  No.  19  Whitehall  Street.  The  factory  of  the  company  is  situated  in  East 
Boston,  and  has  long  held  the  lead  in  the  production  of  all  those  important  and  extensive  lines  of  cooperage  for  brewers,  maltsters,  distillers 
sugar  houses,  exporters  and  the  trade  generally.  The  facilities  here  possessed  are  now  unrivaled  by  any  like  concern  in  America.  Barrels, 
halves,  quarters  and  eighths;  stock  and  storage  casks,  mash  and  fermenting  tubs,  beer  stills  and  hop  jacks;  tanks,  cisterns  and  vats  of 
cedar,  cypress,  pine  or  oak  for  brewers,  maltsters.distillers,  sugar  houses,  vineyards,  vinegar  works,  paper  mills,  chemical  works,  railroads, &c. ; 
water  casks  for  shipping,  oil  casks,  reservoirs,  molasses  and  rum  hogsheads,  kegs  and  pails  for  white  lead,  buckets  and  oyster  pails,  ships' 
square  tanks,  and  many  other  lines  are  here  contracted  for  at  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  This  company  controls  large 
tracts  of  timber  lands  in  the  south  and  western  states,  receiving  their  staves  direct  from  the  stump  and  at  lowest  cost.  Besides  supplying  the 
beer  cooperage  used  in  the  New  England  and  other  States,  they  also  supply  the  leading  manufacturing  companies:  while  their  business  of 
exporting  staves  is  something  enormous.  It  sends  staves  to  France,  Spain  and  Portugal  for  their  wines  and  olive  oil,  and  also  furnishes  staves 
for  the  breweries  all  over  the  United  Kingdom.  It  exports  some  five  million  staves  per  year,  as  well  as  sending  manufactured  cooperage  to 
Cuba  and  Africa.  Its  goods  are  regularly  shipped  to  thirty-seven  European  ports,  and  stand  at  the  head  everywhere.  It  fears  no  rival, 
and  is  absolutely  without  a  peer. 


136  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

aLOBE  INVESTMENT  COMPANY,  No.  19  Milk  Street.— The  Globe  Investment  Company,  whose  main  office  is  located 
at  No.  9  Milk  Stx'eet,  is  an  incoi-porated  company,  under  tlie  same  supervision  as  the  savings  banks,  and  has  a  cap- 
ital o£  $363,500.  It  was  chartered  under  the  laws  ot  the  State  of  Massachusetts  in  April,  1883,  and  now  covers  the 
most  desirable  and  reliable  field  for  the  placing  of  mortgage  loans.  Its  officers  and  directors  are  as  follows:  Pres- 
ident, Allison  Z.  Mason;  Treasurer,  J.  Lowell  Moore;  General  Manager,  P.  MacMaster;  Directors,  Francis  Flint,  of 
Boston;  F.  N.  Billings,  of  Vermont;  Heman  M.  Burr,  John  Herbert,  of  Boston;  Charles  L.  Hildreth,  of  Lowell; 
John  L.  Hildreth,  of  Cambridge;  William  H.  Hildreth,  of  Newton;  P.  MacMaster,  of  London;  Allison  Z.  Mason,  of  Boston;  John  A. 
Moninger,  of  Kansas  City;  J.  Lowell  Moore,  of  Boston;  Benjamin  F.  Otis,  of  Newton;  George  H.  M.  Howe,  of  Boston;  Robert  M. 
Snyder,  of  Kansas  City;  E.  O.  Woodward,  of  New  Hampshire.  This  list  embraces  capitalists  and  financiers  of  vast  practical  expe- 
rience and  of  the  highest  standing  in  the  money  markets  of  the  east  and  west,  and  who  have  brought  into  operation  a  thorough 
system  of  organization  in  conducting  the  business  of  this  company.  The  Western  office  is  in  Kansas  City,  which  is  the  central  point  of  the 
most  fertile  and  productive  agricultural  region  in  the  United  States.  The  company  negotiate  bonds  and  mortgages  on  city  and  farm  prop- 
erty in  Kansas,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  the  Dakotas,  Colorado,  Arkansas  and  Mississippi,  guaranteeing  six  per  cent,  interest,  payable  at  their 
office,  or  seven  per  cent,  unguaranteed,  payments  remitted  when  collected.  Debenture  bonds  are  secured  by  deposit  with  the  Boston  Safe 
Deposit  and  Trust  Co.  Trustees;  with  six  per  cent,  interest  payable  semi-annually  at  the  Howard  National  Bank,  Boston;  and  principal  of 
both  payable  at  the  office  of  the  company  in  gold  or  its  equivalent.  They  now  have  to  offer  selected  school,  water,  bridge,  sewer,  paving  and 
other  improvement  bonds  of  counties,  cities  and  towns,  and  when  desired  will  investigate  in  the  interest  of  their  clients  any  securities  in  this 
line  regarding  which  a  local  knowledge  and  a  disinterested  opinion  may  be  desired.  The  statement  of  the  company  made  March  31, 1891, 
shows  the  following  facts  and  figures,  to  wit:  Capital,  $363,500;  special  f!:uaranty  fund,  $33,986.25;  undivided  profits,  $1,443.84;  total  resources, 
$979,325.55.  This  shows  the  company  to  be  in  a  thoroughly  healthy  and  flourishing  condition,  while  they  refer  to  such  well-known  corpora- 
tions as  the  Howard  National  Bank,  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  the  Freeman's  National  Bank,  and  the  Broadway  National  Bank,  of 
Boston-  the  National  Bank,  of  Kansas  City ;  and  the  National  Bank  of  Commerce,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  John  Baton  &  Co.,  of  New  York;  the 
BritishLinen  Company  Bank,  of  London,  Eng.;  and  John  Stuart  &  Co.  [Limited],  Manchester,  Eng.  If  absolute  safety,  convenience,  per- 
manency, and  freedom  from  care  and  solicitude  count  tor  anything  in  an  investment,  then  the  bonds  of  this  company  more  nearly  meet  the 
general  want  of  the  investing  public  than  any  other  security  now  offered,  while  patient  courtesy  is  shown  to  investors  and  inquu-ers  by  the 
managers  of  this  institution,  who  form  in  their  own  individuality  a  certain  guarantee  of  good  faith  in  all  their  transactions. 

TEXTER  BROTHERS,  Sole  Manufacturers  of  English  Shingle  Stain,  Nos.  55  and  57  Broad  Street.— Special  mention  must 
be  made,  in  this  i-eview,  of  Dexter  Brothers'  English  Shingle  Stains,  which  are  in  such  steady  and  extensive  demand 
all  over  the  United  States,  owing  to  their  superiority  of  color,  beauty  of  shade,  effectiveness  and  thorough  durability. 
Messrs.  Dexter  Brothers  are  sole  manufacturers,  .with  headquarters  at  Nos.  55  and  57  Broad  Street.  The  foundation 
of  the  business  was  laid  in  1854,  by  Messrs.  Geo.  S.  and  C.  W.  Dexter,  as  Dexter  Brothers,  at  the  present  location. 
In  1873,  Mr.  Geo.  S.  Dexter  retired,  and  his  three  sons,  Messrs.  G.  B.,  F.  K.  and  W.  D.  Dexter,  continued  his  interest  with 
their  uncle  until  his  retirement  in  1885,  when  they  became  sole  proprietors.  Mr.  W.  D.  Dexter  retired  January  1,  1890,  and  Mr.  F. 
K.  Dexter  retired  January  1,  1891,  leaving  Mr.  G.  B.  Dexter  in  sole  control.  The  business  premises  comprise  four  floors,  30  by  100 
feet  each,  and  the  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  constant  services  of  some  twenty  skilled  assistants.  Dexter  Bros.'  English 
Shino-le  Stain  is  made  ot  the  very  best  English  ground  colors,  and  contains  no  benzine,  water  or  creosote,  and  will  not  freeze.  It 
has  been  thoroughly  tested  by  many  of  the  leading  architects  in  this  country  during  the  past  seven  years,  and  has  received  their 
warmest  commendations.  The  manufacturers  claim  superiority  of  color  which  will  not  wash  off  and  will  retain  its  brightness  long  after- 
other  stains  have  faded  or  turned  black.  One  gallon  of  this  stain  will  dip  about  five  hundred  shingles,  or  cover  about  fifteen  hundred  when 
brushed  on.  A  package  of  stained  boards  wiU  be  sent  by  mail  to  any  address  on  application.  These  small  sample  boards  give  but  an  imper- 
fect idea,  however,  of  the  beauty  of  the  stain,  as  the  effect  of  stained  shingles  can  only  be  seen  in  a  mass  on  the  house.  They  are  now  used  by 
the  best  architects,  and  testimonials  are  shown  from  architects  who  have  done  the  best  and  largest  work  in  Newport,  Bar  Harbor,  Lenox, 
Boston,  New  York,  PhUadelphia  and  throughout  the  west.  They  are  also  general  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  paints,  colors,  oils,  varnishes,  etc.  of 
the  finest  grades  made  by  leading  manufacturers  all  over  the  country  and  for  which  they  have  a  large  and  steadily  increasing  demand.  The 
trade  is  extensive  at  wholesale  not  only  in  all  parts  of  this  country,  but  in  Canada,  Australia  and  other  foreign  ports.  This  house  also  has 
the  agency  for  Bai;-mer  &  Baumann  White  Lead  Go.  of  Pittsburgh,  Fa.  Mr.  Dexter  is  a  native  Bostonian,  trained  in  the  business  from  his 
youth,  a  member  o£  the  Paint  and  Oil  Club,  and  a  young  man  of  lar-rc  business  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth. 
:!0  MAGNETO  CLOCK  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  Eoo  Magneto  Watchman's  Clock,  No.  630  Atlantic  Avenue,  Room  77.— 
One  ot  the  new  and  wonderful  inventions  of  this  wonderfully  progressive  age  is  the  "Eco  Magneto  Watchman's  Clock," 
manufactured  by  the  Eco  Magneto  Clock  Company,  at  No.  620  Atlantic  Avenue.  The  results  attained  in  the  perfecting 
of  this  clock  have  been  pronounced  marvelous,  even  by  electricians  and  mechanicians.  It  is  one  of  the  few  abso- 
lutely new  inventions  of  the  day,  and  must  receive  the  favorable  consideration  of  all  who  employ  watchmen.  This 
clock  has  been  approved  by  insurance  companies  and  fire  departments,  and  is  in  most  satisfactory  use  by  mercantile 
and  manufacturing  and  financial  firms,  institutions  and  corporations.  Heretofore  all  electric  clocks  have  been  worked  by  a  bat- 
tery, which  is  of  itself  a  constant  source  of  trouble  and  expense,  even  to  an  electrician,  and  a  mystery  to  others.  It  was  necessary 
to  have  an  electrician  to  set  them  up,  and  repair  them  in  case  of  their  frequent  accidents  and  disarrangements.  In  the  Eco  Mag- 
neto Watchman's  clock  the  battery  is  wholly  dispensed  with,  and  use  made  of  a  permanent  magnet  Instead,  by  which  the  watch- 
man generates  at  each  station  electricity  sufficient  to  operate  the  clock.  There  is  nothing  to  get  out  of  order,  and  no  electrician  is 
needed  for  adjustment  or  repairs.  Its  record  shows  the  exact  time  the  watchman  visits  each  station.  It  cannot  be  tampered  with,  nor  can 
false  records  be  made  on  it.  It  can  be  sent  to  any  part  ot  the  country,  and  set  up  by  any  one  of  ordinary  intelligence;  is  cheaper  than  any 
other  electric  watch  clock,  and  every  officer  and  agent  of  insurance  companies  and  every  practical  person  who  has  ever  examined  this 
clock  invariably  approves  and  indorses  it  over  all  others.  This  clock  is  in  use  by  such  well-known  Boston  houses  as  those  of  A.  Shuman  & 
Co.,  Shreve,  Crump  &  Low  Co.,  Atlantic  Works,  Boston  Tavern,  Burton  Stock  Car  Co.,  Goodyear  Shoe  Machinery  Co.,  Estes  Press,  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  Constitution  Wharf  Co.,  E.  S.  Hamlin  &  Co.,  American  House,  Oxford  Hotel,  Chase  &  Sanborn,  Metropolitan 
Hotel,  John  C.  Paige,  Boston  Sugar  Refining  Co.,  Tremont  Electric  Co.,  Hotel  Flower,  Hathaway  Building,  Lockwood  M't'g.  Co.,  Walter  M. 
Lowney,  and  many  others.  Over  five  hundred  are  in  use,  and  the  demand  is  rapidly  increasing.  The  Eco  Magneto  Clock  Company  was 
incorporated  in  1888,  under  the  laws  ot  the  State  ot  Maine,  with  a  capital  ot  $300,000.,  and  is  governed  by  the  following  board  of  directors: 
C.  A.  White,  president,  and  general  manager;  Geo.  B.  Fessenden,  treasurer;  Hon.  J.  C.  Moore,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  Geo.  D,  Burton,  of  Bur- 
con  Stock  Car  Co.  and  Electrical  Forging  Co, ;  F.  J.  Hutchinson,  attorney,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Fessenden,  the  treasurer,  is  the  inventor  of  the 
clock  and  an  expert  and  practical  electrician,  who  has  spent  twelve  years  of  study  upon  the  subject.  He  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth 
and  education,  in  the  active  prime  of  lite,  and  of  high  repute  in  professional  circles.  The  president,  Mr.  White,  is  a  native  ot  New  York 
state,  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  wholesale  lumber  trade  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  an  experienced,  sagacious  business  man,  eminently 
fitted  tor  the  successful  direction  of  this  new  and  im.portant  enterprise. 


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money  it  had  in  it,  but  to  bring  out  only  such  books  as  would  make  tiue,  steadfast  growth  in  right  living.  This 
has  not  involved  any  limitation  to  strictly  religious  works,  nor  to  merely  entertaining  volumes  of  good  moral  tone. 
His  range  has  been  broadly  inclusive;  comprising  historical,  scientific  and  biographical  works,  and  others  adapted 
in  some  way  to  benefit  the  public,  furnishing  a  list  of  more  than  2000  volumes,  representing  over  2,000,000  books 
every  year.  Mr.  Lothrop  is  constantly  broadening  his  field,  gathering  the  richest  thought  of  men  of  letters,  men  of 
science,  and  theologians.  His  salesrooms  and  warehouses  are  among  the  most  extensive  of  the  trade.  No  account 
of  this  house  would  be  complete  which  neglected  to  mention  the  magazines  which  are  identified  with  it.  The  Wide 
Awake  has  no  superior  in  its  class.  Mr.  Lothrop  began  its  publication  in  1S74.  It  is  a  credit  alike  to  its  publisher, 
and  to  our  country.  To  have  given  the  Wide  Awake  to  the  world,  would  have  been  an  honorable  success  for  the 
D.  Lothrop  Co.  had  they  done  nothing  more  than  this.    There  are  four  other  magazines  each  admirable  in  its  way, 


_        I'l   ItfJSlirHS  K  I><K»I\S1.J.T  l.KS. 


WIDEAWAKE.  ■tp^SlAiifcE^i^gS'Ll^^^^XiEK.  I     BABYIAND.     | 


D.  Lothrop  Company's  Warehouse  and  Shipping  Department,  114-120  Purchase  St. 
issued  by  this  house.  Mr.  Lothrop  was  married  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  in  1860,  to  Ellen  J.  Morrill,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Morrill.  She  died  leaving  no  children.  He  was  married  October  4, 1881,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  to  Harriett  Mulf  ord, 
daughter  of  Sidney  M.  and  Harriett  Mulf  ord  Stone;  one  daughter,  Margaret  Mulf  ord  Lothrop,  was  boru  July  27,  1884. 
Mrs.  Lothrop  is  the  famous  author  of  "Five  Little  Peppers,"  the  children's  classic,  and  of  a  long  list  of  equally 
well-known  books.  It  is  an  appropriate  fact  that  the  head  of  the  firm  which  has  done  so  much  for  the  reading 
world,  should  occupy  for  his  summer  home,  as  Mr.  Lothrop  has  for  several  years,  the  former  abode  of  Nathaniel 
Hawthorne,  the  famous  Wayside  Mansion,  in  Concord.  Here  he  dispenses  his  generous  hospitality,  drawing  to  the 
old  mansion,  guests  representing  the  best  thought  and  social  position  in  this  country  and  abroad.  Although  we 
believe  that  Mr.  Lothrop  never  has  published  any  volume  from  his  own  pen,  he  certaiuly  has  won  the  right  to  a  place 
among  the  foremost  contributors  to  the  honorable  development  of  American  literature. 


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flARTIN  L.  HALL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos..  13  and  14  S.  Market,  33  and  34  Chatham  Streets.— 
As  the  head  and  center  for  the  trade  in  coffees,  teas,  sugar  and  molasses  of  the  choicest  grades,  the 
city  of  Boston  is  very  largely  indebted  to  the  euterjirisiug  house  of  Messrs.  Martin  L.  Hall  &  Co., 
the  well-known  wholesale  grocers  at  Nos.  13  and  14  S.  Market  and  38  and  34  Chatham  Streets,  whose  name 
has  become  a  veritable  trade-mark,  and  whose  stock,  both  as  regards  extent  and  exclusive  control  of 
many  special  brands,  has  no  rival  elsewhere.  This  veteran  house  was  established  in  1831,  by  Messrs.  Stephen 
Hall  &  Co.,  the  present  firm  name  being  adopted  in  1848.  During  all  these  sixty  years  the  house  has  continued  to 
lengthen  and  strengthen  its  commercial  relations  and  develop  an  immense  and  influential  trade  throughout  all 
New  England.  The  building  occupied  for  trade  purposes  contains  six  floors  and  a  basement,  25  by  75  feet  each,  and 
also  a  large  warehouse  for  storage  purposes  with  facilities  for  the  stoi-age  of  all  kinds  of  general  groceries 
and  where  they  cari-y  over  7000  cases  of  canned   goods,  and  is   deservedly   celebrated  as   a  true  type  of  what  the 


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possibilities  of  the  modern  grocery  trade  are.  There  is  nothing  in  the  various  lines  of  sugars  and  molasses,  teas 
and  coffees,  cigars  and  tobacco  that  is  not  to  be  found  here  in  its  most  attractive  form,  and  pure,  fresh  and 
reliable  as  to  quality.  The  long  practical  experience  of  the  proprietors  gives  them  advantages  in  obtaining  sup- 
plies rarely  equaled  by  any  other  firm  in  tlie  trade,  rendering  it  desirable  for  dealers  and  large  buyers  in  search 
of  the  best  qualities  to  inspect  this  stock  before  concluding  purchases  elsewhere.  Such  staples  as  are  named 
above,  and  which  are  so  difficult  to  obtain  of  the  desired  standard,  have  long  been  prominent  specialties  with  this  firm, 
and  their  trade  in  these  lines  has  reached  enormous  propoitions.  A  leadiiig  specialty  is  made  of  the  "  Pei'fection 
Java"  coffee;  also  the  popular  "La  Griega"  cigar,  the  best  ten  cent  brand  in  the  market.  A  corps  of  nine 
talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  trade  is  large  and  active  in  such 
prominent  New  England  centers  as  -Boston,  Lowell,  Manchester,  Concord,  Nashua,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Salem, 
Bath,  Augusta,  Bangor,  Burlington,  Rutland,  Montpelier  and  Brattleboro.  The  individual  members  of  the  flrm 
are  Messrs.  A.  J.  Adams,  Fred  P.  Virgin  and  Chas.  G.  Burgess.  Mr.  Adams  came  into  the  house  in  1837,  and  became 
a  partner  in  1848.  Messrs.  Virgin  and  Burgess  became  connected  with  the  house  in  1870,  and  were  admitted  to 
the  firm  in  1881.  They  are  natives:  Messrs.  Adams,  and  Virgin,  of  New  Hampshire;  and  Mr.  Burgess  of  Boston,  in 
the  active  prime  of  life,  and  members  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  Wholesale  Grocers'  Exchange, 
and  the  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association  of  Boston.  Under  their  enterprising  management  this  house  is  a  leading 
representative  of  the  American  grocery  trade,  and  a  credit  to  the  industry  and  talents  of  the  esteemed  proprietors. 


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j|OUNT  VERNON  NATIONAL  BANK,  No.  43  Chauncy  Street.— As  a  natural  result  of  Boston's  gisan- 
tic  industrial  and  commercial  interests  her  manufacturers  and  business  men  have  need  of  the  most 
extended  financial  facilities,  and  it  is  a  matter  for  congratulation  that  such  institutions  as  the  Mount 
Vernon  National  Bank  has  so  long,  so  ably,  and  so  satisfactorily  afforded  such  facilities  to  the  citi- 
zens of  Boston  and  vicinity.  This  bank,  has  had  a  lengthy  and  honorable  career.  It  was  originally 
incorporated  in  1860,  as  a  state  bank  and  was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking  laws  in  1864.  It  has  a  capital 
of  $200,000  and  is  oiScered  as  follows,  viz.:  President,  Hon.  Thomas  N.  Hart;  cashier,  Frank  E.  Barnes.  Directors: 
Hon.  Thomas  N.  Hart,  John  B.  Babcock,  Benjamin  F.  Dyer,  Frederick  L.  Felton,  Hon.  Frederick  O.  Prince,  Oscar 
H.  Sampson  and  Walter  H.  Tenney.  These  names  are  synonymous  with  stability  and  integrity,  and  their  sound  dis- 
cretion and  administi-ative  rapacity  have  become  generally  recognized.  The  Mount  Vernon  National  occupies 
spacious  and  elegant  banking  rooms  at  No.  43  Cliauucy  Street,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  great  permanent 


institutions  of  the  city.  It  transacts  a  general  business  in  deposits,  loans,  collections  and  exchange;  receives  the. 
accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  coi-porations,  firms  and  individuals  oa  the  most  favorable  terms;  buys  and  sells  bills 
of  exchange,  issues  drafts,  and  in  every  way  seeks  to  advance  its  customers'  best  interests.  It  is  able  to,  and  doesi 
handle  commercial  paper  in  large  amounts,  and  also  loans  extensively  on  approved  collateral,  its  loans  and  dis- 
counts averaging  nearly  $1,000,000.  Its  capital  stock  is  held  at  a  high  premium  as  one  of  the  safestand  most  desir-.. 
able  investments  in  the  city;  and  on  September  2.5,  1891,  it  had  a  surplus  fund  of  $50,000,  undivided  profits  of 
$43,000,  and  individual  deposits  amounting  to  $929,464.59.  In  President  Hart  is  found  one  of  Boston's  best-known 
and  most  prominent  citizens,  who  has  served  the  city  as  mayor  with  honor  and  credit,  and  is  now  postmaster  of 
Boston,  while  giving  the  bank  the  benefit  of  his  pei'sonal  attention  and  guidance,  and  is  acquainted  with  nearly 
every  depositor  and  patron  of  the  institution,  by  whom  he  is  universally  esteemed  and  respected.  The  cashier, 
Mr.  Barnes,  came  into  the  bank  in  1872,  and  was  promoted  to  his  present  responsible  position  in  '1884.  He  is  a 
financier  of  large  experience,  wide  acquaintance,  and  influential  connections. 


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jALKER  STETSON  SAWYER  COMPANY,  Manufacturers,  Importers  and  Jobbers,  Cor.  Bedford  & 
Kingston  Streets. — When  one  considers  the  giant  strides  that  Boston  has  taken  during  the  last  forty 
years  in  both  commerce  and  manufactures,  lie  must  needs  admit  that  not  only  have  the  city's  natural 
advantages  and  resources  been  factors  in  her  greatness,  but  that  the  indefatigable  energy,  shrewd 
foresight  and  absolute  confidence  of  her  representative  merchants  have  formed  a  solid  and  permanent 
basis  of  her  steady  grovrth. 

The  Walker  Stetson  Sawyer  Company,  manufacturers,  importers  and  jobbers  of  fabrics,  fancy  goods  and 
notions,  located  at  the  corner  of  Bedford  and  Kingston  Streets,  is  a  bright  example  of  this  truism. 

Certainly,  no  one  house  in  the  city  can  boast  of  a  career  at  once  more  phenomenal,  more  remarkable,  more 
impressive  and  lasting  in  its  every  undertaking. 

In  1860  its  founders,  Messrs.  Lewis,  Brown  &  Co.,  made  their  bow  to  the  commercial  world  and  for  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  were  an  important  factor  in  distributing  goods  in  their  line  throughout  the  country. 

The  great  fire  of  1872  consumed  a  large  share  of  their  capital,  but  the  loss  was  only  temporary;  and  the  panic 
of  1873  found  them  as  strong  as  a  firmly  imbedded  rock.  In  1886  the  lirm  of  Walker,  Stetson  &  Sawyer  succeeded 
to  the  control,  and  in  1888  the  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts, 
with  a  capital  of  .$100,000,  which  has  since  been  mci  eased  to  iploO  000 

On  Thanksgiving  day,  November  28,  1889 
the  company  suiiered  a  serious  loss  by  fiie 
which  destroyed  their  entire  stock  and  all  then 
books  and  papers. 

Yet  inside  of  twenty-four  hours  another 
store  was  taken,  new  stock  was  put  in  and 
business  was  again  resumed. 

From  that  time  to  the  present  their  career 
has  been  one  of  continued  and  increasing 
success. 

Commercial  disasters  have  been  to  this 
firm  merely  object  lessons,  which  their  natui  il 
enterprise  and  sagacity  have  turned  to  expeii 
ence  and  advantage. 

Their  business  methods  have  been  marked 
by  wise  daring,  fearless  integrity,  unceasing 
activity,  sound  and  conservative  judgment,  and 
a  will  to  accomplish  any  undertaking.  "" 

They  have  always  made  friends  of  their  customers. 

■  The  house  has  not  only  kept  abreast  of  the  times,  but  is  easily  in  the  van  in  meeting  the  demands  of 
the  most  active  market  on  this  continent.  Its  traveling  salesmen  can  be  encountered  in  every  city  and  town 
from  Bangor  to  Buffalo,  and  its  sales  are  annually  increasing  at  a  rapid  ratio. 

This  company  are  large  manufacturers  of  cotton  underwear,  knit  goods  and  kid  gloves,  receiving  the  entire 
output  of  extensive  factories  located  in  Boston,  Weymouth,  Woburn,  Hyde  Park,  and  adjacent  towns.  Two 
of  these  plants  are  employed  entirely  in  manufacturing  ladies'  print  dress,  wrappers  and  childrens'.  dresses,  and 
ladies'  Norfolk  waists  in  a  variety  of  materials. 

The  well-known  "  Domestic  Wrappers  "  which  have  become  so  popular  with  New  England  women,  are  made 
here,  thousands  and  thousands  of  dozens. 

The  work  has  been  carried  to  that  perfection  in  cut  and  finish,  that  once  they  have  been  tried  the  consumer 
rarely  abandons  them.  Such  is  the  skilful  combination  of  buying  the  material  and  manufactui'ing  in  large  quan- 
tities, that  a  well  made,  perfectly  fitting  "  Domestic  Print  Wrapper  "  is  retailed  at  the  price  which  a  woman  would 
be  obliged  to  pay  for  the  material  alone. 

Charming  styles  for  children,  at  moderate  prices,  are  also  produced.  Mothers  no  longer  need  be  troubled  by 
the  gussets  or  gores  of  their  own  or  children's  dresses,  as  in  ye  olden  time. 

This  company  carries  an  extensive  line  of  goods  known  as  small  wares  and  notions,  embracing  a  thousand  little 
necessary  articles  that  no  household  can  be  without  and  no  store  successful  that  has  not  a  line. 

Through  this  department,  from  pins  and  needles,  spool  cotton  and  elastic  cords — to  buttons  and  corsets,  the 
assortments  are  complete,  and  the  sales  enormous. 

In  handkerchiefs,  aprons,  laces,  embroideries,  veilings  and  ruffiings,  in  stamped  linen  goods,  China  silks,  art 
goods,  crochet  and  embroidery  silks  for  fancy  work,  all  wants  are  carefully  looked  after  and  good  taste  made  in 
selections. 

One  of  the  heaviest  and  most  important  of  the  branches  of  this  establishment  is  that  of  hosiery,  gloves 
and  underwear.  Foreign  and  domestic  products  are  ranged  side  by  side,  and  nothing  is  wanting  that  fashion  can 
dictate  or  comfort  require,  for  men,  women  or  children. 

The  exigencies  of  the  business  call  for  the  employment  of  more  than  one  hundred  clerks  and  salesmen  in 
the  store,  and  over  five  hundred  outside. 


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The  salesrooms  of  the  compauy  comprise  the  ground  floor  and  basement  of  the  new  and  handsome  building  on 
the  corner.of  Bedford  and  Kingston  Streets,  owned  by  E.  D.  Jordan,  Esq,,  head  of  the  firm  of  Jordan,  Marsh  & 
Co.,  and  has  a  frontage  of  200  feet  on  Bedford  and  100  feet  on  Kingston  Street. 

The  store  is  one  of  the  lightest  and  best  ventilated  in  the  country  and  comprises  about  25,000  square  feet  of 
floor  space.  Here  is  displayed  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  assortments  of  fancy  goods,  notions,  underwear  and 
small  wares  to  be  found  in  the  city,  including  always  many  exceptional  bargains  for  close  cash  customers. 

Expert  buyers  are  sent  annually  to  Europe  to  gather  the  finest  novelties  in  each  line,  that  continental  genius 
can  produce,  and  domestic  manufacturers  have  always  been  accorded  the  most  generous  patronage,  where  the 
quality  of  goods  warranted  it. 

The  company  are  crowding  closely  for  supremacy  in  their  lines  of  trade,  and  their  methods,  from  the  wonderful 
success  which  has  attended  them,  are  such  as  win  for  them  everywhere  the  heartiest  recognition  and  appreciation. 

They  have  cut  figures  down  to  a  scale  which  only  their  perfect  facilities  for  manufacturing  and  importing 
can  warrant.  By  selling  large  quantities  they  ai'e  able  to  work  on  the  smallest  margins,  and  their  customers  reap 
the  benefits.  The  leading  retailers  of  Boston,  as  well  as  of  other  cities  and  towns  of  New  England,  with  many  in 
New  York  State,  make  an  important  factor  of  +'"s  progressive  house. 

The  officers  and  managers  of  the  company  are  as  follows  :  James  Wentworth  Brown,  president;  James  H. 
Stetson,  vice-president;  Frederick  L.  Walker,  treasurer;  Messrs.  Alfred  H.  Jones,  Charles  D.  Mather  and  Rufus 
H.  Sawyer,  directors. 

The  president,  Mr.  Brown,  is  a  native  of  Maine,  who  came  to  Boston  in  1860,  and  is  a  well-known  resident 
of  Wellesley  and  an  experienced  and  talented  business  man. 

Vice-president  Stetson  was  born  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  coming  into  the  house  in  1875,  and  became  a  partner  in  1886. 

Mr.  Walker,  the  treasurer,  was  born  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  came  into  tlie  house  in  1873  and  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  in  1881. 

Messrs.  Jones,  Matlier  and  Sawyer  are  well-known  Bostonians  and  young  men  of  tried  abilities  and  sound 
judgment. 

The  accessibility  of  the  principal  members  of  the  house  and  their  cordial  demeanor  have  won  friends  for  them 
in  all  parts  of  New  England  and  New  York,  while  their  salesmen  are  among  the  best-known  and  best  liked  trav- 
elers who  emanate  from  Boston. 

^  The  photographic  art  has  one  of  its  foremost  representative  establishments  in 

A  ^  ^^  VN^V'"'  Boston  in   that  owned   by  Mr.  W.   A.    Holland,   proprietor  of  Ye  Holland 

■^4  ^^     »-\\'^vM^^  studios,  centrally  located  at  No.  611  Washington  Street,  opposite  the  Globe 

J      ~V^0\  *vt®^        Theatre.     The  business  of   this  house   was   originally   founded  in   1886,   by 

-^^  V  V       ^^*(\\vl^'*  Messrs.  Holland  &  Roberts,  and  in  1888,  Mr.  Holland  succeeded  to  the  entire 

-  /^  .-^  C^  /?=^  control.     On  July  1st,  1891,  he  removed  from   Temple  Place,  where  he  had 

N  "   (3  1  J  (P^LJ^s^!^        \)^f!.x\  conducting  business,  to  his  present  place.     Here  the  premises  occupied 

■•  1  *-  •         ^  ^X^    ^     v*    comprise   the  entire   sixth   floor,   having  dimensions   of  50  x  150  feet.     The 

VVttSHIIlQlQr)     uiTr ^^J     quarters  are  furnished  in  elegantly  tasteful  style,  and  divided  into  reception 
__  T?o"-V'o  ri     _^  rooms,    office,  toilet  room,  work  rooms   and  operating  gallery,   all  modern 

~~^  '-"-  improvements  having  been  provided.     The  operating  department  has  a  light 

16  x  16  feet  in  dimensions,  the  largest  in  Boston,  or  indeed  in  New  England.  The  apparatus  is  of  the  finest,  and 
includes  a  |f  camera,  the  largest  in  the  city.  Twelve  expert  artists  and  assistants  are  employed,  and  the  business 
is  under  the  personal  management  of  Messrs.  Thos.  Holland,  and  C.  E.  Holland,  sons  of  the  proprietor,  who  have 
liad  ten  years'  experience  as  practical  photographers  and  are  thoroughly  skilled  in  all  the  branches  of  the  pro- 
fession. Photography  in  all  its  branches  is  executed  in  the  highest  perfected  style  of  the  art;  also  crayons,  water 
colors,  pastelles,  India  ink,  etc.,  and  portraits.  They  give  special  attention  to  copying  from  old  pictures,  while  the 
prices  are  uniformly  low  and  reasonable.  The  firm  especially  excel  in  group  pictures.  The  studio  may  be  reached 
by  elevator,  and  all  visitors  are  assured  of  courteous,  considerate  attention. 

I  HE  JOHHTSTOBJ  LIIVE  runs  a  weekly  service  from  Boston  to  London  direct,  performed  by  the  fol- 
lowing first-class  steamers: — "  Mentraore,"  "  Nessmore,"  "Oranmore,"  "  Parkmore,"  "British 
Crown  "  and  "British  Empire."  The  agents  in  Boston  are  Messrs.  WM.  JOHNSTON  &  CO.,  LTD., 
Chamber  of  Commerce  Building,  who  also  have  a  regular  service,  THE  HANSA-JOHNSTOST 
EIIVE,  running  a  weekly  boat  alternately  to  Hamburg  and  Antwerp,  and  as  the  trade  warrants  they 
despatch  boats  to  Rotterdam  and  other  ports.  The  following  well-known  steamers,  which,  like  those  of  the  London 
service,  were  built  specially  for  the  trade,  compose  the  line: — "  Baurawall,"  "  Stubbenhuk,"  "Pickhuben," 
"Grimm,"  "Cremon,"  "  Wandrahm,"  "  Steinhoft,"  "Kehrweider"  and  "  Grasbrook."  These  are  among  the 
best  freight  lines  to  and  from  Europe  that  cross  the  Atlantic,  and  every  facility  and  courtesy  is  extended  to  their 
patrons.  The  company  is  prepared  to  quote  rates  and  close  contracts  for  freight  between  Boston  and  the  above 
ports,  and  also  through  rates  in  connection  with  the  American  and,  or  English  and,  European  railways  to  or  from 
any  of  the  principal  points.  Tlie  officers  are  among  tlie  best  known  navigators,  selected  for  their  peculiar  fitness 
for  their  positions  :  the  passages  are  noted  for  speed  and  the  lines  are  very  popular  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 


no  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

IQUITABLE  LIFE  ASSURANCE  SOCIETY,  Branch  Office,  Equitable  Building,  Corner  of  Milk  and 
Devonshire  Streets,  Nathan  Warren,  Cashier. — The  three  generations  of  the  American  public  now 
mintrlintr  in  the  mortal  arena — the  young  man  just  across  the  threshold  of  the  business  world,  the  man 
in  his  prime  who  has  about  gauged  the  extent  of  his  capacities,  and  the  elderly  man  whose  increasing 
years  and  lessening  strength  warn  him  that  life's  day  has  a  limit — all  are  equally  interested  in  the 
■mifhtv  problems  involved  in  life  insurance.  This  age  finds  the  community  largely  one  of  thoughtful,  intelligent 
men  who  have  a  full  knowledge  of  the  value  and  benefits  of  life  insurance,  educated  up  to  the  duties  inherent  on 
them  to  protect  their  families,  but  who  become  bewildered  as  to  which  is  the  company  and  scheme  best  adapted  to 
meet  their  requirements.  Of  all  the  companies  whose  methods  and  plans  have  been  examined,  the  Equitable  Life 
Assurance  Society  offers  the  most  substantial  inducements.  ].>uly  incorporated  in  1859,  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  it  numbers  among  its  directors  the  leading  capitalists,  phila,nthropists  and  business  men  of 
the  o'reat  metropolis,  and  is  doing  the  largest  business  of  any  life  insurance  company  in  the  United  States.  It 
opened  its  Boston  office  some  thirty  years  ago,  and  in  1874  erected  what  is  known  as  the  Equitable  Building,  at 
the  corner  of  Milk  and  .Devonshire  Streets,  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000.  It  is  a  magnificent  structure,  eleven 
stories  high,  with  a  frontage  of  124  feet  on  Milk,  119  feet  on  Devonshire  and  91  feet  on  Federal  Street, 
and  is  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  office  buildings  in  New  England.  It  contains  the  most  secure  safe  deposit 
vaults  in  the  world,  and  is  the  headquarters  of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  for  Eastern  Massachu- 
setts. This  society  issues  policies  on  carefully  selected  lives  for  any  amount  between  $1,000  and  $100,000.  The 
cheapest  and  simplest  form  of  Free  Tontine  policy  is  on  the  "  life  plan."  If  you  assure  at  the  age  of  thirty-five 
the  annual  premium  for  a  $10,000  policy  will  be  $271.00,  and  in  the  event  of  death  at  any  lime  after  the  delivery  of 
the  policy  and  the  payment  of  your  first  premium,  your  family  will  receive  $10,000.  Now,  under  the  old-fashioned 
policy  if  your  life  is  prolonged  for  many  years  you  may  find  the  premium  a  burden  during  old  age,  but  the  Free 
Tontine  policy  provides  that  at  the  end  of  a  term  of  years  the  policy  may  be  returned  to  the  society  and  its  full 
value  (including  the  entire  reserve  on  the  policy)  drawn  in  cash.  Moreover,  the  Free  Tontine  policy  gives  you  a 
choice  of  no  less  than  six  ways  of  arranging  or  settling  your  assurance,  thus  guaranteeing  to  every  policy-holder  a 
satisfactory  adjustment,  no  matter  how  his  circumstances  may  change  from  year  to  year  after  his  policy  is  issued. 
This  policy  is  unrestricted  after  one  year,  incontestable  after  two  years,  and  guarantees  a  full  share  of  the  surplus 
earned  and  being  issued  by  a  society  holding  a  larger  surplus  than  any  other  assurance  company,  may  be  expected 
to  show  larger  profits  than  the  policies  of  any  other  company.  The  Indemnity  Bond  of  this  society  forms  a  secure 
and  profitable  investment  combined  with  life  assurance.  This  bond  is  backed  by  a  surplus,  over  all  liabilities,  of 
twenty-two  and  a  half  millions:  while  the  success  with  which  the  business  of  this  society  has  been  conducted,  its 
surplus  earning  power,  and  the  profits  paid  in  the  past,  indicate  that  this  bond  will  realize  liberal  profits.  It  may 
be  purchased  in  easy  installments,  and  at  any  time  aftei-  three  years  may  be  exchanged  for  a  paid  up  bond  for  an 
amount  equal  to  the  sum  of  the  annual  installments  paid.  At  maturity  the  bond  is  either  payable  in  cash  or  may 
be  extended.  In  the  latter  case  it  will  bear  interest  annually  from  the  date  of  its  extension.  The  annual  state- 
ment of  this  society,  made  Dec.  31,  1890,  shows  the  following  facts  and  figures,  viz.:  Total  assets,  $119,243,744.47; 
total  undivided  surplus,  over  4%  reserve,  $23,740,447.34;  total  paid  policy-holders,  $13,256,671.71;  new  assurance 
written  in  1890,  $203,826,107.00;  total  outstanding  assurance,  $720,662,473.00.  These  figures  speak  more  eloquently 
than  words  as  to  the  condition  of  the  society.  The  board  of  directors  is  composed  of  the  following  citizens  of 
New  York,  to  wit: — Henry  B.  Hyde,  president;  James  W.  Alexander,  vice-president;  Louis  Fitzgerald,  Henry  A. 
Hurlbut,  Henry  G.  Marquand,  Wm.  A.  Wheelock,  Henry  Day,  M.  Hartley,  H.  M.  Alexander,  Chauncey  M.  Depew, 
Charles  G.  Landon,  Cornelius  N.  Bliss,  E.  Boudinot  Colt,  Alanson  Trask,  John  Sloane,  S.  Borrowe,  B.  Williamson, 
Euo-ene  Kelly,  John  A.  Stewart,  Geo.  C.  Magoun,  William  ,M.  Bliss,  Wm.  B.  Kendall,  G.  W.  Carleton,  E.  W.  Lam- 
ber°t,  H.  S.  Terbell,  Thomas  S.  Young,  John  J.  McCook,  Daniel  D.  Lord,  H.  J.  Fairchild,  Wm.  Alexander,  Horace 
Porter,  Edward  W.  Scott,  C.  B.  Alexander,  Geo.  DeF.  L.  Day,  John  D.  Jones,  Levi  P.  Morton,  John  A.  McCall, 
Charles  S.  Smith,  Joseph  T.  Low,  A.  Van  Bergen,  T.  DeWitt  Cuyler,  Oliver  Ames,  Eustace  C.  Fitz,  S.  H.  Phillips, 
Henry  R.  Woloott,  Gustav  G.  Pohl,  J.  P.  DeNavarro,  James  H.  Dunham,  Daniel  R.  Noyes,  Waldo  Adams.  The 
representative  of  the  Society  in  Boston  is  Mr.  Nathan  Warren,  who  has  been  identified  with  its  office  in  this  city 
for  upwards  of  twenty  years.  He  is  a  recognized  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining  to  life  insurance,  and  a 
gentleman  of  marked  executive  ability,  unvarying  courtesy,  and  high  social  and  business  standing,  with  whom  it  is 
always  a  pleasure  to  do  business. 

PLLIAM  FRANCIS  PRATT,  Optician,  Office, [Corner  Bosworth  Street  and  Chapman  Place.— When  it 
becomes  necessary  to  resort  to  the  use  of  spectacles  or  eye  glasses,  it  is  highly  important  that  the  eyes 
should  be  examined  by  a  competent  optician,  in  order  that  glasses  of  exactly  the  right  description 
may  be  selected.  This  kind  of  examination  is  carefully  and  skillfully  made  by  Mr.  William  Francis 
Pratt,  the  well-known  optician,  whose  office  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Bosworth  Street  and  Chapman 
Place,  with  entrance  on  the  latter  at  No.  22.  Mr.  Pratt  makes  a  specialty  of  opthalmic  surgeons'  orders,  and  gives 
particular  attention  to  the  fitting  of  spectacles  and  eye  glasses.  He  also  manufactures  frames  of  all  kinds  to 
order,  and  executes  optical  repairs  of  every  description.  He  has  now  had  a  practical  experience  of  twenty-six  years 
in  the  business,  and  is  regarded  as  an  expert.  For  nineteen  years  he  had  charge  of  the  optical  department  of  the 
business  of  Thaxter  Bros.,  and  for  six  years  and  a  half  was  with  Widdificld  &  Co.,  in  the  same  capacity. 


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Ill 


gOSTON  AND  MONTANA  CONSOLIDATED  COPPER  AND  SILVER  MINING  COMPANY,  Office 
No.  199  Washington  Street. — There  are  numerous  indications  that  the  present  "  boom  "  in  mining 
ll^S^  1  operations  is  of  the  most  perma:ient  and  conservative  character.  The  newly  formed  companies  have 
entered  the  field  upon  the  most  substantial  basis,  headed  by  experienced  mining  experts  and  capital- 
ists, not  over-stocked,  and  formed  to  develop  some  of  the  richest  and  most  extensive  ore  leads  yet  dis- 
covered. The  Boston  and  Montana  Consolidated  Copper  and'  Silver  Mining  Company,  with  offices  at  No.  199 
Washington  Street,  Sears  Building,  is  a  favorable  exami^le  of  a  corporation  organized  to  conduct  legitimate  mining 
operations.  Incorporated  iu  1887,  under  he  laws  of  Montana,  with  a  capital  of  iiiS,  125,000,  it  acquired  ownership  of  ^ 
the  richest  copper  and  silver  bearing  territory  in  Montana,  situated  near  Butte  City.  Their  property  includes  four 
mines,  and  a  full  working  plant  with  all  requisite  machinery,  and  having  made  all  necessary  preparations  the  com- 
pany have  begun  the  development  of  its  property  under  the  direction  of  experienced  mining  engineers,  and,  with 
rich  ore  in  sight,  are  opening  the  way  to  secure  a  steady  output  of  both  copper  and  silver,  thus  placing  the  com- 
pany upon  a  secure  dividend-paying  basis.  The  ore  assays  very  rich,  and  the  company  is  to  be  congratulated 
upon  its  favorable  prospects  under  the  faithful  and  painstaking  management  of  its  board  of  officers  and  directors, 
to  wit. :  President,  A.  S.  Bigelow;  secretary  and  treasurer',  Thomas  Nelson;  superintendent,  Thos.  Couch;  direc- 
tors, A.  S.  Bigelow,  Franklin  Fairbanks,  Chas.  Van  Brunt,  Leonard  Lewisohu,  A.  W.  Spencer,  H.  Wallerstein, 
Thomas  Couch.  Under  the  present  management  the  interests  of  the  stockholders  are  in  safe  hands,  and  the  Boston 
and  Montana  promises  to  become  one  of  our  leading  dividend  payers.  Its  stock  is  divided  into  125,000  shares  at 
$25.00  each,  and  if  safety  and  not  hazard,  prudence  and  not  recklessness,  legitimate  properties  and  not  wild-cat 
schemes  are  desired  by  an  investor,  let  him  consult  this  responsible  company. 


\  Established  1780.] 


ALTER  BAKER  &  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Chocolate  and  Breakfast  Cocoa.— The  oldest,  and 
at  the  present  time  one  of  the  largest  industrial  establishments  in  Boston,  is  that  of  Walter  Baker  & 
Company,  manufacturers  of  breakfast  cocoa,  and  other  cocoa  and  chocolate  preparations.  The  exten- 
sive mills  belonging  to  this  house  are  situated  on  the  Neponset  River,  partly  in  the  Dorchester  distriv,t 
of  this  city  and  partly  in  the  town  of  Milton.  The  small  mill  in  which  the  business  was  first  begun, 
at  the  same  place,  in  1765,  is  said  to  be  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  British  Provinces  of  North  America.     The  plant 

then  established  came  into  the  possession  of  Dr.  James  Baker,  in  1780, 
who  was  succeeded  later  by  Walter  Baker,  his  grandson,  in  whose  name 
the  business  has  since  been  conducted.  It  is  an  extremely  Interest- 
ing fact,  and  one  with  scarcely  a  parallel,  perhaps,  in  our  industrial 
annals,  that  on'  the  very  spot  where,  more  than  a  century  and  a  quarter 
ago,  the  business  of  chocolate  making  was  first  begun  in  this  country, 
there  has  growai  up  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of  that  kind  in  the 
world; — an  establishment  which  competes  successfully  for  prizes  in  all  the 
great  industrial  exhibitions  in  Europe  and  America,  whose  influence  is  felt 
in  the  great  commercial  centers,  and  whose  prosperity  promotes  the  wel- 
fare of  men  who  labor  under  a  tropical  sun  in  the  cultivation  of  one  of  the 
choicest  fruits  of  the  earth.  The  chocolate  plant,  known  to  botanists  as 
Theobroma  Cacao  (the  first  or  generic  word  meaning  "food  of  the  gods") 
flourishes  only  in  hot  climates,  mostly  within  the  fifteenth  parallels  of  lati- 
tude. The  Cacao  beans  used  by  the  manufacturers  are  procured  mainly 
from  South  America,  some  of  the  West  India  islands,  Ceylon,  Java  and 
certain  parts  of  Africa.  The  establishment  of  Walter  Baker  &  Company, 
to  which  extensive  additions  have  been  made  from  time  to  time  during 
the  last  fifty  years,  now  comprise  five  large  mills,  equipped  with  all  the 
latest  and  most  improved  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  cocoa  and 
chocolate  in  a  variety  of  foi-ms  and  by  the  most  approved  methods.  A 
large  number  of  work-people  are  employed,  and  the  total  annual  output 
reaches  a  very  high  figure.  The  high  degree  of  perfection  which  this  house 
has  attained  in  its  manufactured  products  is  the  result  of  long  experience 
combined  with  an  intelligent  use  of  the  new  forces  which  are  constantly 
being  introduced  to  increase  the  power  and  improve  the  quality  of 
production,  and  clieapen  the  cost  to  the  consumer.  The  full  strength  and  the  exquisite  natural  flavor  of  the  raw 
material  are  preserved  unimpaired  in  all  of  Walter  Baker  &  Company's  preparations;  so  that  their  products  may 
truly  be  said  to  form  the  standard  for  purity  and  excellence.  Their  Breakfast  Cocoa,  in  which  a  high  degree  of 
fineness  is  secured  without  any  loss  of  brilliancy  in  color,  can  be  used  by  students  of  the  microscope  and  of  chemis- 
try, as  a  perfect  type  of  the  highest  order  of  excellence  in  manufacture.  They  have  always  taken  a  decided  stand 
against  any  and  all  chemically  treated  cocoas  and  they  believe  that  the  large  and  increasing  demand  for  their  goods 
has  proved  that  the  consumer  appreciates  this  decision. 


"LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATlJlEE." 
v.  BAKES  &  CO.'S   Reoistkked  Teade-Maek. 


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NITED  STATES  HOTEL,  Beach  Street,  Tilly  Hayiies,  Resident  Piopuetoi  —The  United  States  Hotel 

is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  Lii  i\  iiiMiKs  in  the     \ty    )f  Boston      Its  leputation  extends 

all  over  the  world,  and  the  many  thou    ^^"^ 

sands  who  have  been  its  guests  are  alwa-^-- 

ready  to  speak  of  the  place  with  favoi 
The  hotel  has  passed  through  many  hands,  but  ha-- 
attained  its  greatest  popularity  under  the  management 
of  Mr.  Tilly  Haynes,  the  present  proprietor.  The  house 
was  first  opened  in  1824,  by  the  United  States  Hotel 
Company.  In  1879  Mr.  Haynes  became  the  owner,  and 
under  his  able  directorship  the  place  has  been  signally 
successful.  Although  the  hotel  contains  four  hundred 
and  sixty-six  rooms,  yet  it  is  constantly  patronized  to 
the  fullest  extent  of  its  accommodations,  people  having 
often  to  be  turned  away  for  lack  of  room.     Employment 

is  furnished  the  year  round  to  one  hundred  and  eighty  llkllTrB    CTATC©    UATFI       DnOTAkl 

hands  in  the  various  departments.     The  United  States  UNlTcU    STATES    HuTcU   BOSTON. 

is  a  handsome  five-story  and  basement  structure,  taking  up  an  entire  block,  and  is  admirably  located,  with 
entrances  from  Beach,  Kingston  and  Lincoln  Streets.  Horse-cars  to  all  points  pass  the  doors.  It  is  but  three  min- 
utes' walk  to  the  Old  Colony  and  Boston  and  Albany  stations.  The  hotel  is  handsomely  furnished  throughout,  pro- 
vided with  all  modern  conveniences,  while  the  service  is  perfect  in  every  respect,  and  the  terms  reasonable.  Mr. 
Haynes  is  a  native  of  Sudbury,  Mass.,  and  is  a  gentleman  now  past  the  middle  age  of  life.  He  possesses  hosts  of 
friends  in  business,  professional  and  social  circles,  and  is  popularly  esteemed  by  the  traveling  public. 


|HE  CONNECTICUT  RIVER  LUMBER  COMPANY,  No.  IT  Doane  Street.— The  lumber  trade  of  New 
England  has  been  aptly  described  to  be  one  of  the  integral  links  in  the  great  chain  of  American 
commerce.  Its  important  bearing  upon  the  commercial  economy  of  the  country  is  a  manifest  fact, 
and  the  flourishing  condition  of  the  industry  requires  no  stronger  proof  than  the  existence  within  the 
limits  of  such  industry's  influence,  of  prominent  and  substantial  houses  of  the  class  of  the  Connecticut 
River  Lumber  Company,  the  subject  of  this  review.  The  company  has  been  in  existence  since  the  year  1879,  when  it 
was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  At  the  time  of  the  company's  incipiency  the  capital  stock 
of  the  concern  was  fixed  at  $947,000,  and  there  is  no  better  evidence  of  the  prosperity  of  the  house  than  the  fact  that,  at 
the  present  time,  the  capital  stands  at$l,500,000  (one  million  and  a  half).  The  Connecticut  River  Lumber  Company 
are  manufactures  of  lath,  shingles,  clapboards,  spruce  lumber,  and  spruce  piles.  They  also  have  extensive  dealings 
on  commission  in  all  kinds  of  pine,  hemlock  and  hardwood  lumber,  shingles,  clapboards,  etc.,  the  sales  of  the  concern 
averaging  over  150,000,000  feet  of  lumber  per  annum.  Some  estimate  may  be  formed  of  the  extent  of  this  com- 
pany's operations,  when  it  is  known  that,  in  addition  to  occupying  the  commodious  premises  at  No.  17  Doane  Street, 
City,  and  while  owning  a  large  retail  yard  at  No.  18  State  Street,  Roxbury,  Mass. ,  the  house  owns  mills  in  the  several 
States  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut ;  having  no  less  than  eight  mills  on  the  Con- 
necticut and  Androscoggin  Rivers,  and  possessing  several  hundred  thousand  acres  of  standing  timber.  The  business 
of  this  company  is  of  such  magnitude  as  to  find  employment  for  over  one  thousand  five  hundred  men;  the  company 
being,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  the  largest  of  its  class  in  New  England.  The  business  of  the  concern  is  transacted  in  car-lots 
only,  all  kind  of  lumber,  hard  and  soft,  being  handled.  The  clock-work  precision  and  automatic  accuracy  with 
which  is  conducted  the  gigantic  volume  of  business  annually  transacted  by  the  house,  call  forth,  and  justly  so,  the 
marvel  of  all  familiar  with  the  concern,  and  stand  as  sterling  tributes  to  the  executive  aptitude  and  ability  of  those 
who  act  at  the  helm  of  the  company's  prosperity.  There  are  existing  those  who  are  ready  to  regard  the 
almost  phenomenal  success  which  has,  in  the  twelve  years'  time,  been  showered  upon  this  great  concern,  to  some 
chance,  or  caprice  of  the  fickle  goddess  Fortune.  Those,  however,  who  observe  closer,  discern  the  well-spring 
of  the  company's  prosperity  to  be  in  the  indefatigable  energy,  the  unremitting  effort  and  the  high  business  prin- 
ciples of  the  directorate  of  the  business.  The  president  of  the  Connecticut  River  Lumber  Company  is  Mr.  Geo. 
Van  Dyke,  which  gentleman  is  located  at  Lancaster,  N.  H.  The  vice-presidency  is  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  .1.  P. 
Thompson,  who  is  stationed  at  Northampton,  Mass;  while  the  double  duties  of  secretary  and  treasurer  are  dis- 
charged by  Mr.  Charles  A.  Burns,  who  controls  the  management  of  the  metropolitan  branch  of  the  company,  at  No.  17 
Broad  Street,  N.  Y.  The  Boston  house  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  W.  Palmer,  a  gentleman  justly  meriting  the 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  generally.  Mr.  Palmer  has  been  in  the  lumber  trade  for  many  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Bay  State  Lumber  Dealers'  Association,  an  organization  of  great  influence,  embracing  in  the  ranks  of  its 
members  the  most  prominent  lumber  merchants  of  the  state.  The  name  of  the  Connecticut  River  Lumber  Com- 
pany, throughout  the  trade  and  its  allied  industries,  is  synonymous  with  unqualified  integrity;  a  circumstance 
when  viewed  in  connection  with  the  company's  prominence,  entitling  the  name  to  be  written  in  indelible  letters 
upon  the  pages  of  this  record  of  the  representative  business  concerns  conducting  operations  in  the  capital  of  the 
Bay  State. 


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113 


HITNET,  CLOUGH  &  CO.,  Commission  Mei-cliaiits,  No.  37  Merchants  Row,  and  Nos.  2,  4,  and  6  Clinton 
Street. — In  examining  tlie  business  interests  of  this  city  one  is  impressed  witli  the  large  number 
of  extensive  establishments  whose  proprietors  have  been  subjected  to  a  thorough  training  in  all  the 
details  of  their  business,  and  who  are  recognized  as  the  representatives  of  their  special  industry. 
Such  a  firm  is  that  of  Messrs.  Whitney,  Clough  &  Co.,  commission  merchants  in  produce,  meats, 
poultry  and  game.  No.  37  Merchants  Eow,  and  Nos.  2,  4,  and  6  Clinton  Street.  This  house  was  founded  as  far  back 
as  1842  by  Messrs.  Griswold,  Whitney  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  in  1SS3  by  the  present  firm  (consisting  of 
Messrs.  G.  Whitney,  J.  W.  Clough  and  H.  A.  Whitney)  on  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Griswold  during  that  year.  The 
premises  occupied  embrace  a  spacious  and  commodious  first  floor,  having  a  frontage  and  depth  of  100  x  60  feet, 
(rivincf  ample  accommodation  for  the  manipulation  and  storage  of  stock  and  the  general  advantageous  prosecution  of 
the  business.  The  firm  deal  at  wholesale  exclusively  and  handle  the  various 
products  of  the  farm,  the  orchard  and  the  garden,  a  specialty  being  made  of 
western  meats  and  poultry,  receiving  their  supplies  from  producers  and  ship- 
pers in  oar-lots.  As  agents  for  buyer  and  seller,  their  facilities  are  of  the  most 
peifect  character;  they  are  prompt  in  disposing  of  consignments,  equally  expedi- 
tious in  making  returns,  and  guarantee  the  highest  ruling  market  prices  on  all 
sales.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  natives  of  Boston,  Mr.  G.  Whitney  being 
one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  enterprise,  Mr.  H.  A.  Whitney,  his  son,  and 
Ml.  J.  W.  Clough  having  acquired  their  knowledge  of  this  business,  prior  to 
being  invested  with  a  copartnery  interest,  by  long  and  faithful  service  with  this 
time-honored  house. 


BoYLSTON  Street. 


E4RSARGE  MINING  COMPANY,  Office,  No. 
199  Washington  Street. — The  mining  of  copper 
in  the  Lake  Superior  region  has  proved  a  bo- 
"jftV  ■y\~  nanza  to  thousands  of  stockholders,  and  prom- 
'*^*^»^  inent  among  the  corporations  engaged  in  the 
industry,  stands  the  Kearsarge  Mining  Company,  whose  main 
offices  are  located  at  No.  199  Washington  Street.  This  com- 
pany was  incorporated  in  1866,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Michigan,  with  a  capital  of  $1,250,000  divided  into  40,000  .shares  issued  at  $25.00  each,  and  10,000  in  the  treasury, 
and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. :  President,  Charles  Van  Brunt;  secretary  and  treasurer,  A.  S.  Bigelow;  superintend- 
ent, John  Daniell.  Directors,  Alberts.  Bigelow,  Joseph  W.  Clark,  Leonard  Lewisohn,  Charles  Van  Brunt  and  John 
Daniell.  The  company  are  now  conducting  operations  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  and  upon  the  largest  scale, 
and  we  would  recommend  those  seeking  a  safe  and  very  remunerative  investment  to  call  at  this  company's  office 
and  investigate  for  themselves.  During  the  year  1890  the  product  of  mineral  was  1,928,315  pounds,  which  at  82.90 
per  cent,  gave  1,598,525  pounds  of  refined  copper,  for  which  has  been  realized  the  gross  sum  of  $240,997.67.  The 
cost  of  mining  footed  up  $170,741.21,  leaving  a  net  income  for  the  year  of  $70,817.60.  They  paid  a  dividend  of 
$80,000.00  on  January  1,  1890;  and  their  assets  at  the  beginning  of  1891  were  $144,757.31.  The  company's  ore  mills 
freely,  while  every  modern  appliance  is  provided  for  the  work.  All  the  active  managers  are  residents  of  Boston 
and  New  York,  and  are  able  and  talented  business  men,  expert  in  mining  matters,  and  highly  esteemed  for  their 
sterling  personal  qualifications.  If  permanency  and  absolute  safety,  soundness  of  management,  and  freedom  from 
care  and  solicitude  count  for  anything  in  an  investment,  the  securities  of  this  company  more  nearly  meet  the  gen- 
eral want  of  the  investing  public  than  any  other  security  now  to  be  had.  Of  this  fact  a  thorough  investigation  of 
them  will  convince  the  most  skeptical,  to  whom  patient  courtesy  is  always  shown  by  the  managers  of  this  com- 
pany, 


114  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

5^1[3B^^'^^^^^^>  McCOBB  &  CO.,  General  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fruits  and  Pro- 
t'^fSl^mM  f^uce,  No.  78  South  Market  Street.— Among  the  noteworthy  firms  that  have  come  to  the  front  in  the 
produce  district  in  Boston  of  late  years  there  are  but  few,  if  any,  more  successful  than  that  of  Parker, 
McCobb  &  Co.,  whose  place  of  business  is  conveniently  located  at  No.  78  South  Market  Street.  They 
are  general  commission  merchants,  and  wholesale  dealers  in  fruits  and  country  produce,  and  are 
doing  a  flourishing  trade,  being  the  largest  produce  dealers  in  this  Hue  supplying  grocers,  provision  dealers  and 
fruit  dealers,  their  transactions  extending  throughout  the  New  England  States.  They  also  sell  large  quantities 
to  hotels  and  steamships,  handling  prime  stock,  and  altogether,  their  patronage  is  of  a  most  substantial  character, 
and  grows  steadily  apace.  This  reliable  and  well-known  house  was  established  in  1889  by  Waite  &  Parker,  who 
conducted  the  same  up  to  about  a  year  ago,  when  they  were  succeeded  by  Parker,  McCobb  &  Company.  Consign- 
ments are  solicited,  and  returns  are  promptly  made  on  the  same,  and  interests  placed  with  this  responsible  firm 
are  certain  to  be  judiciously  handled.  Supplies  come  from  various  points,  east  and  west,  and  a  large,  first-class 
stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line  indicated  receiving  immediate  attention,  and 
relations  once  formed  with  this  house  are  more  than  likely  to  lead  to  a  permanent  business  connection.     Messrs. 

D.  E.  Parker  and  Frank  W-  McCobb,  who  compose  the  firm,  are  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and  natives  of 
Massachusetts  and  Maine  respectively.  They  are  both  men  of  thorough  experience  as  well  as  of  energy  and  enter- 
prise, fully  conversant  with  the  trade,  and  are  members  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 

|HE  BOSTON  ELECTRIC  PEOTECTIVE  ASSOCIATION,  George  W.  Adaras,  General  Manager,  No. 
Ill  Arch  Street. — The  wide  and  practical  application  of  electricity  to  the  purposes  of  man 
is  well  illustrated  by  the  career  of  tlie  Boston  Electric  Protective  Association,  which  has  recently 
taken  possession  of  its  nev?  and  elegant  office  quarters  at  No.  Ill  Arch  Street.  The  object  of 
this  association  is  to  provide  manufacturing  corporations,  public  buildings,  banks,  stores,  hotels, 
warehouses,  etc.,  with  a  safeguard  from  burglars  and  a  watchman's  time  detector.  The  business  was  inaugurated 
here  on  May  1,  1877,  by  Messrs.  G.  W.  Adams  and  P.  A.  Dowd,  now  of  the  Sprague  Motor  Company,  of  New  Yoi'k. 
The  first  work  done  by  them  was  to  build  the  first  electric  light  for  New  England,  which  was  commenced  on  July 
20,  1880,  for  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.,  who  were  then  erecting  their  building,  corner  of  Avon  and  Washington 
Streets,  and  who  were  the  first  to  employ  electricity  for  illuminating  purposes  while  pulling  down  old  buildings  and 
excavating  for  foundations.  The  power  used  was  supplied  by  their  own  engine  on  their  premises.  The  power  for 
illuminating  while  work  was  progressing  on  tlie  new  front  of  A.  Shumway  &  Co.'s  store  was  also  obtained 
from  the  engine  of  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.  The  machines  used  on  these  occasions  were  of  the  Maxine  Patent  and 
were  produced  by  the  United  States  Electric  Lighting  Company,  of  New  York,  and  were  of  8,000  candle  power 
each,  one  of  which  is  now  in  use  in  Boston  for  solar  printing  and  is  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  finest  quality 
current  machines  in  use.  It  was  sold  and  billed  from  G.  W.  Adams,  superintendent  of  the  Boston  Protective  Asso- 
ciation, who  used  it  as  the  first  machine  in  practice  in  New  England.  The  electric  lights  on  the  Common  were  also 
introduced  by  this  gentleman  on  September  17,  1880.  In  1S81  the  present  association  was  incorpoi'ated  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Massacliusetts,  with  ample  capital  and  with  Weston  Lewis,  president;  Benjamin  F.  Dyer,  treas- 
urer ;  G.  W.  Adams,  general  manager;  who,  with  Henry  W.  Wellington,  form  the  board  of  directors.  The  plant  of 
the  association  cost  about  $150,000,  while  the  offices  are  the  finest  and  best  arranged  of  any  like  quarters  in  Boston. 
Tlie  electric  clock  used  by  the  Association  is  the  invention  of  Mr.  Adams,  the  general  manager,  and  is  the  founda- 
tion of  the  success  and  prosperity  of  this  enterprise.  These  clocks  are  especially  valuable  for  bankers,  as  they  are 
a  sure  protection  from  burglars,  giving  the  necessary  warning  against  their  attacks.  The  places  having  this  system 
are  connected  with  the  office  of  the  Association,  and  when  once  closed  for  the  day  it  is  absolutely  impossible  for 
any  one  to  enter  the  place  in  any  manner  without  the  ofifice  being  immediately  notified,  and  a  man  is  at  once  sent  to 
the  location  of  the  clock  to  ascertain  the  cause.  The  clock  also  indicates  the  time  of  opening  and  closing  the  place 
of  business  and  is  a  perfect  check  upon  watchmen.  These  clocks  are  leased  to  parties  on  very  reasonable  terms, 
and  estimates  are  furnislied  for  equipping  buildings  in  any  part  of  the  country  with  this  system.  The  association 
are  now  employing  thirteen  officers  in  this  city  on  night  duty,  who  patrol  the  various  districts  and  examine  the 
stores  and  other  buildings  belonging  to  their  subscribers.  Over  four  hundred  watchmen's  clocks  of  Mr.  Adams' 
invention  are  now  in  use.  Among  the  subscribers  to  the  system  in  Boston  are  the  Fi-eeman's  National  Bank,  Manu- 
facturers National  Bank,  Continental  National  Bank,  Broadway  National  Bank,  Boylston  National  Bank,  Home 
Savings  Bank,  American  Rubber  Company,  C.  F.  Hovey  &  Co.,  Shepard,  Norwell  &  Co.,  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co., 
Stouglitou  Rubber  Company,  R.  H.  White  &  Co.,  Gilman's  Restaurant,  Moulton's  Restaurant,  J.  Peavy  &  Bros., 
Isaac  Fenno  &  Co.,  George  R.  Fisk  &  Co.,  Eureka  Silk  Company,  Rogers,  Wood,  Loring  &  Co.,  A.  B.  Crocker  &  Com- 
pany, Joel  Goldth  waite  &  Co.,  Smith,  Whiting,  Connor  &  Co.,  Bliss,  Fabyan&  Co.,  Commonwealth  Clothing  Company, 
Whitten,  Burdett  &  Young,  Coleman,  Mead  &  Co.,  James  Rothwell  &  Co.,  Massachusetts  National  Bank,  Boston 
Belting  Company,  Walker,  Stetson,  Sawyer  Company,  John  H.  Pray,  Sons  &  Co.,  J.  A.  Jackson,  Farley,  Harvey 
&  Co.,  Weil,  Dryfus  &  Co.,  R.  &  J.  Gilchrist,  Parker,  Holmes  &  Co.,  Dennison  Manufacturing  Company,  Macullar, 
Parker  &   Co.,   Abram  French  Company,   Jones,    McDuffee  &  Stratton,  Miner,  Beal   &   Co.,   A.   Sliuman  &  Co., 

E.  H.  Stearns  &  Co.,  Bradford,  Thomas  &  Co.,  and  many  others.  The  association  has  recently  re-wired  the  stor- 
age vaults  and  store  of  E.  B.  Sears,  the  furrier,  containing  four  floors,  with  a   wire  every  six  inches  and  with  two 


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circuits,  wliile  tlie  services  of  the  Association  are  in  constant  and  important  requisition  tliroui^liuut  tlie  country. 
President  Lewis  is  best  known  as  president  of  the  Manufacturers  National  Bank.  Treasurer  Dyer  is  at  tlie  head  of 
tlie  well-known  mercantile  house  of  Dyer,  Rice  &  Co. ;  while  Mr.  Wellington  is  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Silver 
Lake  Mills.  General  Manager  Adams  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  served  in  the  army  three  years  during  the  war, 
and  settled  in  Boston  in  186.5.  He  it  was  who  ei-ected  tlie  .57,000  candle  power  light  on  Boston  Common  at  the  time 
of  the  Army  and  Navy  celebration.  He  has  had  an  experience  of  sixteen  years  in  the  electrical  industry  and  has 
given  the  science  careful  and  painstaking  study,  and  to  some  purpose.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason,  .32°,  a  member 
of  the  G.  A.  E.,  and  a  gentleman  of  wide  acquaintance,  marked  inventive  talent  and  thorough  business  reliability, 
who  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  success  achieved  through  his  well  directed  genius  and  unremitting  industry. 

BOSTON  MARBLE  COMPANY,  John  D.  Allen,  Manager,  Rutland,  Sutherland  Falls,  Mountain  Dark, 
and  Italian  Marble  and  Supplies,  No.  S  Thacher  Street. — In  this  brief  sketch  of  the  business  of  the 
Vermont  Marble  Company,  as  represented  here  in  Boston,  we  introduce  to  our  readers  the  largest  mar- 
ble quarrying  concern  in  the  world,  ranking  first  in  quality  and  foremost  in  the  volume  of  its  produc- 
tion. The  Vermont  Marble  Company  has  its  quarries,  mills  and  works  at  Proctor,  Center  Rutland 
and  West  Rutland,  in  Rutland  County,  Vermont,  and  is  represented  here  by  the  Boston  Marble  Company,  whose  head- 
quarters are  located  at  No.  8  Thacher  Street.  This  branch  was  opened  in  1875,  and  is  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
John  D.  Allen,  who  is  selling  agent  for  the  company  in  New  England.  He  carries  a  full  supply  of  finished  work 
for  both  building  and  monumental  purposes,  and  his  house  is  the  recognized  leader  in  its  line  in  the  city.  It  is 
only  within  a  comparatively  few  years  that  the  development  of  the  country  and  the  clieapeniug  of  production  by  the 
use  of  improved  machinery  have  given  to  the  marble  business  such  an  impetus  that  it  now  ranks  as  the  principal 
industry  of  Vermont,  and  an  important  and  growing  factor  in  the  business  of  the  country.  Italian  marble  had 
been  quite  extensively  used  for  many  years.  No  one  questioned  but  that  the  American  product  was  its  equal  in  fine- 
ness of  grain  and  variety  and  beauty  of  color,  but,  being  little  known,  it  was  claimed  that  it  would  not  stand  the 
changes  of  our  variable  climate  as  well  as  the  Italian.  Tears  of  exposure  side  by  side  with  its  foreign  rival  have 
shown  the  reverse  to  be  true,  and,  as  an  inevitable  result,  Vermont  Marble  has  very  rapidly  displaced  the  Italian; 
so  that,  now,  the  output  of  American  Marble,  and  the  capital  invested  in  it,  is  very  much  in  excess  of  the  Italian. 
To-day  there  are  371  gangs  sawing  on  marble  in  Vermont,  and  of  this  number  the  Vermont  Marble  Company 
operates  300.  In  the  department  devoted  to  monumental  work  there  is  used  everything  in  the  way  of  machin- 
ery known  for  tracing,  polishing  and  turning,  and  of  the  2000  men  now  on  tlie  pay  rolls  of  the  company,  from 
300  to  500  are  kept  at  work  on  this  particular  branch  of  the  trade.  Fabrication  of  memorial  work  has  become  an 
art  requiring  originalty  of  conception,  technical  training,  patient  and  intelligent  application,  and  the  very  acme  of 
expert  workmanship,  to  secure  an  artistic  totality  of  admirable  and  enduring  qualities.  To  fully  meet  tliese 
essential  requisites,  the  efforts  of  the  Boston  Marble  Company  are  unremitting.  Their  extensive  show-rooms  are 
replete  with  a  varied  and  complete  assortment  of  designs,  suited  to  the  tastes  and  means  of  all,  and  values  are  here 
offered  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  All  work  proves  as  represented,  is  guaranteed  in  every  respect,  and 
every  statement  in  letter  and  spirit  is  fully  substantiated.  In  both  memorial  designs,  ideal  and  realistic  carving, 
and  in  the  selection  of  materials,  this  company  stand  pre-eminent  in  the  trade.  The  fullest  extent  of  artistic  possi- 
bility has  signalized  their  many  productions.  Their  well-tested  merits,  and  marked  appreciation  in  every  cemetei-y 
in  this  city  and  throughout  New  England,  is  their  best  possible  recommendation,  their  only  needed  endorsement. 
In  the  selection  of  raw  materials,  this  company  possesses  every  qualification,  and  the  trade  recognizes  their 
judgment  as  unerring.  They  supply  both  Rutland,  Sutherland  Falls,  Mountain  Dark,  and  Italian  marble,  and  all 
necessary  supplies.  For  the  execution  of  building  work  no  house  in  the  marble  business  is  so  well  adapted  for 
success  as  this.  The  Sutherland  Falls  marble  is  undoubtedly  the  strongest,  most  durable  and  in  general  effect 
most  satisfactory  for  this  class  of  work.  It  is  not  a  pure  white,  but  slightly  clouded  or  variegated;  is  a  fine,  hard 
and  close  grained  stone,  and  so  does  not  absorb  the  impurities  of  the  atmosphere,  but  retains  its  bright  and  clear 
appearance  after  continued  exposure.  Not  being  a  dead  white,  it  blends  so  nicely  in  an  entire  front  as  to  be  espe- 
cially pleasing  and  harmonious.  It  is  peculiarly  adapted  for  buildings  requiring  large  pieces,  as  blocks  of  almost 
any  size  can  be  quarried.  When  a  dark  stone  is  required,  nothing  can  be  found  any  handsomer  tlian  the  Rutland 
Blue  or  Mountain  Dark.  Rock-faced,  it  presents  the  finest  effect  of  any  known  material.  White  Rutland  makes  a 
very  imposing  front,  and  when  a  contrast  is  desired  a  handsome  appearance  is  obtained  by  combining  the  white 
and  blue  Rutland,  while  either  of  these  used  as  trimmings  with  brick  or  other  material  is  very  effective.  Among 
specimens  of  building  work  executed  by  this  company  in  Boston  may  be  named  the  Advertiser  Building,  the 
Parker  House  addition,  the'  Rogers  Building,  and  the  State  House  addition.  The  marble  from  the  Vermont  Marble 
Company  was  also  used  for  the  new  terrace  wall  and  grand  stairway  at  the  IJ.  S.  Capitol,  Washington ;  Whig  Hall, 
Princeton  College;  U.  S.  Post  office,  Montpelier  Vt.,  and  many  public  buildings  all  over  the  country.  Dealers  are 
promptly  supplied  with  marble  in  any  quantity  or  form  desired  in  any  part  of  New  England  by  the  Boston  Marble 
Company.  Mr.  Allen,  the  manager,  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  has  been  with  this 
company  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  He  is  an  expert  authority  in  the  business,  and  a  gentleman  of  experience, 
ability  and  sterling  personal  worth,  with  whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


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UTUALLIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  of  New  York;  C.  A.  Hopkins,  General  Agent.  Office,  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Building. — There  is  no  need  at  the  present  day  to  advance  any  argument  relative  to 
the  wisdom  of  providing  for  the  future  of  one's  wife  and  family,  or  as  i-egards  the  character  of  the 
obligations  imposed  upon  the  head  of  every  household  in  the  community.  The  principal  question 
that  arises,  and  which  we  desire  to  answer,  is,  what  company  offers  the  greatest  security,  and  the 

tions  to  the  public.  We 
that  The  Mutual  Life 
New  York,  best  fulfills 


most  substantial  condi- 
unhesitatingly  a  f&  r  m 
Insurance  Company  of 
these  conditions  and  is 
regards  liberal  and  hon- 
solid  prosperity,  the 
thy  of  patronage.  The 
York  is  a  great  na- 
financial  bulwark  to  the 
and  a  no  less  desirable 
place  money  as  a  splen- 
ment.  It  is  i-epresented 
Hopkins,  a  s  General 
sachusetts,  with  offices 
Building.  The  Mutual 
1843,  and  its  growth  has 
ous,  upon  a  scale  of  uu- 
rendering  it  the  largest 
It  has  paid  to  its  polioy- 
tion,  the  vast  sum  of 
cording  to  the  state- 
31,  1891,  its  assets 
138.68;  with  a  surplus 
507  policies  in  force, 
reserve  on  policies  at 
322.00.  The  wonderful 
is  due  in  a  large  degree 
tions  and  conditions  in 
to  the  opportunities  for 


in  every  way,  both  as 
orable  management  aud 
corporation  most  wor- 
Mutual  Life  of  New 
tional  institution ;  a 
widow  and  fatherless, 
corporation  in  which  to 
did  financial  invest- 
in  Boston  by  Col.  C.  A. 
Agent  for  Eastern  Mas- 
in  the  Company's  own 
Life  was  organized  in 
been  rapid  andcontinu- 
paralleled  magnitude, 
Company  in  the  world, 
holders,  since  organiza- 
$306,000,000.00,  and  ac- 
ment  made  December 
amounted  to  $159,507,- 
of  $12,0.30,967.16;  225,- 
insuriug  $695,753,461.03 ; 
4  per  cent.,  $146,968,- 
growth  of  the  company 
to  freedom  from  restric- 
its  policy  contracts,  and 
investment    which    its 


policies  provide.  The  distribution  policy  of  this  company  is  the  most  liberal  contract  offered  by  any  company  in 
the  world,  and  produces  the  most  profitable  results  for  the  policy-holder.  This  is  also  the  cheapest  company  to 
insure  in,  its  large  dividend  returns  reducing  the  cost  of  insurance  below  that  of  any  other  corporation.  The 
actual  results  of  insuring  in  the  Mutual  Life  are  demonstrated  by  the  practical  experience  of  thousands,  being 
far  superior  to  those  of  any  other  association ;  while  the  safety  and  certainty  of  returns  are  absolutely  definite  and 
assured.  No  insurance  company  represented  in  Boston  is  better  managed  or  more  commodiously  housed.  Its  own 
building,  erected  in  1877,  is  one  of  the  architectural  ornaments  of  the  city.  It  is  six  stories  in  height,  with  an  iron 
tower  230  feet  high,  and  constructed  entirely  of  marble  and  iron  so  as  to  be  absolutely  fire-proof.  It  covers  a 
ground  area  of  10,000  square  feet,  and  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  over  $1,000,000.  The  offices  of  the  company  on 
the  second  floor  are  roomy,  elegantly  furnished  and  finely  appointed,  and  a  large  corps  of  clerks  are  employed 
therein,  while  this  agency  sends  out  132  solicitors  and  special  agents.  Col.  Hopkins,  the  General  Agent  for  East- 
ern Massachusetts,  is  one  of  the  best  known  life  underwriters  in  New  England.  He  was  born  at  Spencer,  Tioga 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1841,  and  removed  with  his  parents 'in  1852  to  Jersey  City,  where  he  attended  school  until  1856, 
when  he  entered  the  wholesale  department  of  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Company.  Here  the  outbreak  of  the  war  found 
him  ready  to  enlist,  and  he  went  out  at  the  first  call  with  the  Eighth  New  York,  serving  three  months,  and  imme- 
diately re-enlisted  in  the  Fifty-ninth  Regiment.  In  August,  1862,  he  became  Adjutant  of  the  Thirteenth  New  Jersey, 
and  was  afterwards  made  Captain,  brevetted  Major  for  gallantry,  and  during  the  last  nine  months  of  the  war  served 
on  the  staff  of  the  General  commanding  the  Twentieth  corps.  He  was  in  the  famous  battles  of  Bull  Run,  Antietam, 
Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg,  and  through  the  Atlanta  campaign,  and  was  mustered  out  June  1,  1865.  The  follow- 
ing month  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Mutual  Life,  and  was  made  cashier  in  1866,  and  filled  the  position  till 
1875,  when  he  was  appointed  General  Agent  for  Rhode  Island,  with  headquarters  at  Providence.  While  in  that 
city  he  was  twice  elected  a  representative  to  the  State  Legislature,  and  served  as  Chief  of  Staff,  and  Inspector  of 
the  State  Militia,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel.  In  January,  1888,  he  became  General  Agent  for  Eastern 
Massachusetts,  and  has  won  hosts  of  friends  in  the  city  and  state  by  his  promptness,  business  ability  and  sterling 
traits  of  character. 


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|B.  MOORS  &  CO.,  Baukers,  No.  Ill  Devonshire  Street.— The  private  banking  houses  of  the  city  of  Boston  are  divided  into  two 
classes— those  meriting  the  distinction  of  being  representative  houses  and  those  exerting  but  a  minor  influence  upon 
the  financial  prosperity  of  the  city.  Eminently  conspicuous  among  the  former,  stands  the  house  of  Messrs.  J.  B.  Moors  &  Co. 
bankers,  No.  Ill  Devonshire  Street.  Messrs.  Moors  &  Co.  have  been  estabhslied  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  the  existing 
business  title  of  the  concern  being  the  same  as  when  the  house  was  founded.  Messrs.  Moors  &  Co.  transact  a  special 
banking  business  of  a  high  class.  They  handle  in  large  volume,  foreign  exchange,  letters  of  credit,  bills  of  exchange  and 
make  loans .  upon  warehouse  receipts.  The' clientele  of  the  firm  is  extremely  influential  and  expansive,  and,  through  the  long  and 
honored  history  of  the  house,  its  story  is  one  of  prosperity  achieved  as  the  reward  of  merit.  The  concern  has  its  correspondents 
in  all  the  principal  cities,  and  its  London,  Eng.,  representative  is  the  celebrated  house  of  Morton,  Rose  &  Co.,  Layard  Bros.  &  Co., 
and  Credit  Lyonnais  of  Paris.  The  banking  house  occupied  by  the  firm  consists  of  a  large  office  excellently  located  upon  the  first 
floor  of  the  building.  The  same  is  elegantly  and  appropriately  appointed  and  a  corps  of  fifteen  able  employees  is  maintained.  The 
name  "J.  B.  Moors  &  Co.,"  comprises  those  of  two  of  Boston's  most  able  and  conscientious  financiers— Mr.  J.  B.  Bloors,  and 
Mr.  A.  W.  Moors,  his  son.  The  former  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  a  director  of  the  Elliott  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
He  resides  in  Boston,  and  is  enthusiastically  allied  with  the  business  prosperity  of  the  city.  The  esteemed  junior  is  a  Bostonian,  and  a  young 
man  of  bright  promise.  His  identification  with  the  house  commenced  ten  years  ago,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  for  five  years,  and 
if  his  career  up  to  the  present  may  be  accepted  as  a  basis  upon  which  to  form  a  forecast,  then  his  future  is  to  be  the  embodiment  of  success. 

,  -M--^-^  ARRY  BROS.  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Sand  and  Water  Struck  Brick,  Offices,  No.  19  Central  Street,  and  Raymond  Street,  N. 
Vl^H^^^S  Cambridge.— In  the  production  of  common  brick  a  representative  and  successful  concern  in  this  city  is  that  of  Parry 
e— «B^sS05*-  Bros.  &  Co.,  whose  office  is  at  No.  19  Central  Street,  and  who  also  have  an  office  at  their  yard  on  Raymond  Street, 
N.' Cambridge.  This  is  a  time-honored  concern,  having  been  estabUshed  many  years  ago  by  the  father  of  the  present 
proprietors,  by  whom  it  was  continued  up  to  the  year  of  his  death,  when  his  sons,  the  present  proprietors,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  control.  When  they  came  into  possession  they  had  but  one  small  yard  in  Cambridge,  but  owing  to 
the  industry  and  application  exercised  they  have  since  developed  the  enterprise  to  its  present  extensive  proportions,  and  now  have 
four  large  brick  yards,  one  at  N.  Cambridge  on  Raymond  Street,  another  on  Concord  Avenue,  Cambridge,  a  third  at  Belmont,  Blass., 
and  the  fourth  at  Concord,  N.  H.  Each  yard  is  equipped  with  a  complete  set  of  brick-making  machinery  of  the  latest  and  most 
improved  pattern;  the  machinery  is  driven  by  steam-power  and  everything  has  been  provided  which  would  in  any  way  aid  in,  securing  a 
first-class  output.  Employment  is  afforded  over  three  hundred  workmen,  and  the  productive  capacity  is  from  20,000,000  to  25,000,000  brick 
per  year.  The  firm  are  manufacturers  of  sand  and  water-struck  brick  and  their  products  are  of  a  superior  and  uniform  reliable  character. 
The  trade  has  its  tributary  area  all  throughout  the  New  England  States,  and  the  transactions  are  steadily  growing  in  volume  and  influence. 
The  individual  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  J.  E.,  W.  A.,  G.  A.,  and  R.  H.  Parry  are  natives  of  Cambridge.  They  are  practical  brick  makers 
■of  mature  experience,  are  members  of  the  Master  Builders'  Association  of  Boston,  and  sustain  an  Al  status  in  the  business  and  financial 
world. 

AGEE  FURNACE  COMPANY,  Office  and  Salesrooms,  Nos.  32,  34,  36  and  38  Union  Street,  Nos.  19, 21,  23, 25  and  37  Friend  Street.— 
In  no  department  of  domestic  economy  has  the  application  of  scientific  facts  and  methods  of  manufacture  produced  greater 
results  or  more  noteworthy  improvements  within  a  comparatively  few  years  than  in  the  matter  of  heating  furnaces  and  cook- 
ing ranges.  The  leader  in  this  advance  is  the  Magee  Furnace  Company,  whose  main  office  and  salesrooms  are  at  Nos.  32,  34, 
36  and  38  Union  and  Nos.  19.  21,  23,  25,  and  27  Friend  Street,  with  extensive  foundries  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  branch  houses  at 
Chicago,  New  York,  San  Fi'ancisco  and  Kansas  City.  The  history  of  this  house  dates  back  to  1856,  and  in  1867  the  present  com- 
pany was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $400,000,  and  with  John  Magee,  president;  Albert  N. 
Parlin,  secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager.  The  manufacturing  plant  at  Chelsea  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  New  England,  having  a 
"Capacity  of  melting  thij-ty  tons  of  iron  per  day,  admirably  situated  for  receiving  and  shipping  stock  both  by  water  and  rail,  and  giving  steady 
employment  to  four  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  warerooms  in  this  city  comprise  three  buildings,  five  stories  each,  divided  into  different  de- 
partments, all  fully  stocked  and  ably  managed,  in  which  fifty  tinsmiths,  clerks  and  salesmen  find  employment.  The  Magee  system  of  hot 
water  and  hot  air  heating  has  gained  a  prestige  for  this  house  which  could  not  be  secured  by  any  other  means,  and  is  best  illus- 
trated by  the  success  of  the  Magee  combination  hot  water  and  hot  air  heater,  in  which  is  combined  the  best  known  and  certainly 
the  most  sanitary  methods  of  heating  a  house,  viz.:  by  using  the  hot  water  circulation  as  a  direct  heater  and  the  warm  air  for 
heating  and  ventilation.  By  thus  combining  the  two  they  produce  a  very  powerful  and  even  heater,  with  much  less  consumption 
•  of  fuel  than  by^,other  methods  in  use  at  the  present  time.  There  is  no  trouble  in  heating  all  parts  of  the  house,  the  hot  water 
being  used  for  rooms  remote,  and  not  easily  reached  by  the  hot  air.  The  testimony  of  those  who  use  this  combination  is  that  the 
results  are  a  delightful  and  healthful  summer  atmosphere  throughout  the  house.  It  has  been  used  by  this  company  for  many 
years  with  universal  success,  and  it  is  undoubtedly  the  best  and  most  economical  method  of  heating  yet  known.  The  Magee  Bos- 
ton Heater  Furnace,  for  warm  air,  stands  without  a  peer  in  this  or  any  other  market.  It  is  constructed  on  the  most  economical 
and  scientific  principles  and  of  the  most  sanitary  material,  wrought  (plate)  iron,  with  riveted  joints,  with  a  brick-lined  firepot  in 
which  can  be  placed  one,  two,  three  or  four  of  the  water  sections,  making  the  most  perfect,  economical  and  sanitary  heater  in  existence. 
The  loss  of  heat  into  the  cellar  by  radiation,  which  takes  place  in  most  of  the  hot  water  heaters  in  use  to-day,  is  avoided  in  this  combination 
by  the  use  of  the  air-chamber  "for  warming  the  outside  air,  thereby  accomplishing  two  good  results— keeping  thelcellar  cool  and  warming  the 
air  for  use  above.  The  leading  specialties  of  this  company  also  include  the  Magee  Kitchener,  with  mammoth  double  oven  range,  for  use  in 
small  hotels,  boarding  houses,  restaurants  and  the  best  class  of  private  dwellings,  which  is  strictly  first-class  in  every  particular  and  without 
an  equal,  quick  in  action,  certain  in  operation,  of  newest  design,  excellent  workmanship  and  sold  at  moderate  prices;  Blagee's  Champion 
Hot  Air  Furnace,  for  hard  or  soft  coal,  in  five  different  sizes,  having  great  heating  capacity,  self  cleaning,  perfectly  gas  tight  and  easily  man- 
aged, economical  in  fuel  and  the  cheapest  furnace  made,  considering  its  merits;  the  Magee  Standard  Portable  Range,  the  most  convenient, 
finest  made  and  best  operating  range  in  the  market,  having  nothing  simply  for  show  but  everything  for  utility;  Magee's  BIystic  Range,  with 
the  wonderful  dock-ash  grate,  the  Bostonian  Range,  having  every  improvement  and  convenience  contained  in  other  I'anges,  and  being  the 
most  desirable  "  two-flue  "  range  on  the  market  to-day;  the  "  Standard  "  Brick  Range,  a  "  standard  "  of  excellence,  giving  unqualified  satis- 
faction and  without  an  equal;  Magee's  Ideal,  the  latest  production  in  surface  burning  sheet-iron  stoves;  the  Blistletoe,  the  Magee  Royal 
Standard,  the  Clifton,  the  Vendome.  Magee's  Mystic  art  stove  and  other  patterns.  In  a  word  this  company  are  makers  of  the  largest  line  of 
strictly  first-class  furnaces,  ranges  and  stoves  of  any  manufacturer  in  the  country,  while  they  warrant  their  goods  to  give  purchasers  entire 
; satisfaction.  The  business  partakes  of  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  character,  and  it  is  by  no  means  confined  to  the  United  States,  heavy  ship- 
ments being  made  to  England,  Germany,  Norway,  Africa,  Persia  and  South  America.  President  Magee  is  known  and  honored  as  the  inventor 
of  the  Blagee  furnaces  and  stoves  and  as  one  of  the  representative  manufacturers  of  New  England.  General  Manager  Parlin  is  an  expert 
■and  accomplished  director,  noted  for  his  executive  ability,  and  is  promoting  the  interests  of  this  great  corporation  with  enterprise,  discrimi- 
nating judgment  and  brilliant  success. 


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UlCHIGAN  RADIATOR  &  IRON  JI'F'G.  CO..  Manufacturers  of  Perfection  Radiators,  E.  E.  Pierce,  Manager,  No.  126  Higli, 
Comer  of  Pearl  Street. — The  careful  observer,  in  loolriug  over  the  range  of  this  city's  manufacturing  resources,  cannot  avoid 
being  impressed  witli  the  fact  that  of  late  years  it  lias  become  widely  diversified,  and  that  its  commercial  and  general  mer- 
cantile enterprises  have  become  greatly  varied.  Numerous  auxiliary  lines  have  sprung  up  in  specialties  for  which  there  is  a 
widespread  demand.  Boston  has  grown  to  be  such  an  important  business  center  that  out-of-town  houses  find  it  profitable  to 
establish  branches  here.  A  well-known  concern  that  opened  a  branch  here  on  May  1,  1891,  is  that  of  the  Michigan  Radiator  & 
Iron  Manufacturing  Company,  whose  general  office  and  works  are  at  Detroit,  Michigan.  This  company  was  organized  eight  years  since  and 
incorporated  under  the  state  laws  of  Michigan,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000.,  the  officers  and  directors  being  the  following  prominently 
known  gentlemen;  John  B.  Dyar,  president;  M.  S.  Smith,  vice-president;  Clarence  Carpenter,  treasurer;  Clarence  M.  Woolley,  secretary; 
Hon.  James  McMillan.  The  company  have  a  large,  finely  equipped  plant,  employ  a  large  force  of  hands,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of 
their  "  Perfection  Radiators."  The  manager  of  the  Boston  branch  is  Mr.  Edward  R.  Pierce,  a  native  of  Maine,  who  has  had  thorough  expe- 
rience in  his  vocation,  having  formerly  been  with  the  Portland  Radiator  Co.  of  Portland,  Me.  He  occupies  spacious  quarters  in  which  a 
complete  stock  of  samples  of  the  company's  products  is  carried.  These  goods  are  of  the  most  superior  character,  having  no  superior  in  the 
market,  and  all  orders  from  the  trade  are  filled  upon  the  most  equitable  terms.  A  large  warehouse  located  on  the  Boston  Wharf  Go's  pro- 
perty in  the  yards  of  the  New  England  Railroad  is  also  occupied  by  the  company  who  carry  there  a  complete  line  of  their  goods  for 
immediate  delivery 'to  the  New  England  trade. 

OSBORN  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  and  Dealers  in  Manufacturers'  and  Soap  Makers'  Supplies,  No.  25  Central 
Wharf,  and  No.  119  Central  Street. — Few  mercantile  houses  of  Boston  are  better  known  than  that  of  Messrs.  A. 
Osborn  &  Co.,  the  popular  Commission  Merchants  and  dealers  in  manufacturers'  and  soap  makers'  supplies,  tallow, 
grease  and  soap  stock  of  all  kinds,  at  No.  25  Central  Wharf  and  No.  119  Central  Street.  Both  as  regards  its  honor- 
i  able  record  and  repi-esentative  character,  this  house  stands  in  the  van  of  the  trade.  It  has  been  in  successful  operation 
since  1860,  and  enjoys  a  connection  that  is  practically  world  wide,  receiving  chemicals  from  various  parts  of  Europe, 
oil  from  Africa,  and  cocoanut  oil,  saponified  red  oil.  cotton  seed  oil,  cotton  seed  foots,  curriers'  oil,  rosin,  soda  ash,  potash, 
caustic  soda,  sal  soda,  silicate  of  soda,  alum,  china  clay,  bleaching  powders,  glue,  domestic  and  foreign  sizing,  etc.,  from  the  best 
regions  of  production.  Consignments  of  tallow,  grease  and  kindred  supplies  are  solicited,  on  which  liberal  advances  are  made. 
Shippers  to  this  firm  can  rely  upon  quick  sales  and  prompt  returns  in  all  cases.  The  business  premises  comprise  two  buildings,  containing 
four  floors  and  a  basement  each,  and  giving  ample  accommodations  for  handling  and  storing  the  immense  stock  that  is  constantly  car- 
ried. Sales  are  made  in  wholesale  lots,  and  goods  are  promptly  forwarded  to  all  parts  of  the  Union.  Soap  makers  especially  will  do  well  to 
make  a  factor  of  this  house  when  ordering  their  supplies  as  its  terms  are  rarely  equaled  in  liberality  and  its  goods  commend  their  own 
merits  to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  purchasers.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  Messrs.  Adolphus  Osborn, 
Francis  A.  Osborn,  and  Wm.  S.  Gardner,  all  of  whom  are  native  Bostonians,  and  stand  deservedly  high  in  both  commercial,  financial  and 
social  life.  The  senior  partner  was  the  original  founder  ofthe  business,  and  admitted  his  son  in  1881  and  Mr.  Gardner  in  188.3  to  partnership, 
both  of  whom  had  been  in  the  house  for  upwards  of  twenty  years.  They  have  achieved  a  success  due  to  their  enterprising  and  honorable 
business  methods  and  are  all  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  prosperity  that  has  attended  their  mercantile  career. 

JjHARLES  E.  HALEY  &  CO.,  Importers  of  and  .Jobbers  in  Druggists'  Sundries,  Franklin  and  Arch  Streets.— Few  peo- 
ple outside  those  immediately  concerned  have  any  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the  trade  in  imported  and  domestic 
druggists'  sundries  here  in  Boston  at  the  present  day.  It  constitutes  a  factor  of  surpassing  importance  and  the  volume 
of  business  transacted  grows  apace.  Notable  among  the  leading  Arms  contributing  to  the  sum  of  commercial  activity 
in  the  particular  line  above  indicated  is  that  of  Cliarles  E.  Haley  &  Co.,  whose  establishment  is  at  the  corner  of  Frank- 
lin and  Arch  Streets.  This  concern  had  its  inception  some  forty  years  ago,  the  founders  being  William  Bellamy  & 
Co.,  and  twenty  years  later  Mr.  Bellamy's  death  occurred.  In  1881,  the  Arm  became  Charles  E.  Haley  &  Co.;  in  1889,  Mr.  Haley 
died,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Charles  G.  Haley.  He  had  for  some  years  prior  to  that  held 
a  responsible  position  in  the  establishment,  and  grown  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  The  premises 
utilized  are  amply  spacious,  covering  an  area  of  60  x  1.50  feet,  and  they  are  appointed  with  every  facility  for  the  storage  and  hand- 
ling of  stock.  Mr.  Haley  employs  fifteen  assistants,  and  carries  on  active  operations  as  an  importer  of  and  general  jobber  in  druggists' 
sundries  of  every  description,  his  trade  extending  throughout  New  York  State,  New  England  and  the  South.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried  and 
orders  meet  with  prompt  fulfillment.  Mr.  Haley  is  a  native  of  Boston,  prominent  in  club  and  social  circles,  and  liberally  endowed  with 
those  qualities  that  bespeak  success  in  the  commercial  world. 

ROCKINGHAM  MACHINE  COMPANY,  Shoe  Machinery,  No.  57  Lincoln  Street.— The  growth  of  the  trade  in  boot  and  shoe 
machinery  is  one  of  the  most  important  features  of  Boston's  commercial  development,  and  gives  evidence  of  the  zeal, 
energy  and  well  directed  enterprise  or  the  leading  members  of  the  trade.  In  this  line  the  Rockingham  Machine  Com- 
pany has  for  the  past  five  years  had  an  active  and  successful  career,  and  now  occupies  a  front  rank  position  in 
the  trade.  This  company  are  extensive  designers  and  builders  of  boot  and  shoe  machinery,  including  heel  burnishers, 
bottom  buffers,  improved  McKay  horn,  headers,  heel  scourers  and  carburetei's.  The  company  was  organized  in  1886, 
with  works  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  operate  salesrooms  at  No.  57  Lincoln  Street,  with  Mr.  Wm.  Gordon  as  selUng  agent.  This  gen- 
tleman has  had  twenty  years'  experience  in  this  line  of  business,  and  is  thoroughly  posted  in  all  the  details  of  the  industry  and 
the  requirements  of  the  trade.  Among  the  specialties  of  this  company  are  the  "Leader"  heel  burnisher,  an  automatic  machine 
for  hot  kit  burnishing,  having  duplex  jack,  and  weighing  five  hundred  pounds;  the  "Twin  Leader,"  the  same  as  the  " Leader"  except 
that  it  has  double  the  capacity,  and  weighs  seven  hundred  pounds;  the  Rockingham  wax  heel  burnisher,  No.  1  an  automatic  machine 
for  finishing  the  edges  of  the  heels  with  wax,  and  designed  to  meet  the  requirements  of  factories  in  which  the  production  is  not  more  than 
eight  hundred  pairs  per  day;  No.  2  is  designed  for  a  larger  production  of  eight  hundred  to  fourteen  hundred  pairs  per  day  with  one  opera- 
tor; the  Rockingham  Bottom  Buffer  is  an  entirely  new  design,  having  large  shaft  and  bearings,  the  main  column,  hood,  blower,  and  bearings 
being  one  casting;  the  Carbureter,  a  new  device  for  heating  shoe  tools  and  machines,  easily  set  up,  requiring  no  pulley  to  run  the  pump,  the 
belt  running  on  the  main  shaft,  and  in  factories  where  there  is  no  gas  easil.y  paying  for  itself,  as  the  saving  is  about  eight  hundred  per  cent, 
over  alcohol.  These  productions  are  in  heavy  and  permanent  demand  with  shoe  manufacturers  throughout  the  entire  United  States,  and  are 
preferred  to  all  other  makes  in  such  important  centers  of  the  shoe  trade  as  Boston,  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Brockton,  Salem,  Beverly,  Marblehead, 
Natick,  Woburn,  Marlboro,  Hudson,  Rockland,  Stoneham,  Stonington,  Weymouth  and  Spencer  in  Massachusetts;  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Roch- 
ester and  other  places.  The  officers  of  this  enterprising  company  are  A.  B.  Fowler,  president;  Geo.  Warren,  treasurer;  both  of  whom  are 
well-known  residents  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  expert  and  talented  manufacturers.  Mr.  Gordon,  the  selling  agent,  was  formerly  connected  with 
the  Flagg  Manufacturing  Company,  in  this  city,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  wide  acquaintance,  marked  business  ability  and  steriing  personal 
worth. 


;^40  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

F  EICO  &  COMPANY,  Importers  and  Packers  o£  Havana  Tobacco,  No.  270  State  Street.— The  importation  of  tobacco 
in  tlie  leaf  from  Cuba  is  a  business  of  no  small  extent  in  this  city,  which,  from  the  fact  of  its  superior  shipping 
facilities,  is  naturally  the  distributing  center  for  the  New  England  States.  Among  the  leading  houses  in  this  Mne 
of  business  is  that  of  Messrs.  A.  F.  Eico  &  Company,  No.  270  State  Street.  They  are  extensire  importers  and  pack- 
'  ers  of  Havana  and  Sumatra  tobaccos;  and  wholesale  dealers  in  the  same,  supplying  the  trade  in  all  the  principal 
markets  of  New  England.  They  have  a  resident  buyer  in  Havana  and  a  spacious  warehouse  at  Sn  Muiguel  Street, 
No  113  in  that  city.  This  gives  thera  exceptional  advantages  in  the  way  of  securing  choice  selections.  Their  warerooms  in  this  city 
■comorise  two  floors  which  are  always  stocked  with  a  fidl'  line  of  the  various  grades  of  tobacco  in  which  tliey  deal.  The  business 
was  established  by  Messrs.  Eico  &  Company  in  1879,  at  No.  18  Central  Wharf,  whence  they  removed  to  their  present  quarters  a  few  months 
.aeo  Mr  A  F  Eico  is  a  native  of  Galicia,  Spain,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  tor  sixteen  years.  He  is  an  expert  judge  of  tobacco  and 
practically  familiar  with  all  the  details  of  the  trade. 

L  NASON  &  CO.,  Auctioneers,  Eeal  Estate  Brokers  and  Appraisers,  Office,  No.  21  School  Street.— There  is  probably  not  one 
among  the  many  solid  firms  engaged  in  the  handhng  of  realty  and  kindred  interests  in  Boston  which  is  better 
known  or  stands  higher  in  public  esteem  than  tliat  of  J.  L.  Nason  &  Co.,  whose  office  is  at  No.  21  School  Street. 
It  was  established  in  181)0,  and  during  the  nearly  thirty-two  years  since  mtervening  has  maintained  an  enduring  hold 
•  on  popular  favor,  acquiring  an  extensive  and  substantial  patronage.  Mr.  Nason,  who  is  the  sole  member  of  the 
firm  (the  ■•Co."  being  nominal),  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  active  and  energetic,  and  resides  at  No.  259  West 
Newton  Street  near  Huntington  Avenue.  He  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity,  as  well  as  long  and  thorough  experience 
in  the  domain'  of  realty  and  risks,  and  is  also  a  qualified  Notary  Public  and  Justice  of  the  Peace,  The  quarters  occupied  as  office 
on  the  second  floor  of  the  address  above  indicated  are  commodious  and  well  appointed,  and  are  connected  by  telephone  (294)  while 
several  efficient  clerks  are  employed.  A  general  real  estate  business  is  transacted,  including  the  purchase,  sale  and  care  of  city 
and  suburban  property  of  every  description,  and  the  collection  of  rents  and  management  of  estates  receive  prompt  and  personal  attention. 
Loans  and  mortt'ages  are  negotiated,  also,  and  insurance  is  effected  in  flrst-class  flre  and  accident  companies,  at  lowest  rates,  the  firm 
being  sub-agents  for  the  "  Citizens  Mutual  "  of  Boston;  the  "Home  "  of  New  York;  the  "  Eoyal"  of  London,  and  the  New  York  Plate 
Glass  Insurance  Company.  Appraisments  of  property  are  made  for  intending  purchasers,  likewise,  and  real  and  personal  estates  are  sold  at 
auction  in  all  parts  of  the  State,  sales  at  auction  being  a  specialty.  Investments  are  judiciously  placed,  too,  while  attests,  affidavits  and  all 
other  leal  documents  pertaining  to  the  functions  of  Notary  Public  and  Justice  of  the  Peace  are  carefully  and  accurately  drawn  up;  and  all 
business  intrusted  to  this  reliable  firm  is  certain  to  be  attended  to  in  the  most  careful,  competent  and  satisfactory  manner.  Hon.  Jesse  L. 
Nason,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  City  Government  in  the  years  1878-79,  and  represented  Ward  17,  in  the  legis- 
lature of  1882  and  1883.  and  was  thirteen  years  a  member  of  the  Eepublican  City  Committee,  and  Treasurer  of  the  City  Committee  for 
three  years. 

rUETEVANT  MILL  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  the  Sturtevant  Mill  for  Crushing  and  Pulverizing  Ores,  Phosphates, 
Etc.,  E.  C.  Huxley,  President;  W.  H.  Ellis,  Treasurer;  Office,  No.  88  Mason  Building.— This  company  are  manufact- 
urers of  the  Sturtevant  Mill  for  crushing  and  grinding  ores,  phosphates,  cement  and  all  other  hard  and  refractory 
materials;  developing  an  entirely  new  principle,  avoiding  the  usual  wear  and  tear  of  machinery,  and  doing  in  a 
much  more  rapid  and  thorough  manner  the  work  of  a  crusher  and  stamp  mill  combined.  The  company  was  incor- 
porated in  1833,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. : 
E.  C.  Huxley,  president;  W.  H.  Ellis,  treasurer.  The  factory  of  the  company  is  located  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  while  a  mill-stone 
shop  was  established  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  in  1890.  The  Sturtevant  Mill  is  composed  of  two  cylmdrical  heads,  or  cups,  arranged  upon 
the  opposite  sides  of  a  case,  into  which  they  slightly  project,  facing  each  other,  and  are  made  to  revolve  in  opposite  directions.  The  rock 
being  conveyed  to  the  interior  of  the  case  through  the  opening  at  the  top,  is  retained  and  prevented  from  dropping  below  the  revolving  heads 
or  cups  by  a  cast  iron  screen;  and  entering,  as  it  must,  the  heads  or  cups  in  revolution,  is  immediately  thrown  out  again  from  each  cup  in 
opposite  directions,  with  such  tremendous  force  that  the  rock  from  one  cup  in  the  collision  with  the  rock  thrown  oppositely  from  the  other 
cup  is  crushed  and  pulverized,  and  the  grinding,  which  otherwise  would  be  upon  the  mill,  is  transferred  to  the  material,  which  is  at  once 
reduced  to  powder.  The  method  of  reducing  rock  by  this  process  differs  entirely  from  any  other  ever  in  use.  The  mill  is  of  extremely  sim- 
ple construction,  being  composed  of  only  four  elementary  parts— a  case,  two  hollow  heads  or  cups  and  a  screen— and  is  easily  run  and  kept 
in  repair.  The  attention  of  all  who  are  interested  in  the  crushing  and  grinding  of  ores  and  other  hard  materials  is  caUed  to  the  absolute 
originality  of  this  invention,  as  it  is  the  only  mill  ever  constructed  where  rocks  are  really  made  to  grind  themselves.  That  so  small  and 
simple  a  machine  should  accomplish  so  much  work  as  this  does  seems  incredible.  The  Sturtevant  Mills  are  made  in  four  sizes,  with  heads 
frem  eight  to  twenty  inches  in  diameter  and  vary  in  capacity  according  to  the  size.  They  are  arranged  to  grind  to  any  fineness 
desired,  pulverizing  more  rapidly  and  economically  than  stamps,  stone  mills  or  rolls,  while  as  a  crusher  they  will  reduce  hard  material  to  a 
small  size  far  more  rapidly  and  economically  than  any  other  crushing  machine.  With  the  exception  of  the  large  breakers  of  a  mine,  one 
Sturtevant  mill  will  do  the  work  of  a  whole  plant  of  ordinary  mining  machinery.  They  are  in  use  and  highly  indorsed  by  such  weh-known 
concerns  as  the  Standard  Fertilizer  Company,  Boston;  Walton  &  Whann  Company,  Wilmington,  Del. ;  Bowker  Fertilizer  Company,  Eliza- 
bethport,  N.  J. ;  Dambmann  Brothers  &  Company,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Etiwan  Phosphate  Company,  Charleston,  S.  C. ;  Pacific  Guano  Company, 
Woods  Holl,  Mass,;  Lawes  Chemical  Manure  Company,  London,  Eng,;  Langdale's  Chemical  Manure  Company  [Limited],  Newcastle-on- 
Tyne,  Eng.,  W.  M.  Boss*  Co.,  Seaford,  Del.,  Savannah  Guano  Company,  Savannah,  Ga.;  Richmond  Chemical  Company,  Richmond,  Va.; 
Susquehanna  Fertilizer  Company,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Akron  Cement  Works,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Standard  Cement  Company,  New  Haven,  Conn. ; 
Southern  Pavement  Company,  Fort  Payne,  Ala.;  Croton  Magnetic  Iron  Ore  Company,  Brewster,  N.  Y.,  for  iron  ore;  Boston  Tin 
Mining  Company,  Irish  Creek,  Virginia,  tin  ore;  Colorado  Plate  Glass  Company,  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  limestone  and  sandstone; 
St.  Louis  Smelting  and  Refining  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Anaconda  Smelting  Works,  Anaconda,  Mont.;  Holmes,  Booth  &  Hay- 
dans,  Waterbury,  Conn.;-Oxford  Copper  Company,  N.  Y. ;  Nova  Scotia  Paint  Works,  Halifax,  N.  S. ;  while  they  are  in  heavy  and  influential 
demand  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  England.  Germany,  Mexico,  Australia.  South  America  and  Europe.  This  company  are  also  sole 
manufacturers  of  rock  emery  mill  stones.  These  are  like  the  usual  mill  stones  in  outward  appearance  and  can  be  adapted  to  any  machinery 
where  burr  stones  are  now  used,  without  any  expense  in  altering  the  existing  mill  frames  and  gearing,  and  grinding  to  better  advantage  all 
substances  ground  in  ordinary  burr  mills.  The  emery  mill  stones  are  composed  of  pieces  of  emery  fresh  from  the  mine,  cemented 
together.  The  grinding  face  of  the  emery  mill  stones  never  polishes,  and  thus  as  it  wears  away  it  is  always  sharp  and  incisive,  and  its  cutting 
power  is  unequaled.  Heat  has  no  injurious  effect  upon  them.  As  compared  with  burr  stones,  the  same  horse  power  applied  to  the  emery 
stones  wiU  give  more  product  to  the  same  fineness  and  of  a  better  quality,  as  the  faces  of  the  emery  mills  are  regular,  always  sharp,  and 
their  cutting  power  surpasses  that  of  any  other  surfaces  known.  The  following  advantages  are  therefore  claimed  for  the  emery  mill  stones, 
to  wit;  economy  of  plant,  economy  of  power,  economy  of  labor,  increased  product,  increased  fineness  and  reliability.  Prices  and  further 
particulars  will  be  cheerfully  and  promptly  given  at  the  office  of  the  company.  President  Huxley  is  a  well-known  Bostonian,  an  experienced 
businessman  of  great  executive  ability,  who  succeeded  to  his  present  position  in  1886.  Treasurer  Ellis  became  the  .head  of  the  financial 
department  of  the  business  in  1887,  as  successor  to  Mr.  T.  L.  Sturtevant,  the  inventor  of  the  mill  which  hears  his  name  and  the  founder  of 
this  enterprise. 


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i.  p.  WEEKS, 
781  Devonshire 
—Few,  if  any, 
the  real  estate 
ton  are  better 
public  esteem  than  W.  B. 
in  the  John  Hancock  Building 
shire  Street.  He  has  been  estab- ' 
1887,  and  has  acquired  a  sub- 
age,  numbering  in  his  extensive 
zens  in  the  community.  Mr. 
of  the  Real  Estate  Exchange,  is 
and  a  native  of  this  city.  He  is 
integrity  as  well  as  of  energy  and 
versant  with  every  feature  and 
sale  and  transfer  of  realty  and 
eral  real  estate  and  fire  insur- 
exchanging  all  classes  of  city 
ticular  attention  to  the  handling 
meut  property.  Estates  are 
collected,  also,  and  loans  are 
risks  are  placed  in  first-class  fire 
senting  the  Springfield  Fire  and 
ity  of  Connecticut  and  other 
business  intrusted  to  this  gentle- 
in  the  most  careful,  capable  and 


Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No, 
Street,  John  Hancoclc  Building, 
among  the  number  engaged  in 
and  insurance  business  in  Bos- 
known  or  stand  higher  in 
P.  Weeks,  wliose  office  is 
(room  No.  201)  No.  178  Devon- 
lislied  in  the  line  indicated  since 
stantial  and  influential  patron- 
clientele  many  of  the  sohd  citi- 
Weeks,  who  is  an  active  member 
still  a  comparatively  young  man 
a  man  of  the  liighest  personal 
sagacity,  and  is  thoroughly  con- 
detail  pertaining  to  the  purchase, 
kindred  interests.  He  is  a  gen- 
ance  broker,  buying,  selling  and 
business  property,  and  gives  par- 
of  manufacturing  and  invest- 
taken  in  charge  and  rents 
negotiated  on  mortgages,  while 
companies,  Mr.  Weeks  repre- 
Blarine,  the  Meriden,  the  Secur- 
.stanch  associations,  and  all 
man  is  certain  to  be  attended  to 
trustworthy  manner. 


G.  CHEEVER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Plain  and  Fancy  Paper  Boxes,  No.  109  Kingston  Street.— An  industry  that  has  grown 
to  very  extensive  proportions  since  its  inception  is  that  of  the  manufacture  of  paper  boxes,  and  a  leading  Boston  house 
engaged  in  this  field  of  production  is  that  of  A.  G.  Cheever  &  Co.,  whose  office,  salesroom  and  factory  are  situated  at  No. 
109  Kingston  Street.  This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1871  by  Messrs.  A.  G.  Cheever  and  Adam  Horle,  on  Milk  Street,  and  re- 
'  mained  under  their  joint  management  up  to  1886,  when  the  latter  retired,  his  interest  being  succeeded  to  by  his  son,  Mr. 
Francis  A.  Horle.  In  1889  a  i-emoval  was  effected  to  the  present  quarters,  where  the  firm  occupy  premises  having  an  area  of 
5,000  square  feet.  The  works  are  equipped  with  the  most  improved  machinery,  operated  by  steam-power,  and  employment  is  found  for  fifty 
experienced  hands.  Messrs.  Cheever  &  Co.,  are  manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  plain  and  fancy  boxes,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  the 
latter.  The  output  is  a  very  large  one,  and  the  trade  suppligd  extends  all  throughout  New  England.  The  facilities  of  the  house  are  complete 
in  every  respect,  orders  of  any  magnitude  can  be  promptly  filled,  while  the  prices  which  rule  are  of  a  character  as  to  successfully  challenge 
competition.  Mr.  Cheever,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  is  now  eighty-seven  years  of  age,  but  is  still  hale,  hearty  and  vigorous,  attends 
daily  to  the  routine  of  business,  and  bids  fair  to  round  out  a  century  of  a  life  spent  in  usefulness  and  activity.  He  is  a  native  of  Wrentham, 
Mass.    Mr.  Horle  was  born  in  New  York  City,  is  a  young,  energetic  business  man,  and  is_very  popularly  known  in  the  community. 


|LASTIG  TIP  COMPANY,  Exporters  and  Importers,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers  of  Rubber  Goods  and  Specialties,  No. 
157  Washington  Street.— There  is  no  substance  now  in  use  that  is  capable  of  subserving  so  many  and  varied  pur- 
poses of  man  as  India  rubber.  Not  only  are  waterproof  garments,  boots  and  shoes  made  of  this  material,  but 
a  great  number  of  fabrics  and  ai-ticles  especially  adapted  for  mechanical  purposes.  Each  year  but  enlarges  the 
sphere  of  its  usefulness,  and  its  manufacture  is  increasing  at  a  rapid  ratio.  One  of  the  most  enterprising  and 
progressive  houses  in  this  line  in  Boston  is  the  Elastic  Tip  Company,  patentees  and  manufacturers  of  rubber  goods 
and  specialties,  at  No.  137  Washington  Street,  with  factory  at  No.  .370  Atlantic  Avenue.  This  company  have  an  international  repu- 
tation as  patentees  of  the  Vacuum  Tipped  Arrow  Pistol,  elastic  chair  tips  and  buffers,  crutch  tips,  bicycle  handles,  bicycle  tires, 
water  bottles,  syringes,  druggists'  sundries,  etc.;  and  operate  branch  offices  at  Nos.  158  and  154  Lake  Streef,  Chicago,  111.,  at  Nos. 
13  Edmund  Place,  B.  G.  London,  Eng.;  .31  Elphinstone  Circle,  Bombay,  India  ;  and  Admiralitat  Strasse,  40  Hamburg,  Germany.  Their 
vacuum  tipped  arrow  pistol  is  perfectly  harmless,  yet  it  is  as  accurate  as  a  revolver.  As  a  parlor  amusement  for  young  and  old  it  has  no 
equal,  and  tor  outdoor  sport  it  is  far  superior  to  any  toy  gim  or  pistol  ever  placed  on  the  market.  Furniture  manufacturers,  dealers  and 
cabinet  workers  will  no  longer  have  to  place  homemade  and  ill-shaped  buffers  on  their  goods,  as  they  will  find  among  the  great  variety  of 
tips  maile  by  this  company  just  the  right  thing  for  any  place  they  may  desire  to  put  an  elastic  buffer.  Their  patent  elastic  furniture  fenders  for 
the  backs  of  sofas,  chairs,  bedsteads,  etc.,  give  protection  to  the  walls  and  paper,  and  are  made  entirely  by  a  new  process,  being  much  more 
elastic  and  far  more  durable  than  any  in  the  market.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  character  and  quality  of  the  productions  in  every 
department,  and  a  constant  effort  is  made  to  raise  the  standard  of  excellence  and  enhance  their  utility  and  value,  while  at  the  same  time 
cheapening  the  cost  of  their  production.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  business 
transacted  is  very  large  and  influential  with  jobbers  and  retailers  throughout  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Germany,  France,  India, 
South  America  and  other  quarters  of  the  globe.  The  terms  and  prices  quoted  are  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade,  and  orders  are 
promptly  filled  in  all  cases.  The  business  of  this  house  was  originally  established  in  187.3  by  Mr.  P.  W.  Pratt,  who  admitted  Mr.  D.  S.  Pratt 
in  1870  and  Jlr.  B.  H.  Pratt  in  1889,  constituting  the  company  as  it  stands  at  present.  These  gentlemen  are  natives  and  residents  of  Abing- 
ton.  Mass.,  and  stand  deservedly  high  in  business  and  trade  circles  both  at  home  and  abroad. 


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|OWARD  W.  SPURR  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  19.  21,  23  and  25  Commercial  and  Nos.  56,  58,  60,  62,  64  and  72 
South  Market  Streets.— Boston  can  point  with  justifiable  pride  to  this  house  as  an  exponent  of  the  greatest  achieve- 
ments in  the  grocery  trade.  This  firm  is  the  outgrowth  of  the  business  houses  of  Wadley,  Spurr  &  Co.,  organ- 
ized in  1869,  and  Spurr,  Washburn  &  Holmes,  organized  in  1875,  in  1881  assuming  the  firm  name  of  Howard  W.  Spurr 
&  Co.  The  business  is  represented  by  more  than  twenty  different  departments,  and  the  firm  controls  the  How- 
ard W.  Spurr  Coffee  Couipany,  The  Howard  W.  Spurr  (Jigar  Company,  and  The  Howard  W.  Spurr  Specialty 
Company,  with  factories  in  both  Boston  and  New  York.  They  are  widely  prominent  both  as  wholesale  grocers,  large  dealers  in 
flour,  butter,  cheese,  provisions  and  produce,  cigars  and  tobaccos,  and  foreign  and  domestic  fruits;  and  as  tea  and  coffee  importers,  coffee 
""oasters  and  packers,  holding  also  the  sole  New  England  agency  for  a  number  of  the  largest  manufactures  of  cigars,  tobaccos,  flour  and 
general  food  products  in  the  United  States.  The  large  practical  experience  of  the  proprietors  gives  them  advantages  in  obtaining  supplies 
rarely  equaled  by  any  other  firm  in  the  trade,  rendering  it  desirable  for  large  buyers  in  search  of  the  best  qualities  to  inspect  this  stock  before 
concluding  purchases  elsewhere.  Such  staples  as  tea,  coffee  and  spices,  flour,  butter  and  cheese,  sugars,  syrups  and  molasses  are  prominent 
specialties  with  this  firm,  and  their  trade  in  these  lines  alone  has  attained  enormous  proportions.  In  the  canned  goods  department  the  firm 
handle  only  those  brands  of  meats,  fruits  and  vegetables  that  experience  and  test  have  shown  to  be  perfect  both  as  regards  quality  and 
method  of  preservation.  The  two  great  specialties  of  the  firm,  however,  are  Spurr's  Revere  Java  coffee  and  the  H.  W.  S.  &  Go's  No.  7 
Cigars,  both  having  a  national  reputation  and  a  large  sale  all  over  the  country.  The  firm  also  handle  full  lines  of  the  products  of  such  emi- 
nent foreign  houses  as  Crosse  &  Blackwell,  and  deal  largely  in  French  canned  and  preserved  food  products,  such  as  peas,  mushrooms,  capers, 
sardines,  etc. ;  also  foreign  and  domestic  dried  fruits  and  fancy  soaps.  Their  annual  sales  reach  into  the  millions,  and  their  goods  are  standard 
in  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  largest  orders  are  easily  filled,  and  terms  and  prices  are  made  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  The 
m.embers  of  this  representative  firm  are  Messrs.  Howard  W.  Spurr,  Eiwyn  L.  R.  Perry,  Albert  D.  Holmes,  Andrew  J.  Woodward,  Henry  B. 
Pierce  and  William  H.  Wilson.  Mr.  Spurr,  the  honored  senior  partner,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  in  1843,  and  came  to  Boston  in  1861. 
His  success  is  "  known  and  read  of  all  men."  He  is  possessed  of  splendid  executive  abilities  and  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  grocery  busi- 
ness, while  he  is  an  indefatigable  worker,  and  is  universally  popular  in  trade  circles.  Mr.  Perry  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  was  connected  for 
some  years  with  Wadley,  Spurr  &  Co.  Mr.  Woodward  was  formerly  connected  with  the  house  of  Pierce,  Dana  &  Co.,  and  is  an  expert  buyer 
and  salesman  of  some  twenty-five  years' experience.  Mr.  Pierce  is  a  native  of  Lebanon,  Me.,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  since  the  age  of 
twenty,  and  achieved  a  high  reputation  as  a  merchant  of  ability.  Mr.  Holmes  has  charge  of  the  financial  department,  while  Mr.  Wilson  has 
the  managment  of  the  bureau  of  credits,  each  combining  his  vigor  and  energy  with  the  other  partners  to  form  a  firm  of  commanding  influ- 
ence, wide  popularity  and  solid  worth. 

|EE  &  SHEPARD,  Publishers,  No.  10  Milk  Street.— The  imprint  of  Lee  &  Shepard  has  become  as  familiar  to  the  read- 
ing public  of  this  country  as  that  of  any  publishing  house  extant.  Since  1862.  this  firm  have  been  an  important 
and  growing  factor  in  the  literary  world,  and  its  bulletin  of  new  books  is  eagerly  welcomed  and  carefully  scanned 
as  furnishing  wholesome,  entertaining  reading  for  both  old  and  young.  Their  establishment  is  always  a  pleasant 
place  to  shop,  and  under  the  auspices  of  this  firm  some  of  the  most  popular  writers  of  the  present  day  have  received 
their  first  start  in  authorship.  Here  men  conspicuous  in  literature,  and  of  wide  fame  in  the  world  of  American 
letters,  are  wont  to  gather  for  the  interchange  of  good  fellowship  and  art.  From  its  literary  attractiveness,  the  store  at  No.  10 
Milk  Street,  next  to  the  Old  South  Church,  is  a  place  of  special  interest  to  strangers,  as  well  as  all  lovers  of  good  reading  in  Boston 
and  vicinity  To  drop  into  Lee  &  Shepard's  for  a  glimpse  of  the  last  new  book  or  magazine  is  with  the  Bostonian  a  daily  duty. 
The  publications  of  this  firm  are  always  in  great  demand,  and  its  name  is  in  itself  a  guarantee  of  good  faith,  a  high  standard  of  literature, 
and  fair  and  honox-able  dealing;  while,  outside  of  their  own  publications,  Messrs.  Lee  &  Shepard  now  confine  themselves  to  handling  the 
published  works  of  Harper  &  Brothers  and  S.  C.  Griggs  &  Co.,  for  which  firms  they  are  sole  agents  in  New  England.  Dealers  are  supplied 
with  the  latest  novels,  and  all  standard  works  of  the  most  salable  character  at  the  lowest  prices.  Messrs.  Lee  &  Shepard  are  the  sole  pub- 
lishers of  some  two  thousand  volumes,  and  are  specially  prominent  as  publishers  of  juvenile  works,  school  and  text  books,  and  novels  by  the 
best  authors.  Their  latest  announcements  include  speeches  and  lectures  of  Wendell  Phillips,  life  and  works  of  Horace  Mann,  the  works  of 
Charles  Sumner  and  the  latest  productions  from  the  pens  of  Oliver  Optic,  J.  T.  Trowbridge,  Sophie  May,  and  others.  Their  trade  list 
embraces  the  works  of  Petroleum  V.  Nasby,  Amanda  M.  Douglas,  Elijah  Kellogg,  Rev.  Robert  Collyer,  Rev.  Dr.  Townsend,  G.  M.  Baker, 
Cora  Linn  Daniels,  Max  Adler,  Hans  Christian  Andersen,  Mary  A.  Denison,  P.  C.  Headley,  T.  W.  Higginson,  Prof.  King,  Baron  Niles  Posse, 
Dr.  Blaisdall,  Harriett  Prescott  Spofford,  George  M.  Fowle.  Miss  V.  F.  Townsend,  as  well  as  all  the  standard  works  of  prose  and  poetry.  The 
firm  are  also  making  a  notable  specialty  of  fine  art  publications,  which  are  having  a  wide  sale.  Mr.  Charles  A.  B.  Shepard,  the  junior 
member  of  the  firm,  died  in  January.  1889,  after  a  long  and  honorably  successful  career,  and  his  interest  is  still  continued  in  the  business  by 
his  estate.  Mr.  William  Lee,  the  honored  head  of  the  house,  has  been  connected  with  the  book  business  for  a  period  of  fifty-four  years, 
starting  as  a  clerk  for  S.  G.  Drake,  the  antique  book-seller.  In  1846  he  was  admitted  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co., 
from  which  he  retired  in  1857,  although  remaining  financially  interested  in  the  house.  While  taking  a  trip  abroad  the  firm  failed,  involving 
a  loss  of  one-fourth  of  his  capital.  In  the  great  fire  of  1872,  the  firm  lost  $150,000  worth  of  plates,  besides  much  other  valuable  property.  Mr. 
Lee  is  still  active  in  promoting  the  business  and  literary  interests  of  his  house,  surrounded  by  a  corps  of  trusted  assistants,  and  is  honored  and 
esteemed  in  both  literary,  social  and  business  circles;  is  a  member  of  the  Algonquin  and  Art  Clubs  of  this  citj^,  and  of  the  Aldine  of  New  York. 

RICHARD  T.  SULLIVAN,  Manufacturer  of  Wool  Extracts  in  All  Grades  and  Colors,  Etc.,  No.  155  Federal  Street.—The 
production  of  wool,  its  preparation  for  the  market  and  the  general  trade  carried  on  in  this  commodity  makes  the 
wool  industry  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of  commerce  in  the  United  States,  and  a  source  of  much  finan- 
cial value,  as  well  as  a  heavy  producer  of  revenue.  The  manufacture  of  wool  extracts  is,  therefore,  elevated  to  a 
plane  of  the  utmost  significance.  A  leading  house  in  Boston  engaged  in  this  particular  branch  of  the  wool  industry 
is  that  of  Mr.  Richard  T.  Sullivan,  located  at  No.  155  Federal  Street,  with  mills  at  Newton  Lower  Falls.  This  busi- 
ness was  established  by  Mr.  Sullivan  in  1873,  and  the  house  has  ever  since  been  one  of  the  representative  industrial  institutions  of 
Massachusetts.  Mr.  SuUivan  manufactures  wool  extracts  in  all  grades  and  colors;  also  extracted  rags  in  assorted  grades,  in  colors, 
or  ready  for  coloring.  His  mills  are  equipped  with  seven  Garnett  machines,  sixty  inches  each;  fifteen  double  cards,  sixty  inches 
each;  five  pickers,  three  water  wheels  and  two  steam  engines  of  125  horse-power,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  over  seventy-five  skilled 
hands.  Fifty  grades  of  wool  extracts  are  here  turned  out  and  woolen  and  shoddy  manufacturers  throughout  the  country  are  supplied  in 
quantities  to  suit  at  the  shortest  possible  notice  and  at  terms  and  prices  which  defy  successful  competition.  The  mills  have  been  running 
steadily,  except  delays  for  repairs,  since  their  establishment.  The  policy  upon  which  the  business  is  conducted  is  characterized  by  liberality, 
integrity  and  the  careful  fostering  of  the  interests  of  all  patrons.  Samples  are  sent  by  mail  and  all  transactions  are  placed  upon  a  sub- 
stantial and  satisfactory  basis.  Mr.  Sullivan  is  a  native  Bostonian.  in  the  prime  of  life,  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  requirements  of 
manufacturers  of  woolen  goods,  and  eminently  successful  and  popu  lar  in  meeting  every  demand  of  the  trade.  He  has  been  ably  assisted  by 
his  efficient  partner,  Mr.  Charles  L.  Hosmer,  and  by  Mr.  Arthur  6.  Hosmer,  as  agent.    Mr.  Wm.   0.  Fitzgerald  is  traveling  salesman. 


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F.  SMITH  &  BRO.,  Driven  Wells,  No.  38  Oliver  Street.— From  ahygienic  point  of  view  nothing  can  be  of  more  impoi'tance  than 
an  ample  supply  of  pure  water;  and  experience  shows  that  there  is  no  better  way  to  secure  this  desideratum  than  by  means  of 
Artesian  or  driven  wells.  The  first  so-called  driven  wells  were  driven  in  18(J1,  and  since  then  many  hundreds  of  thousandy 
have  been  jnut  down  all  over  the  world ;  very  few  ai-e  now  made  as  they  were  in  the  earlier  period ;  Che  process  of  sinking  them 
*  has  been  much  improved  upon.  Artesian  wells  were  put  down  long  before  wrought  iron  pipe  was  invented.  A  very  prom- 
inent concern  engaged  in  the  sinking  of  wells  of  this  description  is  that  of  Messrs.  B.  F.  Smith  &  Bro.,  No.  38  Oliver  Street. 
They  liave  ample  facilities  for  the  execution  of  contracts  in  this  line  by  hand  or  steam  power  and  are  prepared  to  give  particular  attention  to 
large  operations,  such  as  the  water  supply  of  cities,  towns  and  villages;  a  number  of  which  are  adopting  this  system  of  obtaining  water  with 
very  satisfactory  results,  both  as  to  quality  and  quantity.  The  water  thus  obtained  is  entirely  free  fron\  surface  drainage  or  vegetable  matter 
which  is  so  often  found  in  surface  supphesand  is  so  injurious  to  liealth.  Mr.  B.  F.  Smith  is  the  inventor  of  the  "  sand  and  vacuum  chamber," 
for  use  on  driven  wells— a  most  valuable  device  covered  by  several  patents.  These  chambers  are  made  both  upright  and  horizontal  and  are 
warranted  to  stop  the  influx  of  sand.  Thousands  of  the  wells  constructed  by  this  firm  are  in  use  for  domestic  and  farm  purposes;  by  manu- 
facturers who  use  large  quantities  of  water  and  find  these  the  most  economical  mode  of  supply;  also  in  breweries,  tanneries,  gas  works,  cream- 
eries, dairies,  for  ice  machines,  and  wherever  large  quantities  of  cold  water  are  required.  We  understand  that  the  saving  in  water  and 
ice  bills  of  several  large  concerns  ni  and  around  Boston,  for  whom  B.  F.  Smith  &  Bro.  have  driven  or  drilled  wells,  will  run  from  three  to 
thirty  dollars  a  day.  The  firm  also  make  soundings  for  building  and  bridge  foundations,  and  other  opei-ations  in  which  it  is  necessary  to 
ascertain  the  nature  of  the  soil.  This  business  was  established  by  the  Messrs.  Smith  some  fifteen  years  ago.  Both  gentlemen  have  been 
residents  of  Boston  many  years.    Their  business  is  extensive,  especially  in  New  Kngland. 


BoTLSTON  Street  and  Copley  Sqi  are  1889 


^CiATTERY  &  D'ARCT,  Wholesale  Lumber  Dealers.  Nos.  l.'S  and  16  Charlestown  Street  and  Nos.  64  and  60  Endicott  Street.— 
Messrs.  Slattery  &  D'Arcy,  wholesale  dealers  in  doors,  sashes,  blinds  and  lumber,  located  at  Nos.  15  and  16  Charlestown 
Street  and  Nos.  64  and  66  Endicott  Street,  are  one  of  the  few  firms  in  the  trade  which  are  conducted  under  a  management 
whose  policy  is  a  successful  combination  of  all  the  sterling  principles  of  old-time  trading  with  a  strong  progressive  tendency 
and  enterprise,  so  essential  to  success  nowadays.  As  lumber  dealers,  the  firm  are  at  any  moment  prepared  to  furnish  car 
lots  of  doors,  sashes,  blinds  and  glass,  glazed  windows,  door  and  window  frames,  moldings  and  brackets,  inside  finish, 
spruce  frames,  hemlock  and  spruce  boards,  shingles,  laths  or  clapboards;  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  inside  finish  box  window  frames 
and  spruce  framing.  The  undertaking  was  initiated  over  forty  years  ago  by  Augustus  Hardy,  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Hardy,  Dyer  &  Co  ,  and 
they  in  1882  by  Messrs.  Slattery,  Hardy  &  Co.,  in  which  the  present  senior  partner,  Mr.  J.  F.  Slattery,  was  a  member,  and  in  January,  1889, 
Mr.  D'Arcy  purchased  Hardy  &  Co.'s  interest,  when  the  present  co-partnership  was  formed  under  the  now  existing  firm  name.  The 
immense  business  now  at  the  command  of  the  house  reaches  to  all  the  chief  commercial  centers  throughout  the  Union,  among  the  most 
representative  consumers,  who  are  all  unanimous  in  according  the  firm  their  unlimited  confidence  and  enduring  support  and  regard  it  as 
the  best  and  safest  medium  for  the  procuring  of  their  heavy  consignments.  The  premises  at  the  location  indicated,  consist  of  a  spacious 
building  330  feet  long,  containingsix  floors  and  running  back  to  Nos.  64  and  66  Endicott  Street,  and  divided  into  departments,  as  salesroom, 
store,  warehouse  and  office,  the  exigencies  of  the  business  necessitating  the  regular  employment  of  twenty  duly  qualified  assistants.  Need- 
less to  say,  a  very  large  and  comprehensive  stock  is  always  carried,  of  the  best  quality  as  to  make  and  material  that  the  market  affords; 
and  at  such  prices  as  command  quick  and  ready  sales.  Both  Mr.  Slattery  and  Mr.  D'Arcy  are  of  American  birth  and  are  now  of  the  ages 
of  forty-five  and  thirty-six  years  respectively. 


144  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

^  RIGHT,  BROWN  &  CROSSLEY,  (Successors  to  Wright  &  Brown,)  Solicitors  of  American  and  Foreign  Patents,  Exchange 
Building,  No.'  53  State  Street.— The  American  brain  is  exceptionally  an  inventive  one,  and,  as  the  years  roll  by,  the 
army  of  inventors,  as  duly  recognized  by  the  issue  of  patents  to  secure  to  them  the  fruits  of  their  genius  and  labor, 
f^  is  rapidly  enlarging.  To  the  unaided  applicant,  ignorant  alike  of  the  patent  laws  and  their  requirements,  the  diffi- 
culties and  delays  inherent  to  securing  a  patent  are  almost  insurmountable  without  the  assistance  of  experienced 
sohcitors.  The  firm  of  3Iessrs.  Wright,  Brown  &.  Crossley,  of  this  city,  offer  the  best  possible  facilities  to  all  desir- 
ing to  procure  strong  and  vahd  letters  patent,  or  requiring  any  investigations  in  connection  therewith.  It  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that 
by  prompt  and  constant  attention  to  pending  cases  a  larger  proportion  of  applications  have  been  brought  to  a  speedy  and  successful 
issue  through  the  agency  of  this  firm  than  by  any  other  doing  business  in  Boston.  Their  offices  are  eligibly  located  in  the  new 
Exchange  Building,  No.  53  State  Street,  with  a  branch  office  in  Atlantic  Building,  F  Street,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  business  was  originally 
estabhshed  in  1866  by  Hon.  Carroll  D.  Wright,  and  the  following  year  Mr.  Charles  F.  Brown,  a  native  of  Maine  and  a  well-known  mechanical 
expert  and  highly  skilled  draftsman,  was  admitted  to  partnership.  Mr.  Wright,  who  is  now  United  States  Commissioner  of  Labor,  retired 
fr-om  active  practice  in  1878,  and  Mr.  Brown  continued  the  business  without  change  in  the  firm  name  until  November,  1885;  when  the  present 
firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  to  partnership  of  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Crossley,  late  examiner  in  the  United  States  Patent  Office.  This  firm 
have  at  their  command  the  best  of  connections  and  facilities  for  the  securing  of  patents,  both  American  and  foreign,  having  an  Intimate 
acquaintance  with  and  access  to  all  the  official  records,  assignments,  extensions,  models  and  drawings  pertaining  to  patents  in  every  counti-y, 
and  are  thus  prepared  to  conduct  any  important  and  difficult  case.  Inventoi's  can  always  obtain  free  advice  from  this  firm  in  regard  to  the 
patent  ability  of  any  device,  and,  by  placing  the  main  points  of  their  invention  clearly  before  them  by  letter,  can  expect  a  prompt  answer, 
often  by  return  mail.  They  pronlptly  transact  every  description  of  patent  office  work,  including  the  filing  of  applications  for  letters-patent, 
trade  marks,  design  patents,  reissues  and  copyrights;  the  prosecution  of  appeals,  renewal  of  forfeited  applications,  investigation  of  infringe- 
ments, the  contesting  of  interferences,  and  acting  as  experts  before  the  courts.  They  have  correspondents  in  all  patent-granting  countries, 
and  their  patronage  is  especially  large  and  influential  among  the  manufacturers  of  New  England,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania.  Their  cli- 
ents include  such  well-known  houses  as  the  American  Waltham  Watch  Company,  the  National  Tube  Works  Company,  the  E.  Howard  Watch 
and  Clock  Company,  the  Jones  &  Lamson  Machine  Company,  the  Laconia  Car  Company,  the  American  Twist  Drill  Company,  the  Sanford 
Mills,  the  Smith  &  Anthony  Stove  Company,  Blessrs.  Robbins  &  Appleton,  The  Electric  Boot  and  Shoe  Finishing  Company,  Lamoille  Manu- 
facturing Company  and  many  others.  All  clients  can  depend  upon  receiving  prompt  and  satisfactory  service  from  Messrs.  Wright,  Brown  & 
Crossley,  and  at  rates  remarkably  low  in  comparison  with  the  inducements  and  complete  facilities  they  offer.  Their  office  in  Washington  is 
equipped  with  a  highly  skilled  corps  of  assistants,  and  both  members  of  the  firm  frequently  go  to  the  national  capital  to  give  personal  atten- 
tion to  their  business  before  the  United  States  Patent  Office.  Mr.  Brown  has  an  academic  education,  besides  being  a  graduate  of  schools  of 
'  special  training  in  which  he  fully  fitted  himself  for  his  present  profession.  Mr.  Crossley  is  also  possessed  of  an  academic  education,  and  is  a 
graduate  of  the  National  University  Law  School,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  having  received  his  diploma  from  the  hands  of  Ex-President  Hayes, 
who  was  ex-officio  Chancellor  of  the  University  when  Mr.  Crossley  graduated.  During  his  long  term  of  service  in  the  United  States  Patent 
Office,  he  organized  the  present  Issue  Division  of  that  bureau,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  its  head,  when  he  entered  the  examining 
corps  and  remained  there  until  he  resigned  to  join  his  present  firm. 

|DWIN  S.  HEILBRUN,  Doussan  French  Perfumery  Company,  New  Orleans,  La.,  Commission  Merchant,  New  York  and  New 
England  Agent  Nos.  116  and  126  Bedford  and  24  Kingston  Streets,  Room  No.  311.— Many  obtain  a  superficial  view  of  the  town  or 
place  they  happen  to  be  visiting.  Some  who  have  heard  of  Grasse,  in  the  department  of  Var,  France,  imagine  from  the  size 
and  the  number  of  inhabitants  that  this  town  is  of  little  importance  but,  w^hoever  the  tourist  might  be  who  is  so  impressed,  he 
lives  in  a  "Fool's  Paradise,  "—the  opposite  contrast  of  ]ust  what  the  natives  of  this  town  are  enjoying,  for  it  is  not  an  exagger- 
ation of  speech  to  say  it  is  a  veritable  Elysium.  The  natives  ai'e  glad,  not  for  lack  of  courtesy,  if  strangers  do  not  visit  them  for 
fear  that  they  might  steal  their  thunder  in  the  form  of  their  hvelihood  by  obtaining  secrets  regarding  the  manufacture  of  perfumes.  Royalty, 
on  account  of  the  class  prejudice  that  rears  itself  like  the  wall  of  China  against  all  commercial  pursuits,  are  always  gladly  received.  Queen 
Victoria  finds  unspeakable  pleasure  in  visiting  Grasse,  from  its  unique  business  industry  as  well  as  the  beauties  of  bountiful  nature,  who  has 
clothed  this  town  with  many  rare  charms  of  natural  scenery  that  few  places  can  boast  of.  It  is  situated  on  the  southeastern  slope  of  a  hill 
and,  although  the  country  is  rugged  and  the  streets  very  steep,  yet  its  beautiful  villas  and  exquisite  grounds  would  be  a  worthy  subject  of  the 
greatest  landscape  painter  to  adorn  his  canvas,  and  for  this  reason  we  will  not  go  into  further  rhapsody  as  we  reahze  such  an  able  subject  is 
receiving  such  poor  treatment.  A  single  fact  is  worth  a  ship-load  of  arguments,  especially  so  when  it  is  likely  to  become  historical.  For  this 
reason  we  would  mention  to  our  readers  that  about  sixty-five  yeai'S  ago  a  gentleman  by  the  name  of  Auguste  Doussan  was  born.  In  this  cradle 
that  held  him,  there  seems  as  if  two  lives  were  born,— one  art  and  the  other  a  practical  business  man, — the  art  representing  the  profound 
knowledge  that  Mr.  Doussan  has  of  the  perfumery  business  and  the  other  the  Napoleonic  insight  in  realizing  that  among  its  other  vast  indus- 
tries the  United  States  was  lacking  in  the  perfumery  enterprise.  When  Mr.  Auguste  Doussan  had  obtained  his  full  bearings  he  saw  no  reason 
why  one  would  not  be  able  to  manufacture  perfumes  in  this  country  as  well  as  elsewhere,  and,  like  the  Arab,  who  silently  closed  his  tent  and 
stole  away,  he  at  last  pitched  his  tent  in  one  of  the  largest  perfumery  establishments  of  the  w^orld,  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  where  the  amicable 
climate  permitted  of  the  same  liberties  in  manipulating  perfumes  as  in  France.  Mr.  C-  K.  Hall,  the  liberal  and  efficient  president  of  this 
company,  with  ample  means  at  his  command  and  the  astute  and  judicious  manner  of  the  distribution  of  the  same,  will  speak  volumes 
in  the  way  of  the  daintiness  of  their  package  and  everything  to  make  the  perfumery  business  conducted  by  this  firm  acceptable  and  attract- 
ive. The  reason  perfumes  have  become  an  important  auxiliary  in  our  present  advanced  and  refined  taste,  even  to  those  who  are  far  from 
being  sesthetic,  is  that  nature  is  better  portrayed  in  the  art  of  making  perfumes  than  anything  else  that  can  be  done  in  this  world.  We  can 
gaze  on  a  picture  of  flowers  and  admire  its  beautiful  colors  and  many  other  attributes  that  go  with  the  same,  but  the  interior  is  cold,— the 
odor  is  lacking.  There  is  nothing  so  sensitive  as  the  olfactory  organs  and  for  this  reason  they  should  never  be  offended  by  anything  loud, 
and  in  consideration  of  this  we  would  recommend  a  line  of  odors  that  commend  themselves  for  pleasant  associations,— of  all  that  is  pretty 
and  dainty  and  never  too  loud  to  be  vulgar,— the  Doussan  French  perfumes.  These  odors  are  like  tearing  a  page  out  of  history,  is  so  true  to 
the  flower,  and  one  trial  will  prove  their  worth.  If  you  want  something  lasting  they  can  give  you  odors  that  hang  like  grim  death,  but  the 
association  far  pleasanter.  Mr.  Heilbrun,  the  manager  of  their  eastern  business,  under  whose  direct  supervision  the  Boston  office  is  con- 
ducted, is  a  Southerner  himself,  with  all  the  many  attributes  that  go  with  the  same,  believing  that  patience  is  a  virtue,  and  one  could  not 
make  a  mistake  by  applying  to  him  for  any  information  that  is  desired,  and  we  would  commend  a  visit  to  this  gentleman  to  meet  some 
of  the  hospitality  that  is  generally  conceded  by  those  who  ever  come  in  contact  with  our  Southern  brothers.  If  all  the  adjectives  in  the 
English  language  were  marshaled  before  one  tbey  would  not  qualify  the  excellences  of  the  Doussan  French  perfumes  and  the  many  charms 
and  merits  of  their  office  at  No.  116  Bedford  Street,  Room  No.  311.  Undoubtedly  there  is  no  office  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  that 
surpasses  this  one  with  which  they  have  favored  Boston.  We  would  commend  to  ladies  buying  perfumes  to  remember  that  the  word 
Doussan  is  synonymous  with  all  that  is  good  in  the  perfumery  line.  If  you  want  something  dainty  ask  for  a  dainty  odor,  or  a  lasting  one  can 
be  secured  as  well,  if  only  stated  to  the  retail  druggists,  who  are  the  only  parties  handling  these  goods  in  this  country. 


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■  EW  ENGLAND  HOUSE,  C.  W.  Parker  &  Co.,  Proprs.  Corner  Blackstone  and  Clinton  Streets.— This  house  was  opened 
about  the  year  1836  and  since  that  time  has  been  managed  by  some  of  the  best  hotel  men  in  the  country,  notably  the  late 
Paran  Stevens,  who  left  it  to  take  possession  of  the  Revere  House;  Lambert  Maynard,  who  was  its  proprietor  for  twenty- 
eight  years ;  Joel  Gay,  Bell  &  Bailey,  J.  T.  Wilson,  the  latter  coming  into  control  in  1873,  and  was  succeeded  in  1890  by  Messrs. 
C.  W.  Parker  &  Co.,  the  present  popular  proprietors.  The  New  England  is  emphatically  the  best  two  dollar  per  day  house 
in  Boston.  It  is,  unquestionably,  the  popular  favorite  with  commercial  men  and  is  one  of  the  few  where  business  flour- 
ishes the  year  around.  The  building  is  four  stories  in  height  and  contains  one  hundred  rooms  for  guests,  all  comfortably  furnished,  well- 
hghted  and  airy,  while  every  modern  improvement  has  been  introduced,  including  electric  lights,  steam  heat,  annunciators,  a  fine  lunch- 
room on  the  ground  floor,  and  a  well  stocked  bar  under  expert  management.  The  situation  is  in  the  center  of  the  grocery  and  provision  dis- 
trict, near  to  Quincy  and  Faneuil  Hall  markets,  within  easy  reach  of  depots  and  steamboat  landings,  and  convenient,  alike  to  the  permanent 
patron,  the  copimercial  tourist  and  the  transient  guest.  The  cuisine  of  the  house  is  worthy  of  special  commendation,  being  under  the 
most  experienced  management  and  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  excellence.  The  dining-room  seats  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons,  and 
is  a  favorite  resort  for  many  of  our  merchants  and  business  men,  who  heartily  appreciate  its  excellent  bill  of  fare.  Terms  are  from  two  to  two 
dollars  and  a  half  per  day,  on  the  American  plan,  and  a  stay  at  this  hotel  is  always  remembered  as  a  pleasant  experience.  The  proprietors. 
Messrs.  C.  W.  Parker  and  F.  B.  Smith,  have  been  connected  with  the  house  some  ten  or  twelve  years  and  are  gentlemen  in  the  early  prime 
of  life,  active,  enterprising  and  painstaking,  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  average  guest.  Mr,  Parker  is  a  native  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  was  chief  clerk  here  during  the  regime  of  Mr.  Wilson,  Mr,  Smith  is  a  New  Hampshire  man  by  birth,  and  an  accomplished 
caterer. 


gOPKINSON  &  MARDEN,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wooden,  Willow  and  Tinware,  Brooms,  Brushes,  Mats,  Cordage,  French, 
German  and  American  Baskets,  Sleds,  Wagons,  Velocipedes,  Clothes  Dryers,  Wringers,  Etc.,  Nos.  15  and  16  Faneuil  Hall 
Square.— Boston  is  a  most  important  center  for  the  wholesale  wooden-ware  trade,  and  the  oldest  and  best-known  house 
engaged  therein  is  that  of  Messrs.  Hopkinson  &  Marden,  located  at  Nos.  15  and  16  Faneuil  Hall  Square.  This  house  was- 
established  in  1843,  by  Messrs.  Dickinson,  Lincoln  &  Co.,  who  wei'e  succeeded  in  1846  by  the  firm  of  Lincoln  &  Hopkinson,  and 
in  1878  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  Messrs.  W.  L.  Hopkinson  and  Alvah  N,  Marden,  the  senior  partner  having  been 
in  the  house  since  1867,  while  Messrs,  Prescott,  Dickinson  and  Alex.  Lincoln  had  died  in  the  harness.  For  many  years'  the  business  has. 
grown  rapidly  in  strength  and  importance,  and  a  trade  has  been  built  up  of  the  highest  value,  both  domestic  and  export.  The  premises 
occupied  for  trade  purposes  comprise  five  floors,  60  x  100  feet  each,  where  is  carried  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  assortments  of  wooden, 
willow  and  tinware  to  be  found  in  New  England.  The  firm's  stock  embraces  all  standard  sizes  of  tubs,  pails  and  buckets;  French,  German 
and  American  baskets;  brooms  and  brushes,  clothes  dryers  and  wringers,  sleds,  wagons  and  velocipedes,  mats,  cordage  and  other  specialties 
in  both  wooden-ware,  willow  and  tinware.  Contracting  direct  with  many  factories  for  special  lines  in  the  largest  quantities,  and  selling 
extensively  to  jobbers  in  New  England  and  to  missionaries  and  other  parties  in  foreign  lands,  this  house  positively  quotes  prices  that  are  not 
to  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  Both  as  to  styles,  quality  and  finish,  these  goods  are  unexcelled  in  this  or  any  other  market,  and  are  supplied  to 
the  trade  in  quantities  to  suit  at  the  shortest  possible  notice,  Mr.  Hopkinson  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth,  while  Mr.  Marden  is  a  native 
of  Maine.  These  gentlemen  have  ever  pursued  a  policy  of  equity  and  honor,  and  have  always  accorded  a  hearty  support  to  all  movements 
calculated  to  advance  the  permanent  welfare  and  prosperity  of  Boston. 


HE  WARREN  SOAP  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  No,  143  Federal  Street.— There  are  few  manufacturing  houses  engaged  in 
business  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  or  indeed  throughout  the  whole  country  that  can  advance  so  many  claims  to  public 
confidence  as  The  Warren  Soap  Manufacturing  Company,  No.  143  Federal  Street.  The  company,  which  was  incorporated 
in  1890,  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts  with  a  capital  of  $50,000,  is  the  evolution  of  an  older  business  carried  on  under  the- 
name  of  Henry  L,  Warren.  The  character  of  the  business,  prior  to  the  house  becoming  an  incorporated  company,  was  the 
manufacture    of    bar   soap ;    it   was,    however 


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subsequently  changed,  the  business  to-day  consisting  of  the  prep- 
aration of  textile  soaps,  scouring  and  fulling  soaps,  chemicals, 
scourers  for  woolen,  silk  and  cotton  mills,  bleachery  and  dye 
houses,  etc.  The  concern  has  extensive  mills  at  Watertown, 
Mass.,  the  conduct  and  management  of  which  require  the  services 
of  thirty  employees.  The  capacity  of  the  factories  averages 
between  one  and  two  million  pounds  of  soap  per  diem  and  the 
trade  of  the  house  is  of  so  extensive  a  character  as  to  be  limited 
only  by  the  confines  of  the  Union,  comprising  transactions  with 
both  wholesale  and  retail  houses.  The  president  of  the  com. 
pany  is  Mr.  Geo.  L,  Stevens  whose  administrative  ability  is  such 
as  to  render  the  control  of  the  immense  volume  of  business  fall- 
ing to  his  lot  by  virtue  of  his  office,  mere  child's-play.  Mr. 
Stevens  is  a  native  of  Maine  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  a 
lengthy  period.  He  is  a  partner  in  the  Woodstock  Woolen  Co., 
and  a  member  of  the  American  Magnesium  Co.,  industrial  corpo- 
rations of  unquestionable  standing,  Mr,  Albert  Warren,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  singular  acumen  and  foresight,  ably  discharges  the 
onerous  duties  incidental  to  the  treasurership  of  the  company. 
This  gentleman,  though  a  native  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  has  been  iden- 
tified with  the  State  of  Massachusetts  for  a  long  time  and  he  is 
also  actively  associated  with  the  American  Magnesium  Company. 
The  vast  amount  of  clerical  work  pertaining  to  the  conduct  of 
the  business  is  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  H,  Groeschner,  who  is  con- 
nected with  both  the  Woodstock  Woolen  Co.  and  the  American 
Magnesium  Co.  This  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Breslau,  Germany, 
but  his  interests  have  long  been  those  of  the  country  of  his  adop- 
tion, among  the  commercial  community  of  which  he  is  well-known  and  highly  respected.  The  Warren  Soap  Co.,  being,  as  it  is  theoutcome- 
of  an  old,  substantial  manufacturing  house  and  having  for  the  substructure,  upon  which  are  based  all  its  dealings,  the  vital  principle  of 
integrity  unqualified,  calls  naturally  for  a  position  of  the  strongest  relief  upon  the  record  of  our  city's  progres.s. 


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jHE  NORTON  DOOR-CHECK  AND  SPRING  COMPANY,  James  P.  Flynn,  President;  Charles  S.  Penliallow,  Ti-easiirer, 
Office,  No.  505  Sears  Building. — Prominent  among  tlie  manufacturers  of  specialties  peculiar  to  their  respective  ehtal)li.•^ll■ 
ments  in  Boston  should  be  named  the  Norton  Door-Check  and  Spring  Company,  whose  offices  are  located  in  Sears 
Building,  with  a  factory  at  Everett,  Mass.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1881,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $200,000,  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  and  manufacturing  the  •  Norton  Door-Check 
and  Spring,"  the  invention  of  Mr,  Louis  C.  Norton,  whose  services  have  been  retained  by  the  company  as  superin- 
tendent of  their  works.  This  device  consists  of  a  cyhnder,  piston,  spring  and  self-adjusting  valve.  It  is  provided  with  suitable 
brackets,  and  is  adapted  to  be  attached  to  the  top  part  of  a  door  and  the  frame  over  the  door.  In  it  are  two  great  powers,  viz: 
the  spring,  which  is  sure  to  close  the  door,  drawing  the  hardest  when  it  is  nearest  closed,  and  the  check,  or  the  cushioning  of 
the  piston  on  air,  which  brings  the  door  to  a  stop  tor  an  instant  near  the  jamb,  then  quietly  but  surely  closing  the  door  and  latching  it  by  the 
operation  of  the  spring,  being  regulated  by  the  automatic  valve,  which  permits  the  air  to  enter  the  cyhnder  freely  while  opening  the 
door,  and  while  closing  exhausts  the  air  more  or  less,  as  the  force  exerted  on  the  door  to  close  it  is  greater  or  less.  The  parts  of  the 
device  are  so  arranged  together  that  the  greater  the  force  exerted  to  close  the  door  the  greater  resistance  will  be  offered ;  consequently 
no  slam  or  jar  can  occur.  Many  attempts  have  been  made  to  effect  this  purpose  by  otlier  inventors,  but  the  Norton  now  stands  alone, 
as  a  proof  of  the  old  maxim,  "the  survival  of  the  littest."    It  has  supplanted  all  other  devices  the  world  over,  and  is  the  ne  plus  ultra  for 


the  noiseless  and  effectual  closing  of  the  doors  of  churches,  stores,  banks,  counting-rooms,  school-houses,  theaters,  hospitals,  public  halls, 
railroads,  steamboats,  hotels  and  private  residences.  Over  one  hundred  thousand  are  now  in  use,  and  the  demand  is  practically  universal 
over  both  continents.  The  company  are  now  making  some  15,000  per  year,  and  are  shipping  immense  quantities  to  England,  France,  Germany, 
Italy,  Russia,  Spain,  Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Egypt,  Australia,  South  America,  Mexico  and  other  portions  of  the  globe.  Three  hundred 
agencies  are  operated  in  Europe,  and  branch  offices  are  established  in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Baltimore,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Washington,  Omaha  and  Charleston,  S.  C.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  company  are  as  follows:  President,  James  P.  Flynn; 
Treasurer,  Charles  S.  Penhallow;  Directors:  J.  P.  Flynn,  Col.  C.  R.  Codman,  Frank  Wood,  Russell  Gray,  Chas.  S.  Penhallow.  These  gentle- 
men are  well-known  Bostonians,  who  take  a  personal  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  company,  and  are;promoting  its  success  with  energy,  dis- 
crimination and  sound  judgment. 


iOLMES  &  BLANCHARD,  Mill  Furnishers.  Etc.,  No.  :37  and  39  Charlestown  Street.— The  enterprise  of  Messrs,  Holmes  & 
Blauchard,  as  niilhvrights,  machinists,  mill  furnishers,  and  manufacturers  of  machinery,  at  Nos.  37  and  39  Charlestown  Street, 
has  been  conducted  with  such  progressive  ideas,  industry  and  perseverance  as  to  have  led  to  the  acquirement  of  a 
high  reputation  for  superiority  of  product  and  the  establishment  of  a  widespread  and  influential  trade.  The  foun- 
dation of  the  business  was  laid  in  1830,  by  Chas.  W.  Brown,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1864,  The  busi- 
ness premises  comprise  an  entire  six-story  building,  thoroughly  equipped  with  the  best  machinery,  operated  by  a 
steam  engine  of  80  horse  power,  and  steady  emplo.yment  is  given  to  from  sixty  to.  one  hundred  hands.  This  house  has  long  been 
headquarters  for  a  great  variety  of  mill  supplies,  and  has  steadily  maintained  the  foremost  position  in  the  Eastern  trade  in  its  specialty 
of  millstones  and  portable  grinding  mills,  as  well  as  machinery  of  all  kinds  for  fertilizer  makers  and  for  manufacture  of  chocolate 
and  paints  and  colors.  Their  products  in  this  line  are  widely  preferred  over  all  other  makes.  They  manufacture  French  Burr  mill- 
stones of  all  sizes,  and  everything  for  flour  and  grist  mill,  and  keep  in  stock  the  best  Dutch  Anker  Bolting  cloths,  portable  mill,  and  all  ma- 
chinery and  furnishing  of  a  first-class  merchant  mill.  Among  other  specialties  handled  by  this  firm  are  the  Eureka  Smutter,  the  Eureka 
Flour  Packer,  elevator  buckets,  the  Eureka  Automatic  magnetic  separator.  Holmes  &  Blanchard's  Improved  Warehouse  elevator.  Holmes' 
Patent  Automatic  Hatch  Covers,  Iron  and  Burr  stone  paint  mill,  special  machinery  for  fertilizer  mills,  chocolate  mills  and  machinery,  drug 
mills,  Fairbanks  scales,  horse  powers  and  machinery,  shafting,  hangers  and  pulleys,  mill  gearing,  wire  rope,  chain  elevators,  French  burr 
stone  coffee  mills,  coffee  roasters,  best  oak-tanned  leather  belting,  rubber  belting,  solid  cotton  belting,  best  quality  cut  lacing,  bag  holders, 
etc.,  etc.  The  members  of  this  responsible  firm,  Messrs  E.  O.  Holmes  and  J.  W.  Blanchard,  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  still 
in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  expert  manufacturers  and  honorable  business  men.  who  have  by  their  energy,  skill  and  enterprise  attained  a 
prominence  in  the  business  world  accorded  only  to  those  whose  transactions  are  based  on  the  enduring  principles  of  just  and  equitable   dealing 


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A.  WAYNE  6t  CO.,  JCamifacturers'  Agents,  Nos.  10  and  17  India  Street.— The  leading  manufacturers'  agents  for  the  .sale  of 
cmned  goods  and  grocers'  sundries  iu  this  city  are  Messrs.  A.  A.  Wayne  &  Co.,  whose  warerooms  are  located  at  Nos.  Hi 
ind  17  India^Sireet.  This  firm  established  their  business  litre  iu  iy8(j.  and  none  engaged  in  this  important  line  of  mercantile 
I  tivity  m  New  Englsmd  maintain  a  higher  standing  in  the  trade  or  enjoy  a  larger  measure  of  recognitio;-,.  '.J'.oy  occupy 
\n  entn  e  foui  story  buildin;^,  35 j:  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  possess  every  facility  for  conducting  all  operations  under  the 
m  st  1  i\  lable  auspices  and  upon  thelai^est  scale.  They  are  deservedly  prominent  in  trade  circles  as  New  England  agents 
tor  the  foUoumg  well  known  houses,  to  wit:  Williams  &  Carleton,  ilartford.  Conn.,  root  beer  extract;  D.  S.  Brown  &  Co.,  New  York,  laundry 
soap;  Globe  Pickle  Co.,  St.  Louis,  pickles;  Atlantic  Fruit  Preserving  Co.,  Boston;  Van  Camp  Padring  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  catchup;  Cellu- 
loid Starch  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Glen  Cove  M'f 'g.  Co.,  toilet  soap;  H.  &  Q.  A.  Uo'vftr,  Cincinnati,  O.,  laundry  soap;  Plymouth  Eock  Jl'f 'g. 
Co.,  mince  meat;  West  I\Ioreland  Specialty  Co.,  baking  powder,  glassware  and  pudding  preparatioii;  Fianklin  Packing  Co.,  canned  vege- 
tables and  fruits;  Atlantic  Chemical  Co.,  ammonia,  etc. ;  Lafayette  Mineral  Spring  Co.,  carbonated  waters.  The  house  is  conducted  on  strict 
business  principles  and  its  management  is  characterized  by  energy,  sagacity  and  integrity.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  refpreseatiiae 
interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  the  trade  is  broadly  distributed  throughout  New  England,  Canada  and  the  Provinces.  The  goods 
invariably  prove  of  the  best  quality,  and  are  in  heavy  and  influential  demand  among  dealers  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and 
superior  merits.  Mr.  A.  A.  Wayne,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  twenty -three 
years,  a  member  of  the  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association,  and  a  young  man  of  large  business  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling 
personal  worth. 

^HIPMAN  ENGINE  COMPANY,  Patentees  and  Dealers  in  Automatic  Oil  Burning  Steam  Engines.  No.  200  Summer  Street.— 
The  steam  engine  is,  in  this  era,  the  most  perfect  piece  of  mechanism  on  the  face  of  tlie  earth.  Some  of  the  con. 
cerns  engaged  in  this  line  whose  advertisements  are  sown  broadcast  have  been  unable  to  maintain  the  market 
their  ambitions  would  fill.  The  reason  is  apparent;  when  their  engines  break  down,  speedily  need  repairs  or  prove 
inadequate  to  the  work  demanded  of  them.  There  are  a  few  houses  here  in  Boston  that  have  achieved  a  solid 
reputation  for  the  superiority  of  their  engines,  and  fully  live  up  to  it.  Such  a  concern  is  the  Shipman  Engine 
Company,  patentees  and  dealers  in  automatic  oil-burning  steam  engines,  at  No.  300  Summer  Street,  whose  engines  are  hourly 
running  to  extent  of  many  hundred  horse-power  in  every  land  on  the  face  of  the  globe.  Founded  in  1884,  on  the  substantial  basis  of 
skill,  energy  and  integritj^,  the  business  has  had  a  remarkable  growth  and  is  one  of  the  best  illustrations  of  industrial  progress  in  the  coun- 
try. The  motor  is  an  automatic  petroleum-burning  steam  engine,  designed  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Shipman,  the  founder  of  the  business,  for  use 
either  on  launches  or  in  houses  where  a  moderate  amount  of  power  is  required.  One  of  its  essential  points  is  that  it  is  automatic,  so  that 
when  once  steam  has  been  generated  in  the  boiler,  practically,  no  further  attention  is  required  beyond  that  of  opening  and  shutting  the 
steam  valve  whenever  the  engine  is  started  or  stopped,  the  fire,  speed  and  water  feed  being  arranged  as  to  attend  to  themselves.  The  engine 
is  simple  or  compound,  as  may  be  best  suited  for  the  work  it  has  to  perform;  the  speed  is  kept  regular  by  means  of  a  governor,  which  works 
directly  on  the  steam  valve,  and  the  lubricating  of  oil  journals,  cylinders  and  slides  is  performed  by  the  ordinary  sight-feed  lubricators  and 
cups;  while  the  engine  is  compact,  not  heavy,  and  is  furnished  from  one  to  twenty-two  horse  power.  The  automatic  action  of  fuel  and  water 
supply  and  unvarying  speed  of  the  Shipman  make  it  the  most  desirable  power  for  small  isolated  electric  plants  on  the  market,  possessing 
uniformity  of  speed,  a  steady  steam  pressure,  and  a  regular  supply  and  even  level  of  water  in  boiler,  the  three  most  essential  points  to  be  con  - 
sidered  in  an  engine  and  boiler  furnishing  power  for  electric  lighting.  The  company  furnish  either  the  engine  only  or  entire  plant  complete, 
and  they  now  send  their  products  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  Agencies  are  operated  in  London,  Eng.;  Honolulu,  Sandwich  Islands;  No.  114 
Liberty  Street,  New  York  City;  No.  261  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago;  No.  519  Cherry  Street,  Philadelphia;  No.  405  Market  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Cal.;  No.  811  N.  Fourth  Street,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  China  and  Japan  Trading  Company  of  New  York,  for  China  and  Japan;  Edwin  W.  Adams,  of 
New  York,  for  India;  W.  E.  Grace  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  for  west  coast  South  America;  H.  W.  Peabody,  of  New  York,  for  Australia:  and  by 
experienced  parties  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Portland.  Ore.,  St.  Albans,  Vt. ;  Cincinnati,  C;  Cleveland,  O. ;  Detroit,  Mich.;  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Jackson- 
ville, Fla. ;  Springfield,  Mass.;  Holyoke,  Mass.;  Omaha,  Neb.  and  Portland,  Ore.  The  factory  of  the  company  is  located  atEochester,  N.  Y.. 
where  employment  is  given  to  some  ninety  skilled  hands.  The  best  of  material  only  is  employed,  and  every  part  is  fashioned  and  put 
together  with  the  greatest  accuracy  and  care.  Every  engine  is  severely  tested  before  shipment  and  is  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction,  w-hile 
prices  are  at  bed  rock.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1884,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000,  and  with  A.  H.  Shipman,  the  inventor  of  the  engine, 
as  president.  He  died  in  1888  and  was  succeeded  by  Dana  Estes,  the  head  of  the  well-known  publishing  house  of  Estes  &  Lauriat,  of  this 
city.  He  is  assisted  in  the  direction  of  affairs  by  Samuel  J.  Elder,  Esq. ,  a  prominent  attorney  of  this  cit,y,  as  treasurer,  and  Frank  F.  Proc- 
tor as  manager,  who  has  been  with  the  company  since  1885,  and  is  an  expert  and  practical  man  in  this  branch  of  industry. 

(HE  AMEEICAN  TOOL  AND  MACHINE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Turret,  Screw  Chasing  Hand  Lathes,  Chucks  and  Slide 
Eests,  No.  84  Kingston  Street.— The  fame  of  the  American  Tool  and  Machine  Company  of  this  city  is  world  wide  in  extent,  and 
deservedly  so,  as  it  has  long  taken  the  lead  in  designing  and  perfecting  machinery  for  various  purposes  and  of  the  most  impor- 
tant and  valuable  character.  This  company  are  manufacturers  of  turret,  screw  chasing  hand  lathes,  chucks  and  slide  rests, 
sugar  refinery  and  plantation  machinery,  brass  workers'  tools,  extractors  for  woolen  mills,  valve  milling  machines,  shafting, 
hangers,  pulleys  and  special  machinery  of  various  kinds,  with  its  headquarters  at  No.  84  Kingston  Street.  The  company  was 
incorporated  in  1864.  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  and  is  ofiHcered  as  follows,  viz,;  President  and  General  Manager,  Benjamin 
F.  Eadford:  Treasurer,  William  O.  Lincoln;  directors:  B.  F.  Eadford.  William  O.  Lincoln,  George  H.  Fox,  Jacob  Thaxter,  W.  M.  Bacon.  The 
president,  Mr.  Eadford,  was  made  superintendent  of  the  works  upon  the  organization  of  the  company,  and  to  his  management  is  largely 
due  the  great  success  achieved  by  this  house  in  the  industrial  world.  He  became  president  of  the  company  in  1889,  succeeding  the  late  David 
M.  Weston,  wlio  was  the  inventor  of  the  present  centrifugal  machinery  for  refining  sugar;  also  of  Weston's  "hydro-extractor,"  for  dryin.g 
cotton,  wool  and  all  kinds  of  fabrics,  for  laundry,  hotel  or  factory  use.  The  principal  works  of  the  company  are  located  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass. ; 
where  the  facilities  for  rapid  and  extensive  production  are  unsurpassed,  and  employment  is  given  at  both  places  to  three  hundred  and  fifty 
hands,  mostly  skilled  workmen.  The  foundry  facilities  are  perfect  and  have  a  large  melting  capacity,  ample  steam  power  and  the  best 
machinery  are  supplied,  and  quality  and  accuracy  are  the  fii-st  considerations  of  the  management.  Mr.  Radford  exercises  personal  supervi- 
sion over  the  several  departments  and  the  greatest  skill  and  soundest  judgment  are  brought  to  bear  to  raise  the  standard,  improve  the  quaUty 
and  enhance  the  value  of  the  output,  at  the  same  time  lessening  the  cost  of  production.  One  of  the  most  celebrated  products  of  this  company 
is  a  "  belt-knife  "  leather-splitting  machine,  which  is  in  use  in  most  of  the  largest  leather-currying  establishments  of  the  United  States,  Eng- 
land and  other  nations  of  the  world.  The  centrifugal  sugar  refining  machinery,  for  the  manufacture  of  which  this  company  is  so  widely 
noted,  practically  supplants  all  similar  inventions  of  the  kind  wherever  introduced  and  a  heavy  export  trade  is  enjoyed  therein.  The  com- 
pany's products  are  sought  for  and  in  use  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  also  in  South  America,  England,  France  and  Cuba, 
the  business  of  the  year  1891  reaching  about  $635,000  in  volume;  and  the  development  of  its  increasing  and  flourishing  trade  is  the  best 
possible  indication  of  the  superiority  of  its  products.  President  Eadford  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Hyde  Park,  and  highly  esteemed  for  his 
inventive  genius,  mechanical  skill  and  executive  abilities.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  Lincoln,  is  a  well-known  Bostonian,  and  an  efl3cient  and 
accomplished  official,  while  the  entire  board  of  directors  are  gentlemen  of  business  sagacity  and  high  repute. 


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gRANULAR  METAL  COMPANY,  Joel  H.  Hills,  General  Agent,  L237  Franklin  Street.— Of  the  many  highly  useful  inventions'. 
recently  introduced,  there  is  none  that  can  be  said  to  have  supplied  such  a  long-felt  want,  or  more  rapidly  come  to  the  front  as 
the  Patent  Journal  Bearings,  manufactured  solely  by  the  Granular  Metal  Company,  whose  office  and  foundry  are  located  at 
No.  166  Ruggles  Street,  and  general  agent's  office  at  237  Franklin  Street.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1879,  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $150,000,  and  is  officered  and  managed  by  J.  H.  Moulton,  president;  and. 
Joel  H.  Hills,  general  agent.  The  company  are  sole  proprietors  and  manufacturers  of  the  Granular  Babbitt  Metal  for  rail- 
road cars,  locomotives,  steamships  |  '  I  and  machinery  bearings,  and  the 
special  attention  of  railroad  offic  ials  is  called  to  their  patent  jour- 
nal bearings,  of  which  they  are  the  JS^^^.  exclusive  manufacturers.  From 
numerous  testimonials  received  ^^§  ^^m  from  practical  railroad  men,  it 
is  shown  that  they  outwear  all  tMsT  «  others,  both  in  the  bearing  parts 
and  more  especially  in  the  end  >S^^^^^P'  wear  caused  by  lateral  pressure 
and  motion.  These  bearings  will  «.-«J?*is  ^:  "^'  ^^^^  while  lubricated;  they 
will  not  press  out;  they  will  not  fj^  cut  or  wear  journals;  they  run 
cool  and  smooth,  and  require  less  ^«l%^&i^  lubricating  than  any  jom-nal  bear- 
ing on  the  market.  The  Granu-  ^M^^B^  '^''  '''''''''''''  metal  is  porous;  it 
absorbs  and  holds  oil;  this  is  the  ^^^ra  case  with  no  other  metal  or  alloy.. 
It  requires  about  300  degrees  JmHt  higher  temperature  to  melt  than 
Babitt  metal.  These  bearings  in  MB  V  repeated  competitive  tests  against 
other  lined  bearings  have  out-worn  B  Mi  them  two  or  three  to  one.  They 
have  greatly  out-worn  solid  brass  m  U  or  composition  bearings,  averag- 
ing in  the  same  proportion.      On            '                                               W    W                                                     account  of  its  superiority  in  these 

Northern,    Providence  and  Wor-  ^^^^^ntt«!tirw^R^B|^  oester.  Old  Colony,  Portland  and 

Ogdensburgh,    among  many  oth-  .^^^■H^  ^mSP  ^^^'    '^°  "^°^^  ^^°  *"'  °°'  familiar 

made  by  this  company  are  man-  jjMlfff'flfli^h^^^^^BI^^^H^E^^^^^*^    '  *k    >*^M  ufaotured  with  great  care  and  uni- 

smooth  at  the  start  and  give  no  H^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Ib^^^^^^^^  trouble  in  service  thereafter.  The- 
Granular  Babbit  metal  has  grown  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^~~  -^>-^^^  rapidly  and  steadily  in  favoi- 
among  users  of   bearing  metals,  HHHJI^^^^^^^^I^^^^^H^^^HI^  "^  '^"'^  '^  "°'^  firmly  established  and 

recognized  as  superior  to       other  I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^H^  ....^  alloys    made  that   purpose. 

Railroads,  machine  shops,  cotton,  ^H^^H^^^^^^|^|^^^^^^^^B^±^^_Zll_^i  woolen  and  paper  mills  endorse  its 
superiority,  and  its  manufacture  ^^^^H|^B^^^^|^^^^^^^|H^|BhB8SSHhH  "°^  forms  one  of  the  permanent 
of  New  England.  IH^^BBi^^^^^^HnBHBBiHi^^HHHBHBIHiii^H 

LiEP  Ericsson— Commonwealth  Avenue, 


rjTATE  MUTUAL  LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  E.  S.  Barker,  General  Agent,  No.  48  Congress  Street.— 
A  important  duty  that  every  man  owes  to  his  family  and  his  own  credit  is  to  insure  his  life  in  a  first-class,  responsible  com- 
pany. The  investment  is  an  excellent,  most  commendable  one,  and  the  protection  it  will  give  to  the  survivors  of  the 
insurant  is  ample  recompeise  and  comfort  for  him  when  living;  also  the  enjoyment  of  that  satisfaction  whicli 
always  comes  with  the  knowledge  of  duty  done.  No  life  insurance  company  extant  can  show  a  better  history  or 
cleaner  record  than  the  State  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Company,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  which  is  one  of  the  most  reliable 
and  popular  insurance  companies  in  the  country.  This  institution  was  organized  forty-five  years  ago,  and  duly  incorporated  under 
the  state  laws  of  Massachusetts,  and  it  has  ever  sustained  a  splendid  reputation  and  commanded  a  steadily  growing  business. 
The  company's  affairs  are  in  a  highly  flourishing  condition.  According  to  the  annual  report,  presented  January  1,  1891,  the 
following  excellent  showing  was  made:  The  net  ledger  assets  of  the  company  on  the  thirty-first  of  December,  1890,  amounted  to 
$6,138,933.68.  To  this  must  be  added  accrued  interest  and  the  market  value  of  the  stocks  and  bonds  over  cost,  $357,638.48  mak- 
ing the  total  gross  assets,  $6,396,.5"3.16.  The  total  liabilities,  including  the  legal  reserve  at  four  per  cent.,  the  Massachusetts  standard, 
are  $5,490,314.42,  leaving  a  surplus  of  $906,357.74.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  among  the  leading,  most  influential,  representative  and 
pubhc-spirited  citizens  in  the  state;  the  list  is  as  follows:  A.  G.  Bullock,  president  and  treasurer;  Thomas  H.  Gage,  vice-president; 
Directors:  A.  G.  Bullock,  P.  L.  Moen,  Thomas  H.  Gage,  E.  B.  Stoddard,  T.  W.  Hammond,  S.  Salisbury,  William  E.  Starr,  Moses  WiUiams, 
Aug.  N.  Currier,  W.  H.  Jourdan,  George  F.  Hoar,  Albert  Wood,  Henry  M.  Witter,  Thomas  L.  Nelson,  Josiah  H.  Clarke,  Frank  A.  Gaskill,  of 
Worcester;  Charles  A.  Denny,  of  Leicester.  Medical  Directors:  Thomas  H.  Gage,  M.  D.,  Albert  Wood,  M.  D. ;  Henry  M.  Witter,  secretary; 
William  E.  Starr,  actuary;  J.  D.  E.  Jones,  superintendent  of  agencies.  The  business  of  the  company  extends  throughout  New  England, 
the  Middle  and  the  Western  states,  and  it  provides  safe  insurance  at  the  lowest  cost  consistent  with  the  greatest  security,  and  upon  a  purely 
mutual  plan,  w^hile  all  claims  that  may  be  presented  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  adjusted.  The  general  agent  for  Boston  and  vicinity  is 
Mr.  E.  S.  Barker,  whose  office  is  situated  at  No.  42  Congress  Street.  Mr.  Barker  has  been  with  this  company  for  six  years,  has  filled  his 
present  responsible  position  for  the  past  three  years,  and  is  a  thoroughly  capable,  efficient  and  first-class  business  man,  fully  conversant  with 
all  the  phases  of  life  insurance,  and  he  enjoys  the  esteem,  regard  and  good-will  of  the  entire  community. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


WIFT  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Commission  Merchants,  Agents  for  Friedman  &  Swift's  Fine  Butterine,  No.  25  N.  Market  Street  and 
No.  So  Chnton  Street. — This  is  a  Chicago  firm,  tiie  membei's  of  which  are  Messrs.  E.  C.  and  G.  F.  Swift.  The  branch  house  in 
this  city  was  estabhshed  in  1889,  at  No.  25  N.  Market  Street  and  No.  35  Clinton  Street,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Benj.  A. 
Plumley.  The  firm  are  wholesale  commission  merchants,  and  agents  for  Friedman  &  Swift's  "  fine  butterine  ,"  the  works  for 
the  production  of  which  are  located  in  Chicago.  The  excellence  of  this  article  and  its  immense  popularity  are  shown  by  the 
fact  that  the  sales  of  the  Boston  house  for  the  year  1890  were  over  one  and  one  half  million  pounds  to  the  trade  throughout 
New  England.  In  connection  with  this  specialty  the  firm  also  handle  poultry,  game,  eggs  and  butter.  Their  store  is  25  x  55  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, and  well  fitted  up  with  refrigerators  and  other  conveniences.  The  number  of  employes  is  from  four  to  six.  A  large  stock  of  mer- 
chandise is  carried  at  all  times,  and  the  annual  sales  reach  a  very  heavy  amount.  Mr.  Plumley  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  and  a  business 
man  of  ability  and  long  experience. 


iEACH,  SHEWELL,  &  SANBORN,  Pubhshers  of  School  and  College  Text-Books,  No.  202  Devonshire  Street,  Boston,  and  No.  16 
Aster  Place,  New  York.— There  is  no  house  in  the  American  publishing  trade  tliat  has  achieved  a  more  honorable  success  than 
that  of  Blessrs.  Leach,  Shewell  &  Sanborn,  the  well-known  pubhshers  of  school  and  college  text-books,  at  No.  202  Devon- 
shire Street.  This  old  and  honored  house  was  founded  in  1832,  by  Robert  S.  Davis,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the 
control  in  June,  1883.  The  firm  occupy  spacious  and  commodious  premises,  and  carry  one  of  the  finest  stocks  of  educational 
works  in  the  city.  Their  series  of  text-books  cover  reading,  spelling,  history,  mathematics,  physiology,  English  grammar, 
Latin  and  Greek,  political  science,  mental  science,  scripture  studies,  etc.  The  firm  exercises  the  soundest  judgment  as  to  the  authors  of  their 
educational  series,  and  the  most  learned  and  able  professors  and  teachers  are  called  upon  to  write  text  books  on  the  branches  of  learning 
in  which  they  are  recognized  authorities.  Thousands  of  children  have  already  received  their  school  education  through  the  medium  of 
these  series  of  text  books  which  are  justly  celebrated  and  in  demand  all  over  the  United  States.  Among  the  standard  works  now  on  the 
firm's  lists  we  may  mention  Greenleaf's  Arithmetical  series,Wells' Geometry,Wells' Algebx'a,  Wells'  Trigonometry,  Parker  &  Marvel's  Readers. 
Gilbert's  Spellers,  Elements  of  Composition  and  Grammar,  Parker's  Progressive  Exercises  in  English  Composition,  Scholars'  Gem  Book, 
Daniell's  Latin  Prose  Composition,  Lord's  Livy,  Wiggin's  Ovid,  Hopkins'  Tacitus,  Miller's  Latin  Composition  for  Colleges,  Folsom's  Cicero's 
Orations,  Herberman's  Sallust,  Fisk's  Greek  Exercises,  A  Brief  Compend  of  United  States  History,  Our  Republic,  Rudimentary  Psychology, 
Outhnes  of  Bible  Study,  etc. ;  while  the  new  books  in  preparation  includes  The  Students'  Series  of  Latin  Classics,  The  Students'  Series  of 
English  Classics,  etc.  The  character  and  magnitude  of  this  firm's  business,  extending  as  it  does  to  all  parts  of  the  country  with  branch 
establishments  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  is  at  once  a  benefit  to  this  city,  and  a  lasting  source  of  credit  to  the  management.  The  members 
of  the  firm,  Messrs.  Orlando  Leach,  Thomas  R.  Shewell,  and  Benj.  H.  Sanborn,  are  men  connected  with  this  house  for  many  years,  and  of 
the  highest  repute  and  standing  in  the  educational  and  business  world. 


RHODES,  RIPLEY  &  CO.  Wholesale  Clothiers,  No.  99  Summer  Street.— The  firm  of  Rhodes,  Ripley  &  Co.,  at  No.  99  Sum- 
mer Street,  carry  on  a  great  business  as  manufacturers  and  jobbers  of  clothing,  and  theirs  is  the  second  oldest  house 
in  the  trade  in  Boston.  It  was  founded  in  1848,  by  Messrs.  Fearing  &  Whitney,  and  subsequent  changes  in  the  firm 
name  occurred  as  follows,  viz.:  1856,  Fearing,  Whitney  &  Co.,  and  Fearing.  Rhodes  &  Ripley;  1858,  Rhodes  &  Ripley; 
18T0,  Rhodes,  Ripley  &  Co.  The  firm  were  burned  out  in  the  great  fire  of  1873,  when  they  opened  on  Washington  Street, 
where  they  again  suffered  a  heavy  loss  by  the  Globe  Theater  fire  in  May,  1873.  Their  present  premises  were  mater- 
ially enlarged  in  1889,  to  meet  the  demands  of  their  growing  business,  and  now  comprise  four  floors,  containing  6,000  square  feet 
each.  In  respect  of  operations  in  strictly  fine  goods,  this  firm  is  not  surpassed  by  any  other  in  America.  The  great  Scotch  mills 
on  the  Tweed  and  Yarrow,  the  Dee  and  the  Don,  and  the  equally  celebi'ated  looms  in  the  west  of  England  and  in  France  and 
Gtermany  contribute  their  standard  coatings  and  suitings;  while  the  best  home  mills  are  called  upon  for  their  leading  specialties. 
More  people  wear  ready-made  goods  than  formerly  in  proportion  of  ten  to  one.  and  they  dress  better,  too,  in  proportion  simply  as  they  take 
pains  in  finding  the  best  shops.  It  is  only  a  matter  of  a  little  discernment  and  discrimination.  A  house  like  Rhodes,  Ripley  &  Co.  keeps  the 
standard  advanced  so  high  that  all  trade  novelties  and  betterments  gravitate  naturally  to  its  quarters  in  search  of  recognition  and  illustra- 
tion. Its  reputation  gives  immediate  character  and  circulation  to  meritorious  devices  in  loom-work.  Its  goods  are  widely  preferred  by 
dealers  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and  solid  merits,  and  are  in  heavy  and  increasing  demand  by  leading  retailers  in  Boston,  Worces- 
ter, Lowell,  Springfield,  Cambridge,  Fall  River,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  New  Bedford,  Somerville,  Holyoke,  Chelsea,  Taunton,  Gloucester,  Haver- 
hill, Newton,  Fitchburg,  Northampton,  Waltham,  Maiden  and  other  Massachusetts  towns;  also,  in  Providence  and  Newport,  Rhode  Island; 
Hartford  and  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Portland  and  Lewiston,  Me. ;  Manchester  and  Concord,  N.  H. ;  Burlington  and  Rutland,  Vt. ;  Buffalo  and 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Newark  and  Trenton,  N.  J. ;  Pittsburg  and  Reading,  Pa. ;  Wilmington  and  Dover,  Del. ;  Baltimore  and  Annapolis,  Md. ; 
Wheeling  and  Charleston,  W.  Va.;  Cincinnati  and  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Indianapolis  and  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. ;  Detroit  and  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. ; 
Springfield  and  Peoria,  III. ;  Milwaukee  and  Madison,  Wis. ;  and  other  leading  centers  east  of  the  Mississippi.  A  corps  of  nine  talented  sales- 
men represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  all  orders  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention.  The  goods  comprise  both 
high  and  medium  grades,  and  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  buyers  are  met  as  regards  both  quality  and  price.  The  members  of  this  representa- 
tive firm  are  Messrs.  A.  H.  Rhodes,  E.  L.  Ripley,  D.  Tucker,  J.  J.  Allen  and  R.  K.  Clarke.  Messrs.  Rhodes  and  Ripley  have  been  partners  in 
the  house  since  January,  1856;  Mr.  Allen  came  in  in  1881,  Mr.  Clarke  in  1886,  and  Mr.  Tucker  in  1887.  All  are  well-known  Bostonians,  mem- 
bers of  the  Boston  Merchants  Association,  and  recognized  as  conservators  of  correct  business  principles,  with  a  widespread  reputation  for 
producing  the  best  clothing  at  prices  proportioned  to  intrinsic  values,  and  therefore  upon  a  scale  fairly  adjusted  between  buyer  and  seller. 
Their  prospects  for  a  great  business,  bounded  by  no  local  fines,  were  never  fairer  than  they  are  to-day. 


N.  PROCTOR  &  CO.,  Custom  House  Brokers,  Lower  Rotunda  Custom  House,  and  Nos.  2  and  3  India  Street.— Among  the 
comparatively  young,  but  enterprising  and  successful  business  houses  of  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  W.  N.  Proctor  &  Co.,  cus- 
tom house  brokers,  forwarding  and  railroad  agents  and  notaries  public.  Their  location  is  at  Nos.  2  and  3  India  Street,  Lower 
Rotunda,  Custom  House,  and  immediately  opposite  the  main  entrance  to  the  custom  house.  They  transact  all  matters  per- 
'  taiuing  to  custom  house  work;  enter  and  clear  merchandise  and  vessels,  and  have  correspondents  and  make  entries  in  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore.  Chicago,  and  Portland.  They  atiend  to  all  business  of  this  character  for  a  number  of  prom- 
inent and  influential  concerns,  and  enjoy  an  excellent  reputation  for  ability,  integrity,  promptness,  and  the  care  with  which  all  orders  are 
executed.  The  firm  have  the  bonded  foreign  freight  agency  for  the  New  York  and  New  England  Railroad  Co.  and  connections,  and  are 
agents  for  Messrs.  Wm.  W.  Thomas  &  Co.,  brokers  of  New  York.  The  sole  and  only  member  of  the  firm,  which  was  oi'ganized  December  1, 
1889,  is  Mr.  Wallace  N.  Proctor,  a  young  man  and  native  of  Boston.  Mr.  Proctor  was  formerly  with  Messrs.  Stone  &  Downer,  brokers  on 
;;  State  Street,  and  for  several  years  received  his  experience  while  with  them. 


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aE  SMITH  PREMIER  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY,  E.  F.  Jones,  New  England  Manager,  No.  25  School  Street.— In  the  whole  his- 
tory of  modern  inventions  there  has  been  introduced  no  more  useful  or  ingenious  device  than  the  writing  machine. 
Like  all  other  great  labor  saving  devices,  notable  improvement  has  also  been  effected  in  the  typewriter  since  its  first 
appearance  in  the  domain  of  utility  until  a  high  degree  of  perfection  has  been  attained  therein.  But  while  it  is  worthy 
of  note  that  nearly  all  the  apparatus  of  the  character  indicated  now  on  the  market  possess  unequivocal  features 
of  merit  to  recommend  them  to  public  favor,  it  is  equally  a  fact  that  for  general  excellence  none  yet  introduced  to 
public  notice  can  compare  with  the  deservedly  popular  Smith  Premier  Typewriter,  manufactured  by  the  Smith  Premier  Typewriter 
Co.,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  for  which  Mr.  E.  F.  Jones  is  manager  for  New  England,  with  headquarters  at  No.  25  School  Street.  This 
company  was  organized  in  1887,  for  the  purpose  oi'  intrtiducing  their  machine  to  the  public,  and  have  met  with  an  instant  and 
unprecedented   success.     Over    13,000  of  these  writing  machines   are  now  in  use, 

and  the  demand  for  them  is  rapidly  in"  ^ —      ""     \  CJ-easing  in  all  parts  of  the  world.    The 

Boston  office  was    opened    May  8,  1891,  Y  __— — ^^  ^^**^^  ^  ^^^^  ^^^^   ^^    machines,  furniture 

and  supplies,  and  is  doing  a  brisk  trade  \c'''''^^"^I-^^^^^^^^'^'^'><^  throughout    New    England.    The    Smith 

Premier  is  unequaled  in  all  essentials  of  a  U^^  "^"'^'^j'^  g^^\  perfect  writing  machine.    Speed,  ease  of 

operation,  permanent  alignment,  and  dur-  -sc--;^w^  j.i*-»*St^ilp^^'^^^^^^*fc\  ability  are  the  special  characteristics  for 

which  it  is  noted,  making  it  the  ne  plus  ^^^^^j@B^^^^^^iii^^gg;J^^^  ultra  of  writing  machines.    It  combines 

all  the  best  features  of  the  various  styles  ^^^^^sS^^^'^^^^^^^^^Cf     \  of  typewriters,  and  has  several  distinctly 

meritorious  features  which   none  others  ilwSHB^m^HinmliBi^  1       ^  ^^^  ^^^    claim  to.    The   Smith  Premier 

Typewriter  is  built  upon  an  idea.    That  ^fSB^8lifflinlMHmlm^P--i.i^J'^  ^^^^  ^®  ^^^^^  ^"    ^^^    ^^^^   °^  mechanical 

working  long  experience  develops  oppor-  J^^Bwy^^^ffi^^^^^^gS^.  tunities     for     improvement.    The    type- 

writer long  since  passed  its  experimental         ^^^^^^^^^^HnB^H|BfcN^^^^^E^  stage,  and  is  now  a  widely    recognized 

necessity.    For  more  than  a  decade  the        ^^ffl^SliSESnl^^^^^^^^^^^^^  various  styles  of  machines  have  demon- 

strated their  strong  and  weak  points.  ^^^PPJjfijUJUflj^gJjj^j^^^^^^^^^  "]  The  strong  points  have  been  so  strong 
that  very  many  weak  points  have   been         ^^nW^^gjWB^^^^^^^I^^^Sg?'^  J'         overlooked.    Yet    they    exist,  and    it  is 

apparent  to  any  careful  observer  that  there  "^^^^^iSf^^^^^^S^^^  ^-"-■''^  "^  ^^^^^  loiig  been  a  genuine  want  for  a  type- 

writer which  should  be,  first  of  all,  simple;  n  i^S^^^^""         ..--'"'''"'"'^  that  will  hold  its  ahgnment  and  need  no 

expert  repairs;  that  is  thoroughly  durable,  ^^^Sr-''''^  yet  light  and  reasonably  portable;  mani- 

folds well,  and  has  a  much  softer,  quicker  and  more  noiseless  action.    The  inventor 

of  the  Smith  Premier  Typewriter,  more  than  any  othei  one  man  is  the  pioneei  in  the  mtroduction  of  these  improvements.  Having 
become  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  needs  of  the  public,  he  has  invented  a  typewriter  which,  in  respect  to  all  these  points  of 
substantial  utility,  is  a  long  and  comprehensive  stride  ahead  of  all  its  predecessors.  This  is  the  machine  which  Mr.  Jones  is  introducing  to 
the  pubhc  of  New  England  to-day.  It  is  constructed  on  new  and  scientific  principles,  from  the  best  available  material,  by  expert  workmen, 
and  every  one  sold  is  warranted  to  give  perfect  satisfaction.  Prospective  purchasers  will  save  money  and  obtain  better  service  through  this 
enterprising  company  than  by  patronizing  any  other  in  the  United  States. 


L.  MUDGETT,  Bananas,  No.  110  Clinton  Street. — To  say  that  the  trade  in  bananas  constitutes  a  substantial  factor  in  the  sum, 
of  commercial  activity  in  our  great  cities  hardly  conveys  an  idea  of  the  extent  of  this  particular  interest.  The  quantities  dis- 
posed of  annually  here  in  Boston  reach  enormous  proportions,  and  the  volume  of  business  grows  steadily  apace.  Notable 
among  the  leading  handlers  of  the  product  indicated  in  this  city  is  H.  L.  Mudgett,  of  No.  110  Clinton  Street,  whose  yearly 
!!  *  sales  average  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  bunches.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  ripe  bananas,  receiving  supplies  from 
the  Boston  Fruit  Co.,  also  Seaverns  &  Co.,  Banes  fruits  of  Cuba,  and  ships  all  over  the  Eastern  states  and  British  Provinces. 
Mr.  Mudgett,  who  is  a  jobbing  merchant  and  wholesale  dealer,  has  been  established  since  1877,  and  his  business  career  during  the  entire  period 
since  intervening  has  been  an  unbroken  record  of  progress.  The  quarters  occupied  as  office  and  stall  are  commodious,  ample  and  well 
appointed,  and  fifteen  in  help  are  employed.  A  large  and  choice  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  in  season,  and  all  orders  are  carefully  and 
promptly  filled,  while  the  very  lowest  possible  prices  are  quoted,  and  relations  once  formed  with  this  responsible  house  are  certain  of  leading 
to  an  enduring  business  connection.  BIr.  Mudgett,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  was  born  in  Maine,  and  has  been  in  this  city  some 
twenty  years  or  more.  He  is  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  trade,  and  is  a  well  known  member  of  the 
Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange  and  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


JOHN  CARTER  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Paper  Dealers,  Nos.  168  and  170  Congress  Street.— This  firm  are  extensive  wholesale  paper 
dealers  and  are  especially  prominent  iu  the  trade  as  agents  for  Byron  Weston's  ledger  papers,  the  Gladstone  linen  ledger 
papers,  Crane's  papers,  "  Old  Suffolk  ''  flat  papers;  also,  bankers'  linen,  book  and  newspapers,  cardboard,  etc.  The  business 
was  established  in  1878,  by  Mr.  John  Carter,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  firms  of  Carter  Bros.,  Carter  Bros.  &  Co.,  Carter, 
Pulsifer  &  Co,,  and  Carter,  Pulsifer  &  Jordan,  and  who  possesses  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  details  of  the  paper 
business  and  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  Under  his  expert  and  popular  management  the  house  has  gained  a  position  of 
prominence  iu  the  business  and  enjoys  a  large,  first-class  and  influential  trade  throughout  New  England  and  New  York.  The  building  occu- 
pied for  trade  purposes  contains  five  floors  and  a  basement,  20  x  120  feet  each,  the  internal  arrangement  of  which  is  admirable  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  immense  stock  carried,  which  embraces  all  those  specialties  usually  handled  by  a  house  of  this  kind,  in  addition  to  the  special 
goods  named  above.  The  assortments  comprehend  everything  that  can  be  called  for.  This,  in  conjunction  with  the  low  prices  which  inva- 
riably prevail,  makes  the  house  a  most  desirable  one  with  which  to  form  enduring  business  relations.  The  extensive  demand  coming  from 
all  parts  of  New  England  and  New  York,  is  promptly  and  satisfactorily  met,  and  the  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  constant  services 
of  forty  skilled  hands.  Mr.  Carter  is  a  native  Bostonian  and  has  been  engaged  'in  the  paper  trade  here  for  upwards  of  thirty  years.  His 
career  has  been  in  every  way  creditable  to  his  abihty  and  business  probity  and  his  success  and  prosperity  have  been  honestly  won. 


jENRY  T.  SPEAR  &  SON,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  American  Watches,  Silver  Plated  Ware  and  Jeweli-y,  No.  370  Washington 
Street.— The  well  known  house  of  Messrs.  Henry  T.  Spear  &  Son,  wholesale  dealers  in  American  watches,  silver  plated  ware 
and  jewelry,  has  been  established  since  the  year  1856,  by  Henry  T.  Spear,  who  allied  himself  with  his  son,  Daniel  B.  Spear, 
(the  existing  firm  name  being  the  result)  in  1861.  In  188G  Mr.  H.  T.  Spear  died,  leaving  his  partner  in  control  jointly  with  Mr. 
Austin  T.  Sylvester,  who  has  been  in  the  house  over  twenty  years.  The  connection  of  the  house  is  located  throup;hout  the 
New  England  section,  and  is  visited  periodically  by  the  two  able  drummers  employed  by  the  house.  The  business  is  purely 
wholesale  in  character  and  comprises  transactions  in  a  most  comprehensive  miscellany  of  articles.  The  premises  occupied  are  well  located 
and  consist  of  three  well  equipped  floors,  each  covering  an  area  of  2,500  feet.  Mr.  Spear  is  a  native  of  Boston,  while  his  esteemed  partner  is 
claimed  by  Scituate,  Mass.    Both  are  sound,  courteous  and  upright  business  men. 


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jEORGE  H.  MASON  &  CO.,  Lanterns,  Tinware,  Etc.,  Nos.  150, 162,  154  Blackstone  Street.— Well  in  the  front  ranks  as  manu- 
facturers of  railroad,  ship  and  street  lanterns,  Messrs.  George  H.  Mason  &  Co.  also  occupy  a  standing  of  great  eminence  as 
large  producers  of  japanned,  planished,  stamped  and  plain  tinwares,  as  dealers  in  house-furnishing  hardware,  ice  cream 
freezers,  etc.,  the  house  acknowledges  few  rivals,  and  concedes  superiority  to  none.  To  this  commanding  position  the  firm 
has  won  its  way  step  by  step  during  a  lengthy  career  of  progressive  trading,  it  having;  been  founded  by  Mr.  George  H.  Mason 
on  Washington  Street  in  1855,  and  removed  by  him  to  his  present  location  one  year  later,  continuing  under  his  able  direction 
until  shortly  before  his  death,  and  passing  into  the  hands  of  his  widow  on  the  occurrence  of  that  event,  in  1886.  Mr.  C.  F.  Crane,  who  had  been 
twenty  two  years  with  the  house,  being  retained  as  its  manager.  The  premises,  which  are  Nos.  150,  IhZ  and  154  Blackstone  Street,  consist  of  a 
four-story  building  with  a  frontage  of  150  feet  and  a  depth  of  50  feet,  the  ground  floor  being  utilized  as  a  store  and  the  upper  floors  for  a  fac- 
tory. In  the  former  a  very  fine  stock  is  carried,  which  embraces,  in  addition  to  a  complete  display  of  the  tinware,  etc.,  of  the  firm's  own 
manufacture,  a  full  line  of  general  hardware,  a  large  and  m  iscellaneous  stock  of  house  furnishing  hardware  and  a  choice  selection  of  Rodger's 
silver  plate  cutlery  and  steel  cutlery  of  every  description,  the  wholesale  and  retail  trade  which  the  establishment  commands,  being  by  no  means 
confined,  in  the  former  branch,  to  the  New  England  States,  but  including  also  the  Middle  States,  the  West  and  Canada;  the  services  of  com- 
mercial travelers  being  regularly  devoted  to  the  West.  In  the  perfectly  equipped  factory  forty  skilled  hands  find  employment  in  the  manu- 
facture of  all  kinds  of  tinware  and  of  lanterns,  the  supplying  of  ships,  especially  in  the  way  of  lamps,  being  a  great  specialty  of  the  firm. 
Mr.  C.  F.  Crane,  who  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  is  a  young  man  of  great  administrative  capacity  and  is  worthily  sustaining  the  high 
reputation  of  the  house. 

IHE  W.4.INWRIGHT  M'F'G.  COMPANY  of  Mass.,  Heaters,  Condensers'  Expansion  Joints,  Corrugated  Tubing,  No,  8 
Oliver  Street.— This  company  enjoy  a  world-wide  reputation  as  makers  of  the  improved  corrugated  copper  tube, 
feed- water  heaters  and  surface  condensers;  also,  corrugated  tubing,  expansion  joints.  Harvard  pump  regulators  and 
steam  specialties.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1886,  by  the  Wainwright  Manufacturing  Company,  and 
in  May,  1889,  the  present  company  succeeded  to  the  control  and  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  S100,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz.:  Jere.  Abbott,  president;  John  A.  Lor- 
ing,  vice-president;  Geo.  D.  Hall,  Jr.,  manager;  Powell  Macy,  treasurer  and  Bicknell  Hall,  consulting  engineer.  The  works  of  the 
company  are  situated  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  and  are  among  the  most  complete  of  their  kind  in  the  world,  being  equipped  with  the 
best  modern  machinery  and  appliances  for  facilitating  rapid  and  perfect  production,  and  give  steady  employment  to  a  large  force 
of  skilled  and  expert  workmen.  The  output  is  one  of  great  magnitude  and  importance,  and  is  in  extensive  and  permanent 
demand  in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world.  Corrugated  tubing,  as  applied  to  feed-water  heaters,  condensers,  etc.,  has  many  special  advan- 
tages over  the  plain  tubing.  The  difBculty  of  making  a  tight  joint  with  rigidly  connected  plain  tubes,  owing  to  the  expansion  and  contrac- 
tion caused  by  alternate  heat  or  cold,  is  entirely  obviated  by  the  use  of  the  corrugated  tubes,  which,  by  virtue  of  their  corrugation,  have  a 
longitudinal  flexibility  which  allows  solid  joints  to  be  made  at  the  ends  with  no  danger  of  their  starting.  The  corrugated  tube,  on  account  of 
the  form  given  it  by  the  spiral  corrugation,  is  vastly  stronger  both  to  resist  internal  and  external  pressures  than  the  plain  tube,  and  there- 
fore a  thinner  tube  may  be  used,  allowing  the  heat  to  be  transmitted  with  greater  rapidity  than  through  the  heavier  tube.  The  heating 
surface  of  the  tube  is  also  increased  by  the  corrugations.  Water  and  steam  cannot  pass  through  a  corrugated  tube  in  a  solid  body,  as  would 
be  the  case  with  a  plain  tube,  but,  on  account  of  the  corrugations,  is  forced  to  take  a  partly  spiral  course  through  the  tubes,  thus  allowing 
all  portions  of  the  water  or  steam  to  come  in  contact  with  the  walls  of  the  tube,  and  thereby  enabUng  a  more  complete  transfer  of  heat  to 
take  place.  The  most  difficult  problem  in  the  fitting  of  steam  and  water  pipes  is  overcome  by  the  use  of  the  corrugated  tubes  manufactured 
by  this  company.  They  use  these  tubes  in  all  their  heaters,  and  all  their  heaters  and  condensers  are  sold  with  a  ten  years'  guarantee. 
Among  well-known  users  of  their  heaters  may  be  named  the  Marr  Construction  Co.,  N.  E.  Shoe  and  Leather  Building,  and  the  Geo.  Upton 
Glue  Co.,  Boston;  Waltham  Gas  Co.,  Boston  M'f'g.  Co..  Waltham  Mass.;  Knowles  Loom  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Kress  Brewery  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Safety  Steam  Power  Co.,  Otis  Brothers,  Zaragoza  Mining  Co.,  Rosendale  Belting  Co.,  New  York  City;  Waterbury  Clock  Co.,  Waterbury, 
Conn.;  Rumford  Chemical  Works,  Providence,  R.  I.;  Kimball  Organ  Co.,  Western  Wheel  Co.,  North  American  Packing  Co.,  Chicago,  111.  ; 
among  many  others.  Their  Improved  Corrugated  Tube  Condenser,  water  tube  heaters,  "Standard"  expansion  joints,  special  expansion 
joints.  Harvard  pump  regulator,  and  corrugated  copper  gaskets  for  lip  unions,  flange  unions,  plain  and  ball  joints;  connecting  steam,  air, 
gas  or  water  pipes,  for  cylinder  heads,  steam  chests,  etc. ;  and  all  other  specialties  made  by  this  company  are  recognized  as  the  acme  of  per- 
fection in  practical  utility,  thorough  workmanship  and  reliability,  and  are  constmoted  with  due  regard  to  the  particular  uses  to  which  they 
are  applied.  Orders  by  telephone  No.  ia5.3,  by  telegraph  or  mail  to  the  Boston  office,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention;  while  branch 
ofiSces  are  operated  at  Nos.  121  Liberty  Street,  New  York;  36  W.  Randolph  Street,  Chicago,  111.;  24  S.  Seventh  Street.  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  and 
at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Denver,  Col.  A  flue  growing  export  trade  is  supplied  from  the  New  York  house,  and  the 
wants  of  both  dealers  and  consumers  are  met  promptly  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

r|TANDARD  WIRE  MATTRESS  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Woven  Wire  Mattresses  of  Every  Grade  and  Description,  Spring 
Beds,  Wire  Cots,  Etc.,  E.  L.  Fuller,  Manager,  No.  03  Charlestown  Street.— The  attention  that  has  been  directed  of  late  years 
to  the  production  of  mattresses  and  bedding  in  this  country  has  developed  the  fact  that  American  skill  and  enterprise 
are  quite  as  successful  in  this  branch  of  industry  as  they  have  proved  in  many  others.  Of  the  marked  improvement  made  in 
this  department  of  industrial  activity,  no  more  convincing  proof  is  to  be  found  in  the  city  of  Boston  than  that  furnished 
by  the  Standard  Wire  Mattress  Company,  whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  63  Charlestown  Street.  This  com- 
pany are  manufacturers  of  woven  wire  mattresses,  spring  beds,  cots,  etc.,  and  dealers  in  bedding,  mantel  and  cabinet  folding  beds, 
etc.  The  business  was  established  in  1887,  by  Blessrs.  G.  W.  Brown  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  company  in  1891. 
The  premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  and  trade  purposes  are  thoroughly  spacious  and  finely  equipped,  and  every  modern  facil- 
ity is  at  hand  for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production  and  the  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfillment  of  all  orders.  The  methods 
of  manufacture  in  vogue  are  of  the  most  enterprising  and  progressive  character,  resulting  in  the  production  of  a  class  of  special- 
ties that  are  rarely  equaled  and  not  excelled  for  practical  utility,  comfort  and  durabilty.  The  Imperial  Spring,  made  by  this 
company,  has  an  extra  corded  fancy  split  weave  fabric,  and  is  a  very  popular  bed ;  the  Bristol  is  a  fine  coil  split  weave  spring,  and  an  extra 
well-made  bed;  while  the  Standard  No.  1  has  no  equal  for  durability.  Their  folding  spring  is  the  cheapest  bed  in  the  market,  material  and 
merit  considered.  Their  Saratoga  Three  Row  is  the  best  slat  spring  bed  extant.  This  company  manufacture  the  largest  and  most  complete 
line  of  woven  wire,  canvas,  upholstered  and  slat  cots  to  be  found  in  the  market.  The  house  bears  the  marks  of  enterprising  and  judicious 
management,  and  exercises  an  influence  that  extends  far  beyond  the  limits  of  this  city,  its  trade  being  broadly  distributed  throughout  New 
England  and  steadily  increasing  in  volume  and  importance.  Orders  by  telephone.  No.  22.54,  by  telegraph  or  mail  receive  immediate  and 
careful  attention,  and  the  wants  of  the  trade  are  ministered  to  with  eminent  success  and  satisfaction  in  all  cases.  Mr.  E.  L  Fuller,  the 
manager,  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  in  the  active  prime  of  hfe,  expert  and  practical  as  a  manufacturer,  and  deservedly 
popular  with  the  trade. 


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|OHN  W.  BAKER,  Stock  Broker,  No.  53  State  Street.— Although  only  established  in  business  on  his  own  account  for  a  few- 
months,  Mr.  John  W.  Bilker,  Stock  Broker,  of  No.  53  State  Street,  Room  No.  533,  has  succeeded  in  securing  a  very  liberal  meas. 
,  ure  of  support  from  a  large  section  of  the  better  class  of  investors  and  operators  in  and  around  Boston  owing  to  his  ability  to 
invariably  give  unqualified  satisfaction  in  all  commissions  intrusted  to  his  care.  Mr.  Baker  brings  to  bear  upon  the  practical 
working  of  his  affairs  an  experience  in  the  banking  and  investment  securities  business  of  four  years,  during  which  period  he 
was  prominently  identified  with  Mr.  George  C.  Brooks,  the  banker  and  broker.  Mr.  Baker  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Stock 
Exchange  and  undertakes  the  purchase,  sale  or  transfer  of  bonds,  shares,  stocks,  etc.,  on  commission;  as  also  the  collection  of  coupons, 
dividends  and  interest  warrants,  and  the  official  duties  incidental  to  the  transfer  of  registered  stock,  certificates  etc. ;  his  skill  and  experience 
in  the  execution  of  these  several  matters  having  gained  for  him  the  entire  confidence  of  a  large  number  of  capitalists  and  investors,  whom 
he  is  now  able  to  claim  as  his  regular  patrons.  Mr.  Baker  is  a  native  of  this  city,  still  a  young  man  and  is  held  in  warm  regard  in  both  com- 
mercial and  social  circles. 


■  EW  ENGLAND  FIRE  AND  HEAT  REGULATOR  COMPANY,  No.  70  Pearl  Street.— The  most  valuable  temperature-controlling 
devices  yet  invented  are  those  now  being  introduced  by  the  New  England  Fire  and  Heat  Regulator  Company,  who  are  widely 
and  deservedly  prominent  as  manufacturers  of  the  Automatic  Electric  Fire  and  Heat  Regulator;  also  as  contractors  for 
all  kinds  of  electric  work,  and  as  agents  for  the  Standard  Thermometer  Co.,  for  self-recording  thermometers,  steam 
gauges  and  volt  meters.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1888,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital 
of  $100,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz.:  J.  A.  Wallis,  of  Beverly,  Mass.,  treasurer;  Wm.  Stopford,  president; 
G.  Bradley  Keene,  superintendentj  C.  W.  Card,  electrical  engineer.  The  Automatic  Electric  is  the  only  Regulator  which  controls  the 
fire  by  the  heat  of  the  house,  and  thus  maintains  in  all  weathers  uniform  heat  at  any  desired  degree,  preventing  excess  of  fire  and  waste  of 

coal.  It  permits  just  enough  fire  to 
furnish  the  requisite  heat;  insures 
comfort,  health,  safety  and  econo- 
my, is  a  necessity  in  every  dwelling 
and  indispensable  to  the  health  and 
comfort  of  scholars  in  every  school- 
house,  and  can  be  applied  to  both 
brick  and  portable  furnaces  and  to 
all  steam  and  hot  water  heaters.  It 
costs  notliing,  as  it  soon  saves  its 
price.  The  Regulator  consists  of  a 
thermostat,  a  small  neat  instrument 
like  a  thermometer,  which  is  placed 
in  the  hall  or  any  living  room,  and  is 
connected  by  small  electric  wires 
with  the  spring  motor  at  the  furnace 
or  boiler.  The  thermostat  can  be  set 
at  any  degree  of  heat  desired.  When 
the  temperature  of  the  house  has 
reached  that  degree,  a  rubber  and 
metal  bar  on  the  thermostat  ex- 
pands, touching  a  pin  on  one  side; 
this  completes  an  electric  circuit 

which  cause  a  half  revolution  at  the  motor,  closing  the  drafts  and  dampers,  thus  checking  the  fire.  When  the  temperature  falls  a  degree,  the 
bar  contracts,  touching  on  the  other  side,  and  the  electric  current  causes  the  motor  to  open  the  drafts  and  dampers.  It  is  infallible  in  its 
operation  and  every  person  who  has  tried  it  indorses  it.  It  is  used  by  such  prominent  Bostonians  as  ex-Governor  Oliver  Ames,  Geo.  0.  Carpen- 
ter, C.  L.  T.  Stedman,  Geo.  W.  Morse,  J.  Heber  Smith,  M.  D.,  A.  N.  Burbank,  D.  H.  McKay,  E.  T.  Fearing,  Geo.  Linder,  F.  W.  Manson,  Aug. 
Nickerson,  A.  G.  Barber,  N.  E.  Weeks,  Dr.  T.  D.  Cushman,  A.  W.  Pope,  Thayer  Heater  Co.,  and  Walworth  Mfg.  Co.  among  many  others.  This 
company  also  supply  the  telethermometer,  for  electrically  indicating  and  recording  at  a  distance;  the  telehydrobarometer,  for  electrically 
indicating  and  recording  the  height  of  water,  oil  or  of  a  gas-holder  at  a  distance.  They  are  fully  equipped  for  the  construction  of  all  kinds  of 
electric  work,  bells,  gas-lighting,  burglar  alarms,  all  systems  of  incandescent  light  wiring,  and  isolated  plants.  The  company  make  a  specialty 
of  mechanical  regulators  for  controlling  the  temperature  in  rubber  vulcanizers  and  dye-house  vats,  thermostats  are  made  to  order  for  all 
uses;  prices  are  given  for  small  gears  and  small  electrical  apparatus  from  specifications,  and  orders  and  communications  by  telephone  No. 
628,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  the  immediate  and  careful  attention  of  the  management. 


;iANA  W.  BENNETT  &  CO.,  Insurance,  No.  72  Water  Street.— The  city  of  Boston  is  one  of  the  principal  centers  in  the  United 
States  for  fire  insurance.  This,  all  agree,  can  be  secured  only  through  the  medium  of  well-regulated,  honestly  con- 
ducted and  sound  fire  insurance  companies;  those  that  not  only  issue  policies,  but  adjust  and  pay  losses  as  soon 
as  they  are  clearly  shown.  Many  of  the  leading  insurance  corporations  place  their  interests  in  the  control  of  gentle- 
men who  have  secured  honorable  reputations  in  this  branch  of  business,  and  among  such  in  this  city  should  be 
named  Me.-srs.  Dana  W.  Bennett  &  Co.,  of  No.  73  Water  Street.  As  practical  and  experienced  underwriters,  Messrs. 
Bennett  &  Co.  are  prepared  to  offer  substantial  inducements  and  advantages  to  patrons,  including  low  rates  and  liberally-drawn 
policies,  while  all  losses  sustained  are  equitably  adjusted  and  promptly  paid  through  this  agency.  Their  standing  in  insurance 
circles  is  best  shown  by  the  following  list  of  insurance  companies  whose  interests  they  represent  in  this  important  territory,  viz., 
The  Sun,  and  the  Queen,  of  England:  The  Agricultural,  of  Watertown,  N.  Y;  The  Phenix,  of  Brooklyn;  The  New  Hampshire  and 
the  People's  of  New  Hatnpshire;  The  German- American,  of  New  York;  The  Teutonia.  The  California,  The  Middlesex  Mutual,  The  Holyoke 
Mutual,  and  The  Traders  and  Mechanics'  Mutual.  They  are  also  local  agents  for  the  Standard  Accident  Insurance  Company  of  Detroit,  and 
also  do  a  general  brokerage  business  in  fire  insurance.  They  undertake  the  entire  charge  of  the  insurance  of  estates,  stores,  office  blocks, 
dwellings,  merchandise  and  grain,  placing  and  distributing  risks  among  solid  and  reliable  companies  only,  renewing  poUcies  when  expired, 
and  generally  relieving  property  owners  and  merchants  of  all  care  and  trouble  in  this  important  respect.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  Dana 
W.  and  Dexter  F.  Bennett,  organized  the  present  firm  in  1886.  The  junior  partner  has  had  an  experience  of  fifteen  years  in  the  business,  being 
formerly  a  member  of  the  insurance  firm  of  Clark  Bennett  &  Son,  at  Somerville,  Mass.  Both  are  native  Bostonians,  members  of  the  Board 
of  Underwriters  and  the  New  England  Insurance  Exchange,  and  stand  deservedly  high  in  both  social,  commercial  and  financial  circles, 


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ARCLAY-CLEMENTS  CO.,  Commission  Mercliants,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fish,  Potatoes,  Lumber,  Etc., 
—  One  of  the  most  active  and  enterprising  commission  houses  in  Boston  is  that  of  tlie  Barclay-Clements  Co., 
located  at  No.  176  Atlantic  Avenue.  This  company  are  widely  known  as  commission  merchants  and  as  importers  and  whole- 
sale dealers  in  flsh,  potatoes,  lumber,  etc. ;  while  they  also  freight  and  charter  vessels  along  the  Atlantic  coast.  The  company 
consists  of  C.  E.  Barclay  and  J.  L.  Nelson,  formerly  Barclay  &  Co.,  who  had  been  established  in  business  twelve  years,  and 
F.  L.  Clements,  who  in  1883  succeeded  T.  J.  Jones  &  Co.,  who  had  been  in  the  business  for  thirty  years.  They  are  in  daily 
receipt  of  consignments  in  cargo  lots  from  the  Canadian  Provinces  and  elsewhere,  which  are  disposed  of  to  buyers  on  the  wharf  at  good 
prices,  and  quick  sales  and  prompt  returns  are  the  ruling  characteristics  of  the  house  in  handling  all  consignments.  Shipments  are  made  to 
all  parts  of  the  West  and  South,  in  addition  to  a  large  local  trade,  while  the  connections  of  the  company  with  producers  and  shippers  are 
such  as  enables  them  to  offer  special  advantages  to  customers  and  to  fill  all  orders  of  whatever  magnitude  in  the  promptest  and  most  satis- 
factory manner.  Few  firms  are  so  highly  respected  or  so  universally  popular,  which  result  has  been  attained  by  years  of  inflexible  integrity 
and  a  strict  adherence  to  honorable  and  legitimate  business  methods.  They  carefully  consult  the  best  interests  of  their  numerous  patrons, 
and  are  always  prepared  to  offer  desirable  grades  of  goods  at  fair  and  equitable  prices.  The  proprietors,  Messrs.  Charles  R.  Barclay,  John 
L.  Nelson  and  Fred.  L.  Clements,  combine  their  large  experience,  eminent  ability  and  practical  knowledge  to  form  a  house  of  commanding 
influence,  wide  popularity  and  solid  worth. 


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C.  HEATH,  Real  Estate  Agent  and  Broker,  Loans,  Mortgages,  Etc.,  No.  330  Washington  Street.— The  leading  field  of  finan- 
cial investment  in  Boston,  without  any  doubt  is  city  and  suburban  real  estate,  and  in  no  way  can  large  or  small  investments 
be  better  applied  to  secure  speedy  and  productive  returns.  Much  depends,  however,  on  the  choice  of  ehgibly  situated 
property,  and  to  secure  this  there  is  no  better  safeguard  for  the  investor  than  to  secure  the  sound  judgment  and  practical 
I  experience  of  one  of  our  reliable  real  estate  agents.  A  prominent,  entei'prising  and  responsible  house  of  many  years' 
standing  in  this  business  in  Boston  is  that  of  Mr.  E.  C.  Heath,  desirably  located  at  No.  330  Washington  Street.  This  popular 
gentleman  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  previous  to  embarking  in  this  line  of  business  was  a  merchant  in  Lowell,  and 
relinquishing  that  line  he  moved  to  this  city  and  founded  this  concern  in  1874,  and  from  the  outset  developed  a  very  liberal  and  influential 
patronage,  numbering  among  his  permanent  customers  many  of  our  most  prominent  capitalists,  dealers  and  house  owners.  His  varied 
experience,  keen  appreciation  of  values  and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  city  and  its  surroundings,  combine  to  render  his  services  peculiarly 
valuable  to  parties  dealing  in  realties,  whether  for  residential,  business  or  for  speculative  purposes.  He  conducts  a  general  real  estate 
business,  buying,  selling,  letting  and  exchanging  all  kinds  of  realty,  collecting  rents,  interest  and  incomes,  effecting  insurance  and  taking 
the  entire  management  of  estates.  He  has  upon  his  books  at  all  times  full  descriptions  of  improved  and  unimproved  city  and  suburban  prop- 
erties for  sale,  lease  or  exchange,  and  all  representations  made  by  him  can  be  considered  reliable.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  negotiating 
loans  on  bond  and  mortgages.  Mr.  Heath  is  of  about  middle  age,  courteous,  enterprising,  and  has  a  high  standing  in  the  real  estate  circles  of 
the  city  and  commands  the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has  any  business  transactions. 


154  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMEECE  AND  LITERATUEE, 

M.  HODGDON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Men's  and  Boys'  Clotliing,  No.  33  Otis  and  No.  114  Arch  Streets.— 
Boston's  supremacy  in  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  is  assured  by  tho  possession  of  such  eminent  and  enterprising  houses 
as  that  of  D.  M.  Hodgdon  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  33  Otis  and  114  Arch  Streets.  This  house  has  been  in  successful  operation 
for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  the  sound  judgment,  marked  executive  ability  and  perfected  facilities  brought  to  bear  in 
*  the  management  have  secured  for  the  fine  clothing  manufactured  here  the  national  reputation  of  being  fully  the  equal  of  cus- 
tom made.  The  business  premises  comprise  four  floors,  50  s  125  feet  each,  conveniently  arranged  for  the  storage  and 
display  of  the  immense  stock  of  goods  here  carried,  while  the  manufacturing  is  done  outside.  This  firm  make  the  finest  clothing  for  men 
and  boys  that  is  put  on  the  market,  as  well  as  a  medium  grade  of  goods,  so  that  all  classes  of  dealers  are  readily  suited.  From  the  outset, 
this  firm  were  animated  with  the  laudable  ambition  to  excel,  in  lifting  the  wholesale  manufacture  of  fine  clothing  out  of  the  rut  into  which  it 
had  fallen,  and  their  efforts  in  that  direction  have  been  crowned  with  a  legitimate  and  lasting  .success,  their  enlightened  policy  practically 
revolutionizing  the  trade  and  securing  for  their  goods  the  eager  demand  of  leading  clothiers  of  Boston,  Providence,  Lowell,  Worcester, 
Hartford,  New  Haven,  Springfield,  Lynn,  Lawrence,  Manchester,  Concord,  Portland,  Augusta,  Burlington,  Rutland,  Bridgeport,  Newport  and 
other  New  England  towns;  also  of  New  York  City,  Buffalo,  Albany,  Troy,  Syracuse,  Rochester,  Utica,  Rome,  Watertown,  Elmira, 
Schenectady,  Poughkeepsie,  Binghamton,  Oswego,  Newburgh,  Hudson,  Ogdensburgh,  Auburn,  Malone,  Potsdam,  Plattsburgh  and  other 
towns  in  New  York  State.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road,  and  orders  are  promptly  and 
carefully  filled  at  terms  and  prices  which  preclude  successful  competition.  Mr.  D.  M.  Hodgdon,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of 
Maine,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  clothing  business  in  Boston  tor  full  forty  years.  He  is  an  expert  and  practical  manufacturer,  exercis- 
ing sound  judgment  and  the  greatest  enterprise  in  the  selection  of  his  woolens  and  suitings,  and  always  being  the  first  to  secure  the  newest 
shades,  patterns,  and  textures  in  American  and  toreign  fabrics,  so  that  his  styles  are  ever  the  leaders,  correct,  fashionable  and  elegant.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  and  of  the  highest  repute  in  commercial,  financial  and  trade  circles. 

ATKINS  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Raw  Sugar,  No.  33  Broad  Street.— Among  the  various  extensive  and  growing 
commercial  industries  in  this  city,  which  exercise  an  important  influence  on  our  general  trade  and  bear  the  marks  of  con- 
tinued increase  and  prosperity,  none  perhaps,  occupies  a  more  useful  or  significant  ^station  than  the  importation  and 
wholesale  trade  in  raw  sugar.  A  foremost  house  engaged  in  this  branch  of  commerce  is  that  of  E.  Atkins  &  Co.,  situated 
at  No.  35  Broad  Street,  which  has  been  in  active  operation  for  upwards  of  a  half  century.  The  enterprise  was  founded  in 
1838  by  Elisha  Atkins,  and  was  conducted  by  him  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  Atkins  &  Co. ;  they  were  proprietors  of  the  well- 
known  Bay  State  Sugar  Refinery,  which  they  disposed  of  in  1887,  to  the  Sugar  Trust.  In  December,  1888,  Mr.  Atkins'  death  occurred,  after  a 
long  and  honorable  business  lite.  In  1889  the  firm  was  reorganized,  the  parties  coming  into  control  being^E.  F.  Atkins,  son  of  the  founder  of 
the  house,  and  John  W.  Cumings.  In  1884  the  house  purchased  a  large  sugar  plantation  in  Cuba.  It  is  equipped  with  the  latest  improved 
sugar  machinery,  the  plant  being  complete  in  every  particular,  and  employment  is  afforded  a  large  force  of  hands.  The  firm  receive  the 
raw  sugar  in  cargo  lots,  the  vessels  chartered  by  them  discharging  their  cargoes  in  the  ports  of  Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Balti- 
more, and  sales  are  made  to  sugar  refiners  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 

DERBY  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Chairs,  Nos.  93  to  103  Cross  Street.— There  are  some  few  houses  in  Boston  that  have  not 
S^^R^^S  only  been  long  established,  but  have  developed  such  enterprise,  and  become  so  pre-eminent  in  their  several  vocations,  as  to 
ffALV^^iHS  have  made  themselves  celebrated  over  a  large  part  of  the  civilized  world,  and  at  the  same  time  advertised  this  city  as  a 
manufacturing  center,  in  a  manner  that  would  have  otherwise  have  been  impossible.  A  leading  establishment  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  chairs  is  that  of  Messrs.  P.  Derby  &  Co.,  whose  warehouse  is  at  Nos.  93  to  103  Cross  Street,  while  their 
factory  is  at  Gardner,  Mass.  The  firm  also  have  branch  salesrooms  in  New  York.  This  business  was  founded  many  years 
ago  by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  P.  Derby,  at  Gardner,  the  salesrooms  in  this  city  being  opened  in  1866.  Twelve  years  since  Mr. 
Derby  admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Mr.  A.  P.  Derby,  and  two  sons-in-law,  Messrs.  George  Hodgman  and  George  W.  Cann.  Mr.  Cann 
has  charge  of  the  New  York  salesrooms,  while  the  other  co-partners  reside  at  Gardner.  The  managers  of  the  Boston  warerooms  are  Messrs. 
T.  D.  Hodgman  and  A.  G.  Burnham,  the  former  a  son,  the  latter  a  son-in-law  of  Mr.  George  Hodgman.  The  premises  occupied  as  salesrooms 
comprise  three  buildings,  each  having  four  floors,  35  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  An  immense  stock  is  carried  here  and  a  staff  of  twenty-five 
hands  find  employment.  The  salesrooms  in  New  York  are  also  very  extensive,  and  the  firm  have  a  large  interest  in  a  chair  factory  in  Chi- 
cago. Their  works  in  Gardner  are  comprised  in  five  large  buildings,  equipped  with  the  most  improved  machinery,  and  the  driving  power 
is  supplied  by  two  engines,  one  ot  850  h.  p.,  the  other  of  150  h.  p.  Employment  is  found  for  a  force  of  two  hundred  expert  workmen,  and 
the  firm  manufacture  cane  and  wood  seat  chairs  of  every  variety.  They  are  made  in  many  pleasing  {and  attractive  styles,  and  are  con- 
structed with  due  regard  to  durability  and  strength  as  well  as  appearance.  The  firm  are  also  dealers  in  aU  kinds  of  plush  chairs.  The  heavy 
trade  suppUed  extends  not  only  all  throughout  the  United  States,  but  large  exportations  are  made  to  foreign  countries  also. 

iEAN  WHITE,  Music  Publisher,  No.  326  Washington  Street.— The  name  ot  Jean  White  has  acquired  an  international  celebrity  as 
one  who  practically  revolutionized  the  music-publishing  trade  and  filled  a  long-felt  want,  by  providing  a  full  and  complete 
hbrary  of  amateur  and  professional  orchestra  and  band  mufeic  and  instruction  books  at  such  prices  as  enable  "  all  sorts  and 
conditions  of  men,"  to  possess  themselves  of  it,  and  yet  so  finely  executed  in  all  its  details  both  of  art  and  mechanics, 
and  so  expensively  finished  that  the  wealthiest  are  proud  to  give  it  a  place  in  their  portfolio.  Mr.  White  estab- 
lished himself  here  as  a  music  publisher  in  1867,  and  soon  became  noted  for  the  wide  variety  and  attractive  character 
of  his  musical  publications,  developing  a  rare  taste  and  marked  tact  in  his  selections  and  winning  the  confidence  of  a  wide  circle 
of  patrons.  He  died  in  1884,  after  a  long  and  honorably  successful  career,  and  the  business  has  since  been  continued  by  his  widow 
with  signal  ability  and  steadily  increasing  success.  The  main  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  236  Washington  Street,  com- 
prising three  floors,  23  x  75  feet  each,  while  a  printing-oliflce  is  operated  on  Medford  Street,  and  some  twenty-five  skilled  hands  are 
employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  business.  This  house  has  forever  put  an  end  to  the  injustice  ot  extortionate  prices, 
and  with  careful  attention  and  good  judgment  now  publishes  the  finest  and  most  desirable  collections  of  music  for  amateur  and 
professional  orchestras  and  bands,  besides  complete  and  elementai-y  instruction  books  for  every  instrument  in  the  ordinary  band 
and  orchestra.  The  collection  includes  professional  orchestral  music  by  the  best  composers  and  arrangers,  adapted  to  all  require- 
ments of  dance  and  concert  engagements;  standard  and  popular  compositions  tor  the  special  use  of  theater  and  concert  orchestras;  arrange- 
ments of  parlor  and  dance  music  designed  for  amateur  orchestras;  also  standard  opera  selections,  marches,  dirges,  serenades,  overtures, 
comic  medleys  and  church  music.  The  publications  of  the  house  are  sold  throughout  all  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  their  catalogue 
should  be  in  the  hands  of  every  orchestra  leader  and  instrumentalist.  They  also  publish  "  The  Leader,"  devoted  solely  to  music  and  musi- 
cians, at  one  dollar  a  year;  sample  copy  sent  free.  A  special  catalogue  of  instrumental  music  is  sent  to  any  address,  and  the  wants  of 
orchestras,  bands  and  music  dealers  are  supplied  by  this  house  with  unexampled  promptness  and  with  conscientious  care. 


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A.GE  BELTING  COMPANY,  Leather  and  Rubber  Belting,  Etc.,  J.  P.  Jewell,  Manager,  No.  17  Federal  Street,— There  is  nothing 
connected  with  modern  manufacturing  that  plays  a  more  important  part  than  belting.  By  its  means  power  is  transmitted 
from  the  engine  to  the  machinery  with  the  least  possible  loss  by  friction.  At  various  times  inventive  minds  have  turned  their 
attention  to  the  pi'oduction  of  belting  from  various  substances,  but,  where  the  fii'st  cost  has  been  lessened,  the  use  of  any 
other  than  leather  belting  has  always  proved  to  be  more  expensive  in  the  long  run. 

"  The  tanner,  much  wiser  than  all  put  together, 

Cried,  '  Say  what  you  will,  there's  nothing  like  leather.'  " 
The  leading  house  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  leather  belting  In  New  England  is  that  of  the  Page  Belting  Co.,  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  who 
operate  a  branch  establishment  in  this  city,  at  No.  17  Federal  Street.  The  business  was  founded  at  Concord,  many  years  ago,  by  Page 
Brothers,  and  in  1872  the  present  company  was  incorporated,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  with  George  F.  Page,  president;  Charles  T.  Page, 
treasurer.  The  Boston  house  was  opened  in  1888,  and  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Jewell,  who  has  been  with  the  company  for  the 
past  twenty  years,  and  is  thoroughly  posted  in  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  The  premises  occupied  for 
sales  purposes  are  spacious  in  size,  and  a  splendid  stock  of  leather  and  rubber  belting,  hose,  packing,  lacing  and  mill  supplies  is  constantly 
carried.  The  Page  Belting  Company  are  still  consulting  their  own  interests  in  pursuing  the  policy  by  which  they  have  achieved  their  success 
in  business,  namely,  giving  their  customers  goods  of  real  merit,  improving  the  quality  of  their  goods  from  year  to  year  by  all  possible  means, 
and  treating  their  patrons  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  them  their  friends.  Their  prices  will  always  be  found  as  low  as  such  qualities  can 
possibly  be  afforded,  and  from  the  variety  of  grades  of  belting  and  lacing]they  mamif acture,  and  an  equally  large  range  of  prices,  every  buyer 
can  be  satisfied  in  every  respect.  In  the  manufacture  of  their  belting  they  use  none  but  the  very  best  tannages  of  leather.  No  chemicals  are 
employed.  The  workmanship  in  every  department  is  of  the  highest  possible  order.  The  claims  of  the  company  are  leather  of  superior 
quahty,  thorough  stretching,  the  very  best  of  workmanship,  attractive  finish,  liberal  dealings  with  customers,  and  uniform  quality  in  suc- 
cessive shipments.  They  warrant  their  goods  to  be  as  represented  and  to  give  satisfaction  with  proper  usage;  to  run  uniform  in  successive 
shipments  of  the  same  grades;  satisfactory  dealings  to  customers,  and  prices  as  low  as  such  quahty  of  goods  can  be  offered.  Among  their 
specialties  are  Eureka  Dynamo  Belting,  specially  for  transmission  of  power  to  electric  dynamos  and  from  electric  motors;  the  Hercules  Lac- 
ing, "  Patna  Brand  "  Lacing,  Standard  Kit  Cut  Laces,  etc.    Mr.  Jewell  is  also  New  England  agent  for  the  Cleveland  Rubber  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. 

AMMOND  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY,  Fred.  S.  Barstow,  Manager,  No.  300  Washington  Street.— The  famous  Hammond 
typewriter  has  been  before  the  public  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  has  successfully  met  the  demands  of  the  public 
for  a  perfect  typewriting  machine,  as  is  abundantly  demonstrated  by  the  fact  of  its  enormous  sale  and  use  in  all 
the  first  offices  of  the  land.  It  is  manufactured  by  the  Hammond  Typewriter  Company,  of  New  York,  and  is  rep- 
resented in  Boston  by  Mr.  Fred.  S.  Barstow,  as  manager  for  New  England,  with  headquarters  at  No.  300  Washington 
Street.      The  Hammond  is  unrivaled  for  speed,  perfect  ahgnment,  beauty,  strength,  changeable  type,  uniform  impres- 


sion and  durability,  and  has  no  supe- 
writer  has  received  the  following  awards 
don,  England,  October,  1887,  the  best 
is  required.  Mechanics'  Fair,  Boston 
medal,  American  Institute,  New  York; 
Orleans  Exposition,  1884-85;  the  only 
writes  in  perfect  ahgnment,  and  use  can- 
always  uniform,  being  independent  of  the 
as  in  print,  therefore  printing  more  letters 
OS  to  facilitate  speed  of  fingering.  The 
Its  paper  carriage  moves  more  rapidly 
keys.  Any  width  of  paper  can  be  used, 
be  inserted  as  easily  as  large  sheets.  It  is 
catalogue  cards,  as  well  as  for  tabular 
is  required  in  railroad,  insurance  and 
cleaned   in   a  few   seconds.      Circulars,    price-hsts,    etc 


rior  In  the  country.  This  splendid  type- 
and  medals:  American  Exhibition,  Lon- 
typewriter  for  office  work  where  speed 
December,  1887,  awarded  the  only  gold 
special  medals,  1885  and  1887 ;  New 
gold  medal  awarded.  The  Hammond 
not  change  the  same.  Impression  is 
touch.  It  writes  the  letters  close  together 
to  a  line.  Its  keys  are  relatively  so  placed 
touch  of  the  keys  is  light,  elastic  and  firm, 
than  any  operator  can  manipulate  the 
and  envelopes,  cards  and  narrow  paper  can 
specially  adapted  for  writing  on  library 
work,  large  statements,  etc.,  such  as 
real    estate    offices.     The   type    can    be 


nd  sample  books  of  finest  grades  of  linen  papers  are  sent  free  on  appli- 
cation at  the  office  in  this  city.  The  expert  operator  on  the  Hammond  has  a  certamty  of  steady  employment,  and  there  is  no  better 
opening  for  a  young  lady  or  youth.  Mr.  Barstow  is  an  experienced  and  popular  representative  of  the  Hammond,  and  has  developed  a  large 
and  important  trade  throughout  the  New  England  States,  placing  all  transactions  on  a  thoroughly  substantial  and  satisfactory  basis. 

rjWAN  &  ATWOOD,  Auctioneers,  Real  Estate  Mortgage  and  Insurance  Agents,  Money  to  Loan  on  Real  and  Personal  Prop- 
erty, No.  27  School  Street.— A  leading  and  thoroughly  responsible  firm  engaged  as  real  estate,  mortgage  and  insurance 
agents  in  this  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Swan  &  Atwood,  who  occupy  eligible  office  quarters  at  No.  27  School  Street.  This 
business  was  originally  established  in  1881  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Swan,  and  in  1888  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admis- 
sion of  Mr.  N.  D.  Atwood  to  partnership.  Both  gentlemen  enj'oy  a  high  repute  in  this  city  and  vicinity,  and  possess  a  large 
experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  influential  connection  as  resil  estate  and  insurance  agents,  auctioneers,  negotiators 
of  mortgages  and  prominent  business  men.  They  make  a  specialty  of  handling  real  estate  in  Boston,  Melrose,  Medford.  Somerville, 
Cambridge,  Chelsea,  Brookline,  Dorchester,  Newton,  Stoughton,  etc.,  of  all  kinds  and  prices,  cash  and  installments,  and  operate  branch 
offices  in  a  number  of  these  places.  The  history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  these  towns  shows  that  wise  and  prudent  investments 
in  reahty  may  ultimately  yield  a  more  certain  and  reasonable  profit  than  any  other  form  of  investment.  Messrs.  Swan  &  Atwood 
have  earned  a  high  reputation  for  accurate  judgment  and  superior  business  tact  in  conducting  transactions  in  this  interest,  and  have 
developed  an  important  connection  therein,  including  among  their  permanent  patrons  many  leading:  capitalists,  investors  and  prop- 
erty owners,  and  carrying  through  to  a  successful  issue  many  heavy  and  valuable  transact  ions.  They  have  upon  their  books  at  all 
times  descriptions  of  high  grade  property  in  the  towns  and  cities  mentioned,  as  well  as  farms  all  through  Massachusetts,  and  houses, 
lots,  busmess  blocks  and  country  seats  in  and  near  Boston  for  sale  or  to  rent  on  the  most  reasonable  terms.  Particular  attention 
is  also  given  to  the  negotiation  of  real  and  personal  property  mortgages.  Messrs.  Swan  &  Atwood  are  also  regarded  as  among  the 
most  rehable  underwriters  in  the  city,  and  as  authority  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  fire  insurance.  They  are  agents  for  the  Royal,  and 
London  and  Lancashire  of  England ;  the  People's  and  the  New  Hampshire  of  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  the  Jersey  City  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  and  the 
Pennsylvania  of  Philadelphia;  also  agents  for  the  Dorchester  Mutual  of  Neponset;  Quincy  Mutual  of  Quincy,  and  the  Wachusett  Mutual  of 
Fitchburg.  They  control  the  insuring  of  many  of  the  choicest  lines  of  business,  and  residential  properties,  placing  the  largest  risks  in  the 
most  responsible  companies  at  lowest  rates  of  premium  and  making  a  speedy  and  liberal  adjustment  of  all  losses  while  they  are  universally 
popular  with  all  classes  of  real  estate  owners,  merchants  and  manufacturers  by  reason  of  their  promptitude,  courtesy  and  reliable  business 
methods.    The  copartners  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  education,  and  command  confidence  and  esteem  in  leading  business  circles. 


156  BOSTON;   ITS  FINANCE,    COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

B.  GOOGINS  &  CO.,  Commission  Dealers  in  Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,  Poultry  and  Country  Produce,  Nos.  52-54  Commercial 
Street.— Among  the  popular  and  successful  commission  merchants  of  Boston  may  be  mentioned  Messrs.  T.  B.  Googins 
&  Co.,  whose  establishment  is  located  at  Nos.  53-54  Commercial  Street.  This  enterprising  gentleman  commenced 
business  at  this  location  in  1883,  and  commands  all  the  advantages  that  are  naturally  accumulated  through  long 
*  years  of  identification  with  a  special  line  of  trade,  and  is  enabled  to  render  most  valuable  service  to  those  who 
commit  their  interests  to  his  care.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  wide  and  mature  experience,  thoroughly  posted  in  all 
the  wants  and  acquirements  of  the  commission  trade,  and  is  one  of  the  most  active  and  efficient  of  its  representatives  in  the  city. 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  fancy  creamery  and  fine  dairy  butter,  and  is  in  daily  receipt  of  supphes  direct  from  first-class  cream- 
eries ;  also  fresh  country  eggs,  cheese  and  poultry.  Consignments  are  disposed  of  without  delay,  and  remittances  are  promptly 
made.  A  large  and  complete  stock  is  always  kept  on  hand,  from  which  orders  are  filled  with  dispatch  and  satisfaction.  Goods  are 
received  from  New  England  and  the  West,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  which  is  wholesale  exclusively  is  large  and  constantly 
increasing.  Mr.  Googins  is  a  native  of  Maine,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  since  1869.  He  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  this  business,  and  is 
coDSidei'ed  an  authority  in  regard  to  quality  and  price  of  butter,  and  is  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  business  ability. 

TJOMPAGNIE  GENERALE  TRANSATLANTIQUE,  French  and  United  States  Postal  Service,  Company's  Head  Office,  No.  6 
Rue  Auber,  Paris,  Duncan  Bailly-Blanchard,  Agent,  No.  102  State  Street. —-This  company  furnishes  the  only  direct  fine 
to  France,  and  the  shortest  route  to  all  principal  points  on  the  continent,  while  it  worthily  -maintains  the  lead  in  every- 
thing that  appertains  to  the  safety,  comfoi't  and  celerity  of  the  transatlantic  passage.  Their  new  express  steamers 
include  La  Touraine,  8,000  tons;  La  Champagne,  7.000  tons;  La  Bourgogne,  7,000  tons;  La  Bretagne,  7.000  tons;  La  Gas- 
cogne,  7,000  tons-  La  Normandie,  6,300  tons.  These  steamers  make  regular  trips  from  New  York  to  Havre  and  Paris, 
connecting  at  Paris  with  the  Western  of  France  Railway,  the  Paris,  Lyons,  Mediterranean  Railway,  the  International  Sleeping  Cars, 
etc.;  so  that  American  travelers  going  to  or  returning  from  the  continent  of  Europe  by  taking  this  fine  avoid  both  transit  by  English 
railway  and  the  discomforts  of  crossing  the  channel,  besides  saving  time,  trouble,  and  expense.  Through  tickets  in  connection  with  first 
and  second-class  passage  issued  to  London  (via  Havre,  Southampton  or  Dieppe,  New  Haven)  at  same  rate  as  through  tickets  to  Paris. 
Tickets  are  also  issued  at  New  York  and  Paris,  respectively,  with  right  to  go  or  return  on  all  the  company's  steamers  of  the  West 
Indian,  Mexican  and  Colon  lines,  and  also  for  all  points  in  the  United  States,  Canada,  China  and  Japan,  Australia  and  New  Zealand- 
On  arrival  of  steamer  at  Havre,  passengers  holding  tickets  for  Paris  are  transferred  [to  a  special  transatlantic  train  which  makes 
only  one  stop  between  Havre  and  Paris.  Baggage  is  checked  in  New  York  through  to  Paris,  thus  avoiding  Custom  House  exami- 
nation and  delay  at  Havre.  Through  tickets  are  also  issued  from  New  York  to  Buenos  Ayres,  Montevideo,  Bahia,  Pernambuco. 
Rio  de  Janeiro,  Maccio  and  Santos,  via  Havre;  also,  to  Italy,  Spain,  Algeria,  Tunis,  Morocco,  Malta,  Corsica  and  other  points,  making 
what  is  called  circular  tours,  on  tickets  which  are  available  during  a  year  from  New  York  to  Paris  and  back.  Among  the  features  for  which 
the  Compagnie  General  Transatlantique  has  become  justly  celebrated,  are  the  extreme  care  manifested  in  the  navigation  of  their  ships,  the 
skill  and  high  standing  of  the  commanders,  and  the  company's  uniform  good  fortune  in  successfully  conducting  an  extensive  traffic  for  over 
thirty  years.  The  prime  consideration  is  safety,  and  the  captains  of  these  steamers  are  vigilant  and  untiring  in  devotion  to  the  discharge  of 
the  onerous  duties  devolving  upon  them.  This  line  is  also  deservedly  popular  for  the  excellence  of  its  table,  the  efficiency  of  its  service,  and 
the  richness  and  comfort  of  its  furnishings  and  accommodations  for  passengers.  Mr.  Duncan  Bailly-Blanchard,  the  manager  of  the  Boston 
Branch,  has  his  headquarters  at  No.  102  State  Street,  where  all  information  and  tickets  can  be  obtained.  Mr,  Blanchard  is  a  native  of  New 
Orleans,  was  manager  of  passenger  department  in  the  company's  ;New  York  office  for  ten  years,  and  is  a  young  man  of  experience,  ability 
and  sterling  worth. 

I  HE  CORNELIUS  CALLAHAN  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fire  Department  Supplies,  Etc.,  No.  164  High  Street.— The  exacting 
demands  of  the  fire  departments  of  the  United  States  for  a  practically  indestructible  fire  hose,  and  one  that,  while  light, 
flexible  and  handy,  should  be  economical,  durable  and  mildew  proof,  have  been  fully  met  by  the  Cornelius  Callahan  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  the  Callahan  cotton  rubber  lined  hose,  relief  valves,  hydrant  gates,  shut-off  nozzles,  gongs 
and  flexible  pipes,  at  No.  164  High  Street.  For  m&ny  years  the  experience  of  firemen  with  the  old-fashioned  rubber 
and  leathern  hose  has  been  utterly  discouraging;  they  burst  under  even  a  light  pressure,  and  often  gave  out  at  the  most 
critical  moments  when  a  great  fire  was  bursting  forth  and  every  drop  of  water  needed.  Both  rubber  and  leather  hose  are  rotting  con- 
stantly while  not  in  use;  they  can  never  be  thoroughly  dried  except  at  the  risk  of  cracking,  and  in  the  case  of  leather  becoming  hard, 
stiff  and  unmanageable.  In  freezing  weather  miles  of  rubber  and  leather  hose  are  ruined  in  our  large  cities.  These  and  other  weighty  rea- 
sons show  the  necessity  of  using  the  only  fire  hose  adapted  to  the  needs  and  requirements  of  this  climate— Callahan's  cotton  rubber-lined  hose. 
The  business  was  originally  established  in  1886,  by  Messrs.  Cornelius  Callahan  and  George  S.  WiUis,  and  in  1888  the  present  company  was 
incorporated,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $40,000,  and  with  Walter  Cutting,  president;  Cornelius  Callahan 
treasurer;  George  S.  Willis,  secretary.  This  company  manufacture  all  sizes  of  the  different  brands  of  hose,  including  Adriatic  jacket,  jacket, 
and  volunteer  fire  hose  for  fire  department  service,  "Mayflower"  fire  hose  for  small  fire  departments,  and  Mill  hose  for  hand  engines  and 
factory  use,  from  one  and  one  half  to  three  and  one  half  inches,  and  claim  that  it  is  stronger  than  rubber  or  leather,  has  a  clear  2^  inch  water 
way,  with  the  least  possible  friction,  weighs  less  than  rubber  or  leather,  stretches  less  than  any  other  hose  in  the  market,  will  not  pull  back 
under  pressure,  will  resist  longer  from  fire  or  wearing,  owing  to  the  separate  and  distinct  bodies  of  which  it  is  composed,  can  be  repaired 
without  the  use  of  a  metal  sleeve,  and  in  a  critical  moment  it  will  not  fail,  but  can  be  relied  upon  every  time.  It  is  now  in  use  in  the 
cities  of  Boston,  Lowell,  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Lawrence,  Fall  River,  Athol,  Attleboro,  Beverly,  Belmont,  Brockton,  Blackstone,  Chicopee,  Cottage 
City,  Canton,  Chicopee  Falls,  Dedham,  Erving,  Everett,  Easthampton,  Fair  Haven,  Georgetown,  Gloucester,  Holyoke,  Hyde  Park,  Hingham, 
Hudson,  Hinsdale,  Holbrook,  Hopkinton,  Ipswich,  Leominster,  Lancaster,  Milton,  Marblehead,  Maiden,  Middleboro,  Milford,  Melrose,  Me- 
thuen,  Medford,  Northampton,  New  Bedford,  Newburyport,  North  Andover,  North  Attleboro,  Nantucket,  Natick,  Orange,  Pittsfield,  Province- 
town,  Quincy,  Rockland,  Rockport,  Shirley,  Somerville,  South  Framinghara,  Tisbury,  Taunton,  Westfield,  West  Brookfield,  Ware  and  Wake 
field,  in  Massachusetts;  and  in  ciidh  leading  cities  of  the  Union  as  New  York  City,  Chicago,  111.,  Cincinnati,  O.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  Detroit.  Mich.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  Denver,  Col.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  Charleston,  S.  C,  BaUimore,  Md.,  Richmond,  Va. ,  and  by  the  United  States 
Government.  The  other  specialties  of  the  company  include  "  Steel  Clad  "  Suction  Hose,  the  most  desirable  suction  hose  in  the  market;  Calla- 
han's improved  coupling,  Siamese  connections,  Bresnan's  patent  distributing  and  controlling  nozzle,  the  Callahan  shut-off  nozzle,  electric  light 
wire  cuttcrB,  Empire  life-saving  net,  Grady  life  belts,  hose  reels,  patent  harness,  and  fire  department  supplies  of  all  kinds  and  best  quality.  The 
president  of  the  company,  Mr.  Cutting,  is  a  well-known  banker  of  New  York  City.  Mr.  Callahan,  the  treasurer,  is  the  inventor  of  the  hose  and 
other  specialties  which  bear  his  name,  and  has  had  a  practical  experience  of  twenty  years  in  this  branch  of  manufacture;  is  thoroughly 
experienced  in  its  every  detail  and  widely  honored  and  esteemed  for  his  genius,  skill  and  reliable  business  methods.  Mr.  Willis,  the  secretary, 
is  a  manufacturer  of  large  experience,  ex-chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  Pittsfield,  and  an  enterprising  and  responsible  business  man. 


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B.  SWAZEY  &  CO.,  Lumber  Commission  Merchants,  No.  21  Doane  Street. — No  firm  has  contributed  more  successfully  or 
materially  to  the  importance  of  Boston  as  a  center  of  the  wholesale  lumber  trade  than  that  of  Messrs.  H.  B.  Swazey  &  Co,, 
located  at  No.  21  Doane  Street.  This  flourishing  business  was  estabhshed  by  Mr.  H.  B.  Swazey,  in  1851,  and  was  very  success- 
fully conducted  by  him  until  1878,  when  his  son,  Mr.  G.  H.  Swazey  was  admitted  as  a  partner  and  the  present  firm  name 

•  was  adopted.  The  house  early  became  noted  for  the  superior  products  handled  in  pine,  spruce  and  hemlock,  and  the  spe- 
cialties, shingles  and  clap-boards.    They  continue  to  develop  a  flourishing  trade  and  maintain  a  leading  position.     Their 

facilities  are  unrivaled,  and  nowhere  can  the  trade  and  large  consumers  obtain  such  substantial  inducements  both  as  to  price  and  quality. 
Their  lumber  is  received  in  cars  and  cargo  lots  from  the  north  and  east  and  is  shipped  direct  from  the  mills.  A  large  and  influential  trade 
has  been  established  throughout  the  New  England  states,  which  is  annually  increasing.  Mr.  H.  B.  Swazey  died  in  April  of  the  current  year, 
but  the  old  firm  name  is  still  continued.  Mr.  G.  H.  Swazey  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Chelsea,  and  is  a  respected  and  energetic  business  man. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  F.  &.  A.  M.,  and  the  K.  T's.  and  of  several  social  clubs;  and  this  house  is  unquestionably  one  of  the  leading  representa 
lives  of  the  wholesale  lumber  trade  of  this  city. 

L.  LEACH,  New  England  Agent  for  the  Boston  Forge  Company,  The  Olis  Steel  Company,  The  Solid  Steel  Company,  Steel 
Castings,  Bridgeport  Brass  Company,  Brass  and  Copper  Tubing,  No.  237  Frankhn  Street.— The  business  of  the  manufact- 
urers' agent  is  one  of  great  benefit  to  the  merchants,  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  every  large  community,  and  prominent 
among  the  number  in  Boston  is  Mr.  H.  L.  Leach,  who  has  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1880,  and  has  his 

*  headquarters  at  No.  337  Franklin  Street.  This  gentleman  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  while  yet 
a  boy  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Hinckley  Locomotive  Works,  rising  step  by  step  until  he  finally  became  superin- 
tendent, remaining  with  the  house  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  years.  He  is  still  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  his  prominence  in  the  indus- 
trial world  is  best  shown  by  the  list  of  important  companies  whose  interests  he  represents  as  New  England  Agent,  to  wit:  the  Boston  Forge 
Company,  the  Otis  Steel  Company,  the  Solid  Steel  Company,  the  Bridgeport  Brass  Company,  the  Standard  Steel  Works,  the  Pickering 
Spring  Company,  and  the  Nathan  Manufacturing  Company.  He  is  now  making  a  specialty  of  the  patent  sand-feeding  apparatus  for 
locomotives,  for  which  he  is  general  agent.  This  apparatus  is  designed  to  feed  a  small  quantity  of  sand  in  a  regular  and  reliable  manner 
upon  the  rails  in  front  of  the  driving  wheels  of  locomotives  when  necessary  to  prevent  them  from  slipping,  and  to  avoid  the  expense 
of  hauling  the  trains  over  large  quantities  of  sand  left  on  the  rails  when  it  is  fed  in  the  usual  way  directly  from  the  sand  box.  As 
only  a  small  quantity  of  sand  is  required  to  prevent  this  slipping,  if  fed  properly,  the  saving  in  sand  thus  effected  is  considerable, 
and  on  some  roads,  where  good  sand  is  hard  to  get,  highly  desirable.  It  is  also  asserted  by  competent  authorities  that  the  more 
sand  that  is  used,  the  faster  the  rails,  ties  and  wheels  of  the  train  are  worn  out.  This  apparatus  was  patented  by  H.  L.  Leach,  Jr.,  August 
5, 1890.  Trial  sets  of  apparatus  will  be  furnished  upon  application  and  may  be  returned  if  not  found  entirely  satisfactory,  in  which  case  no 
charge  will  be  made.  Orders  for  steel  castings,  steel  springs,  brass  and  copper  tubing,  injectors,  oil  cups,  and  other  supplies  are  filled  by 
Mr.  Leach  with  the  utmost  promptness  and  care,  and  all  transactions  are  placed  upon  a  thoroughly  substantial  and  satisfactory  basis. 

|0S.  GAHM,  Bottler  and  Dealer  in  Ales  and  Beer, 
Corner  Purchase  and  HartfordStreets.— As  a  rep- 
resentative house  engaged  in  the  business  of  bot- 
tling beer  and  ales,  and  dealer  of  wines,  we 
wish  to  call  the  attention  of  our  readers  to  the 
well  known  house  of  Mr.  Joseph  Gahm  who  is 
one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  leading  wholesale  deal 
ers  and  bottlers  of  Jos.  Schlitz  Milwaukee  lager  beer  and 
Arnold  &  Co.'s,  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  Indian  pale  and  Golden 
Table  ales  and  porter;  also  bottler  of  the  celebrated  Bass  &  Co  s 
English  ale,  Guinness'  stout,  imported  Kaiser,  Culmbach  and  Pils 
ner  beers,  direct  imported  Rhine  and  Moselle  wines  from  Dein 
hard  &  Co.,  Germany,  Davidson  &  Engelbrecht,  Mayence,  Rhine 
wines,  also  clarets  and  Kronthal  mineral  water.  Mr.  Gahm  first 
established  his  business  in  Charlestown  in  1854,  on  a  com- 
paratively limited  scale.  He  removed  to  No.  83  State 
Street,  Boston,  in  1878,  and  by  honorable  dealings  and  with 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  his  trade  increased  very 
rapidly,  so  much  so  that  in  the  year  of  1868  he  took  the  agency 
of  the  well  known  house  of  the  Jos.  Schlitz  Brewing  Co.'s  lager 
beer.  He  started  by  having  only  two  car  loads  shipped  to  him  a 
month,  but  now  has  thirty  car  loads;  a  car  contains  seventy  bar 
rels.  The  increase  of  case  goods  of  this  favorite  beer  is  40,000 
cases  or  80,000  dozen  per  annum.  Mr.  Gahm  makes  a  specialty  of 
this  beer,  and  has  a  large  export  trade.  He  puts  it  up  in  cham- 
pagne pints  and  quarts,  bearing  his  own  brand,  thus  assuring  his 
patrons  of  receiving  the  genuine  article.  He  removed  to  No.  24 
India  Square  about  one  year  ago,  until  his  new  building  was  com 
pleted.  In  the  month  of  March,  1887,  he  contemplated  building 
his  own  establishment  at  the  corner  of  Purchase  and  Hartford  ■ 
Streets,  which  was  finished  in  December,  1888.  This  is  a  magnifi- 
cent five-story  brick  building,  with  an  elegant  basement  and  sl^ 
sub-cellar,  built  upon  the  latest  and  most  improved  style  of  arch- 
itecture, as  the  cut  will  show.  He  occupies  the  cellars  and  store 
on  the  first  floor.    The  cellars  are  devoted  to  the  general  storagp  ^  _  - 

of  the  goods  and  the  bottling  departments,  which  are  fully  equipped  with  all  of  the  latest  appliances  necessary  for  the  bottling  of  beers  and 
ales  in  the  most  systematic  manner.  Here  may  be  found  two  of  Messrs.  Hoyt  Bros.,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  bottle  washing  machines,  steam  cork- 
ing machines,  also  wiring  machines  for  wiring  the  corks  upon  the  bottles:  these  take  the  place  of  hand  %vork.  The  office,  salesroom 
and  shipping  departments  are  located  on  the  first  floor.  This  floor  is  handsomely  finished  in  cherry,  and  contains  all  modern  conveniences. 
On  the  right  hand  side  as  you  enter  from  the  Purchase  Street  entrance,  is  Mr.  Gahm's  private  office;  next  to  this  is  the  book-keepers',  ship' 
per  and  cashier's  office.  Next  to  this  is  the  storeroom  for  wines  that  are  imported  direct  from  Germany  in  eases.  Off  of  this  is  the  shipping 
department.    We  wish  to  say  here  that  no  better  establishment  of  the  kind  can  be  found  in  the  city. 


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|OTON  CARPET  LINING  CO.,  No.  179  Devonshire  Street;  New  York  Office,  No.  80  White  Street;  Chicago  Office,  No,  243  Monroe 
Street.— The  largest  carpet  lining  mill  in  the  world  is  situated  near  Boston.  The  Union  Carpet  Lining  Co.'s  works  cover 
several  acres.  The  president  is  Mr.  S.  A.  Carlton,  who  is  also  president  of  the  Natl.  Securit.y  Bank,  and  a  well  known  rail- 
road director.  Mr.  Joseph  N.  Damon  is  treasurer  and  Mr.  J.  M.  Whittemore,  manager.  Their  goods  are  too  well  known 
all  over  the  United  States  to  need  any  introduction.  The  Union  Carpet  Lining  Co.  own  the  patents  covering  the  celebrated 
Moth  Proof  Novelt.7  Cedar  Brands.    Boston  is  particularly  well  situated  for  the  manufacture  of  linings.    It  draws  on  the  great 

cotton  manufacturing  cities  of  Lowell,  Lawrence,  Fall  River  and  other  cities  for  cotton  waste;  paper  inills  abound  all  through  Massachusetts. 

The  cheap  water  rates  afford  means  of  transporting  the  lining  from  the  side  track  of  the  company  to  Chicago  and  the  west  at  very  low  prices. 

The  head  office  of  this  company  is  No.  179  Devonshire  Street,  Boston,  with  other  offices  and  warehouses  at  No.  80  White  Street,  New  York, 

and  No.  343  Monroe  Street,  Chicago. 


BILLIAM  HERRICK,  Wholesale  Commission  Fish  Dealer,  No.  176  Atlantic  Avenue,  Room  No.  4.— From  its  commanding  posi- 
tions as  a  seaport  Boston  naturally  enjoys  great  advantages  as  a  point  of  distribution  for  the  salt  water  products  of  the  New 
England  coast,  and  the  wholesale  fish  business  is  a  commercial  interest  of  great  magnitude.  Among  those  engaged  in  the 
business  of  a  wholesale  commission  fish  dealer,  few  have  had  the  practical  training  and  experience  enjoyed  by  Mr.  William 
Herrick,  of  this  city.  For  over  thirty  years  he  pursued  the  vocation  of  a  fisherman,  and  for  many  years  of  that  time  com- 
manded a  fishing  craft  in  Atlantic  waters,  sailing  from  Boston  and  Gloucester.  The  latest  vessel  of  which  he  was  captain 
was  the  "  Augusta  E.  Herrick."  For  two  years  past  he  has  carried  on  the  business  of  a  commission  merchant  for  the  sale  of  fresh 
and  frozen  fish,  Hve  lobsters,  etc.,  receiving  large  consignments  from  Maine  and  the  Provinces.  Having  adopted  the  motto  of  "  quick  sales! 
prompt  returns!"  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  trade  with  the  local  dealers,  his  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  everything  con- 
nected with  the  handling  of  fish  giving  him  more  than  ordinary  facilities  for  the  expeditious  and  satisfactory  disposal  of  the  heaviest 
consignments.    Mr.  Herrick  is  a  native  of  Mame,  and  although  in  the  meridian  of  life,  is  an  active,  energetic  and  successful  man  of  business. 


Commonwealth  Avenue,  showing  Hotel  Vendome. 


jjILLIAM  LUMB  &  CO.,  Plumbers,  No.  15  Province  Street  and  No.  9  Chapman  Place.— The  important  industry  of  plumbing  has 
a  leading  and  widely  known  representative  in  Boston,  in  the  house  of  William  Lumb  &  Co.,  whose  office  and  workshop  are 
at  No.  15  Province  Street  and  No.  9  Chapman  Place.  This  business  was  originally  organized  in  1848  by  William  Lumb, 
and  he  is  probably  the  oldest  practical  plumber  in  the  city,  having  been  engaged  in  this  line  for  the  past  fifty-one  years. 
A  native  of  England,  he  learned  his  trade  in  Yorkshire,  that  country,  mastering  all  its  details,  and,  on  arriving  in  this  city 
started  the  business  which  he  has  since  conducted  with  such  steadily  increasing  success.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
has  had  as  partner  Mr.  William  H.  Mitchell,  also  an  expert  plumber  and  able  business  man.  Both  gentlemen  are  active  members  of  the 
Boston  Master  Plumbers"  Association,  and  the  National  Plumbers'  Association,  and  are  favorably  known  in  commercial  and  social  circles. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  store  and  basement,  35  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  special  machinery,  operated  by  steam 
power,  and  the  firm  employ  from  fifty  to  sixty  hands.  They  manufacture  brass  and  lead  plumbing  supplies  of  all  kinds  for  their  own  use, 
and  give  particular  attention  to  sanitary  plumbing,  and  to  entering  into  contracts  for  the  complete  equipment  of  buildings  with  baths, 
closets,  bowls,  sinks,  etc.  Estimates  are  furnished  at  shortest  notice,  while  the  splendid  facilities  of  the  firm  enable  them  to  meet  all  orders 
in  the  most  satisfactory,  thorough  and  workmanlike  manner. 


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■|RANK  A.  CUTTING,  Dealer  in  Canada,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  Hemlock  Bark,  Room  No.  501,  Shoe  and  Leather 
Exchange,  No.  116  Bedford  Street.— The  prosperous  house  of  Mr.  Frank  A.  Cutting,  dealer  in  Canada,  New  York  and  Pennsyl- 
vania Hemlock  bark,  at  Rooni  No.  501,  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange,  No.  116  Bedford  Street,  is  one  which  is  devoted  to  a  given 
line  of  trade,  thus  receives  all  the  advantages  to  be  gained  from  undivided  attention.  Mr.  Cutting  has  been  engaged  in 
this  line  of  business  tor  the  past  sixteen  years,  in  Canada  and  Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Boston  in  IS90.  Handling 
a  superior  grade  of  bark,  bis  house  has  become  an  important  and  popular  source  of  supply  to  tanners  throughout  New 
York,  Pennsylvania  and  all  the  New  England  States,  and  a  most  substantial  success  has  been  achieved  during  the  comparatively  short 
period  of  its  operation  in  this  city.  No  house  in  Boston  or  elsewhere  is  better  prepared  to  minister  to  the  wants  of  patrons  in  this  line, 
while  Mr.  Cutting  is  a  gentleman  of  vast  practical  experience  and  tried  ability,  in  whose  judgment  and  integrity  the  fullest  confidence  can 
be  safely  placed.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of  tanners,  while  his  widespread  and  induential  connec- 
tions with  the  best  sources  of  supply  in  Canada,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  enable  him  to  promptly  and  satisfactorily  meet  every  demand. 
Many  of  the  largest  tanners  in  Massachusetts  make  all  their  purchases  of  hemlock  bark  of  !Mr.  Cutting,  being  attracted  by  his  honorable 
methods,  the  substantial  inducements  offered  in  both  quality  and  prices,  and  the  eminently  satisfactory  manner  in  which  all  their  orders  are 
fulfilled.  The  sales  of  the  house  average  two  thousand  carloads  per  year,  and  orders  by  telephone  No.  903  receive  immediate  and  careful- 
attention.  Mr.  Cutting  is  a  native  of  Washington,  N.  H.  and  is  deservedly  prominent  as  the  inventor  of  Cutting's  Patent  Car  tor  tan  bark, 
and  treasurer  of  the  Cutting  Car  Company. 


JOSIAH  CUMMINGS  &  SON,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Trunks,  Bags  and  Umbi-ellas;  Sample  Trunks  and  Cases  a  Speci- 
alty, Nos,  109  and  11.3  Summer  Street.— Like  all  the  other  branches  of  art  and  industry,  notable  progress  has  been  made  in 
the  manufacture  of  trunks  and  kindred  articles  of  late  years  in  this  city.  The  productions  of  some  of  our  leadiug  firms  In  the 
line  indicated  are  a  distinct  triumph  of  skill  and  ingenuity;  in  which  connection  special  mention  is  due  Josiah  Cummings  & 
Son,  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  trunks,  bags  and  umbrellas,  Nos.  109  and  11.3  Summer  Street,  corner  Bedford  Street,  with 
factory  at  No.  289  Congress  Street.  They  turn  out  a  class  of  work  of  exceptional  excellence,  making  a  specialty  of  sample 
trunks  and  cases,  and  have  a  very  large  trade  extending  throughout  every  jobbing  city  in  this  country  and  Canada.  They  are  patentees 
and  sole  manufacturers  of  light  patented  steel  sample  trunks  for  shoe,  dry  goods,  notion  and  clothing  salesmen,  which  are  conceded  to  be  in 
all  respects  the  most  perfect,  strongest,  neatest  and  altogether  most  superior  productions  of  the  kind  on  the  market,  and  command  an 
extensive  sale.  These  trunks  are  made  from  a  fine  grade  of  American  steel  manufactured  expressly  for  this  firm,  and  are  very  light,  neat 
in  design,  perfect  in  shape,  durable  and  almost  absolutely  fire-proof:  while  they  have  no  clamps  to  break  and  are  not  affected  by  heat  or 
moisture.  The  manufacturing  facilities  are  ample  and  excellent,  and  a  large  force  of  expert  workmen  are  employed.  The  premises  occu- 
pied as  office  and  salesrooms  on  Summer  Street  are  spacious  and  commodious,  and  an  exceedingly  fine  assortment  is  constantly  kept  in 
stock  here,  including  trunks  of  every  shape,  size,  style  and  variety;  handsome  valises  and  traveling  bags  of  all  kinds,  satchels,  leather 
specialties  and  umbrellas;  while  trunks  and  bags  are  made  to  order,  likewise,  at  short  notice.  Every  article  leaving  this  establishment  is 
warranted  as  to  workmanship  and  material,  and  the  very  lowest  prices  consistent  therewith  are  quoted,  substantial  inducements  being 
offered  to  the  trade.  Catalogue  and  price  list  will  be  cheerfully  furnished  upon  application,  and  all  communications  of  a  business  nature 
receive  prompt  response,  correspondence  being  invited.  Tliis  business  was  originally  established  on  Union  Street  some  forty-two  years  ago, 
by  Cummings  &  Tyler,  who  were  succeeded  by  Cummings,  Rich  &  Co.,  who  were  in  turn  succeeded  by  Wilkinson  &  Cummings,  who  were 
engaged  in  making  government  goods  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  subsequently  Mr.  Cummings,  the  elder,  was  in  business  alone  for  nearly  quarter 
of  a  century,  moving  back  to  Boston  about  twenty  years  ago,  and  in  1886  took  into  partnership  his  son  Edward  J.  Cummings.  The  Messrs. 
Cummings  are  both  men  of  practical  skill  and  thorough  experience,  and  are  masters  of  their  art  in  all  its  branches. 


lAPPEN  BROS.,  Dealers  in  Wooden  Ware,  Brooms,  Brushes,  Baskets,  Mats,  Willow  Ware,  Children's  Carriages,  No.  28  Dock 
Square.— The  leading  source  of  supply  for  wooden  ware,  willow  ware,  children's  carriages  and  kindred  articles  in  Boston 
is  the  house  of  Messrs.  Lappen  Bros.,  located  at  No.  28  Dock  Square.  This  is  the  oldest  in  its  line  in  Boston,  having  been 
established  about  eighty-five  years  ago,  and  is  also  one  of  the  largest  and  best  known  in  New  England.  The  firm  of  O. 
Lappen  &  Co.,  was  organized  in  1836,  as  successors  to  Steele  &  Dickinson,  and  in  1885,  on  the  retirement  of  Mr.  O.  Lappen,  the 
present  style  was  adopted^  The  building  occupied  for  trade  purposes  contains  four  floors  and  a  basement,  50  x  100  feet  each, 
all  of  which  splendid  floor  space  is  used  for  the  disposal  of  the  immense  and  varied  stock  that  is  constantly  carried.  This  stock  bears 
such  a  character  for  utility  and  usefulness  as  to  command  universal  attention  and  general  patronage.  It  embraces  clotheswringers,  clothes- 
horses  and  clothes  dryers;  churns,  brooms  and  bi-ushes;  fancy,  willow  and  oak  baskets;  tubs,  pails  and  buckets;  wood  bowls,  chop  trays 
and  pastry  boards;  sieves,  nest  boxes  and  barrel  covers;  measures,  spice  boxes  and  rolling  pins;  wash  boards,  clotheslines  and  clothes- 
pins; stove  polish  and  shoe  blacking,  sleds,  boys'  wagons  and  velocipedes;  door  mats  and  wagon  mats,  feather  dusters,  sponges,  faucets, 
wood  saws,  ladders,  wheelbarrows,  chop  knives,  ax  handles,  bed  cords,  etc.,  etc.  The  house  has  created  the  highest  of  reputations  in  the 
business  world  by  its  uniform  fair  dealing,  reasonable  prices  and  the  invariable  high  quahty  of  its  goods.  A  trade  of  great  magnitude  is 
conducted  in  such  prominent  trade  centers  as  Boston,  Providence,  Lowell,  Worcester,  Springfield,  New  Haven,  Hartford,  Manchester, 
Concord,  Portland,  Augusta,  Nashua,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Fall  River,  New  Bedford,  Salem,  Newport,  Pawtucket,  Bridgeport,  Burlington,  Rut- 
land, St.  Albans,  Brattleboro,  Bangor  and  other  New  England  towns.  The  Messrs.  Lappen  are  native  Bostonians,  trained  in  the  business 
from  their  youth  up,  and  young  men  of  large  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth,  with  whom  it  is  always  pleasant 
and  profitable  to  deal. 


JUTTING  CAR  COMPANY,  Fred  Joy,  President,  Frank  A.  Cutting,  Treasurer  and  Manager,  Room  No.  501,  Shoe  and  Leather 
Exchange,  No.  116  Bedford  Street.— The  radical  improvements  made  in  the  general  methods  of  conducting  all  branches  of 
business  is  perhaps  illustrated  in  no  better  way  than  by  the  modern  means  employed  for  transporting  freight  from  one  sec- 
tion of  the  country  to  another.  An  instance  in  point  is  afforded  by  the  Cutting  Car  Company,  of  this  city,  who  own  and 
operate  the  Cutting  Patent  Tan  Bark  Car  on  all  the  different  lines  of  railway  in  New  York,  New  England  and  Canada.  This 
company  was  incorporated  in  1887,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $60,000,,  and  has  its  headquarters 
at  Room  No.  501,  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange,  No.  116  Bedford  Street.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  Fred  Joy,  Esq.,  president;  Frank  A. 
Cutting,  treasurer  and  manager.  The  company  own  all  the  patents  issued  to  Frank  A.  Cutting  for  improvements  in  cars  for  freighting  and 
transporting  tan  bark,  and  are  introducing  them  to  the  various  freight  lines  throughout  the  country.  These  cars  have  received  the  highest 
encomiums  from  experts  everywhere,  and  they  are  rapidly  becoming  the  standard  mode  of  transportation  in  handling  and  shipping  tan 
bark  in  all  parts  of  the  Union.  Mr.  Cutting,  the  inventor  of  the  car,  is  a  prominent  dealer  in  Canada,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  hemlock 
bark  in  this  city,  and  has  made  a  special  study  of  the  best  means  of  transporting  this  article.  The  president  of  the  company,  Mr.  Joy,  is  a 
well-known  attorney  of  this  city. 


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OWARD  A.  BRIGHA^I,  Importer  of  Textile  Machinery,  Agent  for  Samuel  Brooks  and  Crighton  &  Sons,  Manchester.  England, 
No.  40  Oliver  Street.— Mr.  Edward  A.  Brighana  of  No.  40  Oliver  Street,  importer  of  textile  machinery,  has  been  engaged  in 
business  in  his  present  calling  and  that  of  a  manufacturers'  agent  for  a  period  of  twenty-seven  years,  during  which  time  he 
has  by  dint  of  unremitting  perseverance,  and  by  virtue  of  the  constant  maintenance  of  a  most  exalted  code  of  honor,  earned 
for  himself  a  most  enviable  reputation  and  established  a  connection  of  extensive  magnitude  and  valuable  character.  The 
business  embraces  contracting  for  the  erection  of  dotton  manufacturing  plants  and,  generally,  for  the  building  and 
equipment  of  factories  devoted  to  the  textile  industries.  Mr.  Brigham  has  erected  throughout  the  United  States  a  vast  number 
of  mills  and  factories;  and  wherever  he  has  conducted  operations  he  has  evoked  the  enthusiastic  admiration  of  his  patrons.  In  addition  to 
controUing  a  substantial  volume  of  business  upon  his  own  resources  the  gentleman  holds  valuable  agencies  for  Samuel  Brooks,  and  Crighton, 


&  Sons,  of  Manchester,  England,  the  chief  seat  of  the  world's  textile  manufacture;  who  manufacture  all  the  latest  specialties  in  cotton 
machinery,  among  which  are  improved  drawing  frames  with  patent  stop  motions,  which  are  all  positive  and  instantaneous  in  action;  special 
frames  for  dyed  cotton  and  merino,  and  slubbing,  intermediate  and  roving  frames,  made  from  entirely  new  models  with  the  latest  improve- 
ments; ring  spinning  frames,  ring  and  flyer  doubling  frames  on  the  Scotch  or  English  doubling  system,  and  the  revolving  flat  carding  engine, 
with  revolving  disc,  for  carrying  ends  of  flats,  to  prevent  wear  of  flat  ends  or  bends,  which  can  be  seen  running  at  this  establishment  at  any 
time  and  which  is  represented  in  the  above  engraving.  The  gentleman  is  a  practical  master  of  all  the  infinite  details  of  his  business  and  his 
personalty  evinces  the  characteristics  of  unusual  shrewdness  and  discernment  tempered  by  a  commendable  spirit  of  liberality.  He  is  a  gen- 
tleman enjoying  that  desirable  season  known  as  "  The  prime  of  Life";  he  is  a  native  of  the  Bay  State,  and  enjoys  throughout  the  entire 
community  the  warmest  esteem. 


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|ELLEDEU  &  MORGAN,  Successors  to  J.  Noyes  &  Co.,  Carpenters  and  Builders,  No.  5  Province  Court.— The  general  carpen- 
tering and  building  industry  ot  Boston  has  been  developed  to  very  extensive  proportions,  and  employment  is  found  in  this 
Une  for  an  immense  raunber  of  workmen.  One  of  the  fo^-emost  firms  engaged  in  the  trade  is  that  ot  Messrs.  Belledeu  & 
Morgan,  whose  offloe  and  workshop  are  centrally  located  at  No.  5  Province  Court.  This  house  was  founded  some  twenty 
years  ago  by  J.  Noyes  &  Co.,  and  in  1889  the  present  proprietors  came  into  the  control,  the  co-partners  being  Messrs.  C,  H. 
Belledeu  and  C.  R.  Morgan.  Mr.  Belledeu  is  a  native  of  Boston,  a  practical  carpenter  of  long  experience,  and  for  ten  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  J.  Noyes  &  Co.'s  estabhshment.  Mr.  Morgan  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  has  been  a  practical  carpenter  and 
builder  for  over  twenty  years,  and  is  thoroughly  famihar  with  all  the  requirements  of  his  vocation.  The  premises  occupied  have  dimensions 
of  85  X  75  feet,  and  are  equipped  with  first-class  machinery,  operated  by  steam  power,  and  employment  is  found  for  from  forty  to  fifty 
experienced  workmen.  Messrs.  Belledeu  &  Morgan  execute  carpentering  and  building  in  all  their  branches,  also  repairing  and  general  job- 
bing. Among  other  contracts  fulfilled  by  them  was  work  on  the  Parker  House,  New  Exchange  Building  on  State  Street,  Hotel  Bellevue, 
Beacon  Hill  Stable  for  Mr.  Tufts.  G.  A.  Plummer's  store  Washington  Street;  Estes  &  Lauriat's  store,  Washington  Street;  B.  E.  Bailey  &  Co.'s 
store,  Winter  Street;  Jamieson  &  Knowles'  store.  Winter  Street;  Mellin's  Food  Exhibit  at  the  Health  Food  Exposition,  etc.,  etc.  Estimates, 
plans  and  specifications  are  furnished,  and  all  contracts  awarded  the  firm,  are  carried  through  to  satisfactory  completion  without  delay. 

JOHN  MACK,  Jr.,  Mason  and  Builder,  No.  28  Chapman  Place.— An  important  position  in  the  industrial  world  is  occupied  by  the 
mason  and  builder,  especially  in  a  rapidly  growing  community  such  as  Boston  and  its  suburbs,  which  offer  an  unlimited  field 
for  operations  in  this  line.  One  of  the  best  known  and  most  successful  masons  and  builders  in  the  city  is  Mr.  John  Mack, 
Jr.,  whose  office  is  at  No.  32  Chapman  Place.  Mr.  Mack  established  his  enterprise  in  1885,  having  prior  to  that  time  had  thor- 
ough experience  in  his  line,  for  many  years  being  an  assistant  to  his  father,  Mr.  John  Mack,  plasterer  and  stucco  worker, 
who  has  been  engaged  in  this  line  since  1835,  and  is  the  oldest  representative  of  the  industry  in  Boston.  Mr.  Mack,  Jr.,  is 
prepared  to  furnish  estimates  and  enter  into  contracts  for  the^  building  ot  foundations,  masonry,  brickwork,  and  the  erection  of  buildings 
complete,  employing  a  large  force  of  workmen  and  possessing  the  most  complete  facilities  for  promptly  and  satisfactorily  meeting  all 
demands  made  upon  his  resources.  Among  important  contracts  fulfilled  was  the  building  of  John  S.  Fogg's  bank  building  at  South 
Weymouth;  the  Unitarian  Church  at  Norwood;  Congregationalist  Church,  Union  Square,  Somerville;  George  W.  Wood's  organ  works, 
Middleboro,  Mass.;  Jones  &  Co's.  piano  works.  Fall  River,  Mass.;  eighteen  residences  in  the  Back  Bay  district  and  many  others.  In  every, 
instance  the  best  of  satisfaction  has  been  expressed  at  the  character  of  the  work  done,  proving  that  the  excellent  reputation  sustained  by  Mr. 
Mack  has  been  fully  earned. 


ORLEY  BUTTON  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Button  Sewing 

Machines,  Dealers  in  Buttons,  Thread,  Machine  Supplies,  Etc.,  Office,  No. 

205  Congress  Street.— One  of  the  important  labor  saving  inventions  of  the 

age  is  the  button   sewing  machine  manufactured  by  the  Morley  Button 

Sewing  Machine  Company.    This  company  was  incorporated  in  1881,  under 

the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $500,000,  and  is  offlced  as 
follow,  viz:  J.  P.  Cook,  president;  J.  F.  Springfield,  treasurer  and  general  manager;  W.  E. 
Bennett,  superintendent  of  construction.  The  company  own  all  the  Morley  patents,  and 
have  recently  commenced  the  manufacture  of  the  Morley-Bennett  button  sewing  machine, 
which  is  more  durable  and  faster  than  any  other,  and  has  only  a  single  line,  instead  of  a 
double  line  stitch.  There  are  numerous  substantial  reasons  why  manufacturers  should 
fully  test  the  utility  and  superiority  of  this  machine.  It  is  fully  warranted  against  any 
defect  in  material,  workmanship  or  performance;  it  is  as  easy  to  run  as  the  ordinary  sew- 
ing machine,  does  the  work  of  half  a  dozen  hand  sewers,  and  sews  the  buttons  much  more 
strongly  than  can  be  done  by  hand.  Nearly  three  hundred  of  the  Morley  machines  are  on 
the  market,  and  wherever  they  are  introduced  a  permanent  and  increasing  demand  for 
them  is  at  once  created.  The  company  also  deal  in  buttons,  thread,  machine  supplies,  etc., 
and  is  in  a  position  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  of  all  orders.  The 
president,  Mr.  Cook,  is  a  member  of  the  well-known  brewing  firm  of  Jones  &  Cook,  of 
South  Boston,  and  is  also  president  of  the  Upper  Coos  Railroad .  Mr.  Springfield,  the  man- 
ager, is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  a  young  man  of  large  business  experience  and 
marked  executive  ability.  The  Board  of  Directors  includes  Jas.  P.  Cook,  Hon.  Frank 
Jones,  Ex-Congressman  from  New  Hampshire  and  president  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad;  Col.  Charles  A.  Sinclair,  brewer  and  railroad 
directoi-,  Portsmouth  N.  H  ;  Frank  B.  Dale,  dealer  in  malt,  hops,  etc. ;  E.  H.  Hutchinson,  president  ot  the  E.  A.  Mudge  Shoe  Co. ;  W.  W.  Whi^ 
comb,  treasurer  of  American  Car  Wheel  Company;  Charles  P.  Berry,  superintendent  of  Portsmouth  Shoe  Company;  Hon.  Marcellus 
Eldredge,  Ex-Mayor  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  and  James  H.  Morley,  inventor  and  paper  manufacturer. 

p^p^^O  W.  BAILEY  &  SONS  CO.,  Wood  Mantels,  Mouldings  and  Building  Trimmings  (of  all  kinds,  on  hand  and  made  to  order,) 
l^^iil^^^jl  No.  14  Charlestown  Street.— The  remarkable  progress  made  of  recent  years  in  the  line  of  wood  mantels,  mouldings,  and 
building  trimmings  of  all  kinds,  is  best  illustrated  by  the  J.  W.  Bailey  &  Sons  Co.  This  representative  house  was  founded 
in  187.3,  by  Messrs.  E.  W.  Bailey  &  Co.,  and  in  1875  Messrs.  J.  W.  and  B.  S.  Bailey  succeeded  to  the  control,  under  the  name 
and  style  of  J.  W.  Bailey  &  Son,  which  was  changed  to  J.  W.  Bailey  &  Sons  in  1886,  on  the  admission  of  Mr.  W.  L.  Bailey  to 
the  firm.  In  1888  Mr.  J.  W.  Bailey  died,  after  an  honorable  and  successful  business  career,  and  the  present  company  was 
then  mcorporated,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $20,000,  and  with  Edward  S.  Bailey,  president;  Wil- 
lard  L.  Bailey,  treasurer;  Joseph  S.  Parker,  secretary.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade  purposes  comprise  a  substantial  six-story  building, 
25  X  150  feet  in  dimensions,  with  another  in  rear,  and  unsurpassed  facilities  are  at  hand  for  conducting  all  operations  upon  the  largest  scale. 
Without  attempting  any  detailed  description  of  the  varied  and  valuable  stock,  it  may  be  said  that  leading  architects  and  builders  prefer  their 
woodwork  for  interiors  to  any  other.  It  is  not  only  more  choice,  better  selected  and  seasoned,  but  it  is  also  more  artistic  in  workmanship, 
striking  in  design,  and  elaborate  in  finish.  The  trade  and  public  have  been  again  and  again  agreeably  surprised  by  the  fertility  of  design  and 
great  beauty  of  the  new  styles  in  mantels  and  mouldings  here  offered.  Variety  is  the  order  of  the  day  in  architectural  effort ;  of  a  row  of  fine 
houses,  no  two  are  alike,  and  with  mantels  and  other  interior  fittings  the  most  original  designs  are  sought  for.  and  will  certainly  be  found 
here.  This  is  headquarters  for  the  supply  of  the  building  trade  throughout  New  England  with  all  kinds  of  building  trimmings,  mouldings, 
door  and  window  cases  and  brackets.  The  rarest  inducements  are  offered  both  as  to  price  and  quality,  and  satisfaction  is  insured  in  every 
detail.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  young  men,  but  old  in  experience,  having  for  years  brought  their  abilities  to  bear  to  raise  the  stand- 
ard in  their  line,  and  have  achieved  a  substantial  success  based  strictly  on  merit. 


163  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

H.  WHITNEY  &  CO.,  Commission  Brokers,  No.  75  State  Street.— One  of  the  broadest  fields  presented  in  this  city  for  the 
exercise  of  business  talent  and  enterprise,  is  that  of  banking  and  brokering,  and  many  of  Boston's  ablest  business  men  are 
t  this  pursuit.  The  quotations  from  this  market  are  eagerly  watched  iu  all  money  centers  by  capitalists,  specu- 
lators and  others,  and  its  operators  are  an  influential  factor  in  the  financial  world.  One  of  the  foremost  and  busiest 
commission  brokers  in  the  city,  is  Mr.  R.  H.  Whitney,  operating  under  the  firm  name  of  R.  H.  Whitney  &  Co.,  whose  office  is 
at  No.  75  State  Street.  This  gentleman  began  business  in  1879^  meeting  with  signal  success  from  the  outset,  owing  to  the 
energy  and  ability  brought  to  bear  in  his  operations,  and  he  commands  an  extensive,  active,  and  first-class  patronage.  Mr.  Whitney  is 
vice-president  of  the  Boston  Mining  Stock  Exchange,  is  in  command  of  the  most  complete  facilities  for  the  secm-iug  of  the  latest  information 
of  the  stock  market,  and  carries  on  general  transactions  in  buying  and  selUng,  on  commission,  government,  municipal,  railroad,  water, 
electric  light,  gas,  and  mining  bonds,  also  as  an  auctioneer  of  real  estate  and  personal  property,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  stocks,  invest- 
ment securities  and  commercial  paper.  He  is  special  agent  for  the  sale  of  stock  of  the  Union  Manufacturing  Company,  the  Cumberland  and 
Osceola  Gold  Mining  Company,  Framingham  Gas  Company  and  others,  which  offer  an  excellent  opportunity  for  dividend  paying  investments. 
All  commissions  are  promptly  carried  out,  and  patrons'  interests  advanced  in  every  possible  way.  Mr.  Whitney,  who  is  a  native  of  Boston, 
is  a  live,  public-spirited  citizen,  and  thoroughly  identified  with  the  material  progress  of  the  community. 

J.  WING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  and  Conti-actors,  Ventilating,  Heating,  Cooling,  Electric  Lighting  and  Drying  Appa- 
ratus, O.  E.  Michell,  Engineer,  General  Eastern  Agent,  No.  94  Pearl  Street.— In  addition  to  the  great  manufacturing 
enterprises  carried  on  within  her  own  limits,  there  are  numerous  important  interests  represented  in  Boston  which 
help  to  swell  its  commerce  and  traffic.  Prominent  among  the  interests  referred  to  may  be  named  those  of  the 
'  L.  J.  Wing  Company,  manufacturers  and  contractors  for  ventilating,  heating  and  cooling;  electric  lighting  and  dry. 
ing  apparatus,  Wing's  disc  fans  and  engines,  ^ectric  motors  and  dynamos,  water  motors  and  gas  engines,  etc., 
whose  main  office  is  located  at  No.  126  Liberty  Street,  New  York;  with  headquarters  for  New  England  at  No.  94  Pearl  Street,  in 
this  city.  This  agency  was  established  in  1889,  under  tne  management  of  Mr.  O.  E.  Michell,  who  was  with  the  New  York  house 
for  several  years  previously,  and  is  an  expert  ventilating  and  heating  engineer  of  large  experience  and  established  reputation.  The 
L.  J.  Wing  Co.  is  especially  noted  for  the  manufacture  of  Wing's  Disc  Fans,  High  Speed  Engines,  Regan  Gas  Engines,  Dynamos  and  Elec- 
tric Motors,  Dake  Steam  Engines  and  Dynamo  Combination.  They  are  prepared  to  make  plans  and  specifications  for  ventilating,  heating, 
refrigerating  or  tempering  of  any  kind,  and  for  removing  dust,  smoke,  gases,  heat,  steam,  odors  from  trying  kettles,  acids  from  dripping 
tanks,  etc. ;  also  for  drying  purposes,  such  as  brick,  lumber,  wool,  cotton,  yarn,  hats,  cloths,  grain,  soap,  glue,  hides,  leather,  tobacco, 
whiting  or  other  classes  of  goods.  They  also  arrange  buffers,  lathes  and  polishing  wheels  for  removing,  or  gathering  and  depositing 
valuable  dust  or  metals,  also  removing  dust  and  shavings  from  wood  working  shops.  They  have  met  with  great  success  in  cooling  boiler, 
engine,  dynamo^  or  other  rooms,  restaurants  and  kitchens,  removing  flies,  steam,  odors,  etc.;  and  they  are  now  prepared  to  make  plans 
and  estimates  for  isolated  electric  lighting  of  private  residences,  stores,  hotels,  churches,  schools,  etc.  There  are  very  few  mills  or 
factories  where  Wing's  Disc  Fans  cannot  be  used  to  advantage  and  profit  for  mechanical  heating,  ventilating,  drying,  cooling,  i-emoving 
steam,  dust,  heat,  gases,  etc.;  and  among  the  thousands  in  use  in  the  United  States,  Canada,  England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  Germany,  France, 
Belgium,  British  India,  etc.,  mention  may  be  made  of  such  prominent  buildings  and  places  as  the  U.  S.  Senate,  Government  Printing 
Office,  Bureau  of  Engraving  and  Printing,  Washington  D.  C;  City  Post  Office,  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  Union  Club,  Academy,  of 
Design,  Standard  Theater,  Lyceum  Theater,  Union  League  Club,  Steinway  Hall,  Seventh  Regiment  Armory,  St.  Thomas  Church,  Delmonico's. 
Doris'  Museum,  Lion  Brewery,  Grand  Union  Hotel,  Albemarle  Hotel,  Hotel  Vendome,  Continental  Hotel,  Union  Square  Hotel,  Cosmopolitan 
Hotel,  Hotel  Metropole,  the  residences  of  Jay  Gould,  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  and  many  others.  New  York  City;  N.  E.  Conservatory  of  Music, 
Comer's  Commercial  College,  Endicott  &  Macomber's  Insurance  Office,  Boston  Thread  and  Twine  Co.,  Boston  Dyewood  Co.,  Boston  Lead 
Co.,  Fobes,  Hayward  &  Co.,  Boston  Rubber  Car  Spring  Co.,  and  many  others,  Boston,  Mass. ;  and  Woodland  Park  Hotel,  Auburndale,  Mass., 
also  Pacific  Mills,  Lawrence,  Mass.  have  fifty-four  Wing  Fans  in  operation.  Palmer  House.  Grand  Pacific  Hotel,  Columbia  Theater,  Union 
League  Club,  University 'Club,  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111.;  Bellevue  Hotel,  Bingham  House,  Windsor  Hotel,  Hotel  Lafayette,  Colon- 
nade Hotel,  Jno.  Wanamaker,  Strawbridge  &  Clothier,  Manufacturers'  Club  House,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Cooley's  Hotel,  Springfield,  Mass., 
Brookline  Canning  Co.,  Brookline,  Mass. ;  and  the  leading  cotton  mills,  paper  mills,  and  other  industries  of  New  England.  Orders  by  tele 
phone,  Boston  3079,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  are  given  immediate  attention  by  Mr.  Michell,  and  branch  houses  are  also  operated  at  Nos.  96  Lake 
Street,  Chicago,  No.  45  N.  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  In  every  branch  of  its  extensive  business,  the  L.  J.  Wing  Company  is  in  a  posi- 
tion to  challenge  comparison  as  to  quality  of  service,  reliabillity  of  goods  and  liberality  of  terms,  and  is  justly  regarded  as  the  leader  in  its 
special  field  of  usefulness. 

j|TNARD'S  LINIMENT  M'F'G  COMPANY,  No.  273  Commercial  Street.— Among  the  many  curative  agents  which  are  now  be- 
fore the  public,  there  is  none  which  possesses  greater  merit  than  "  Minard's  Liniment,"  the  "  King  of  Pain"  which  is  used  in 
all  parts  of  Canada,  the  United  States,  Newfoundland,  Bermuda,  South  America,  and  the  West  Indies.  This  liniment  was 
first  made  over  thirty  years  ago  by  Dr.  Minard,  of  Nova  Scotia,  a  skilled  and  popular  physician,  and  it  has  since  come  into 
general  use.  The  preparation  is  now  manufactured  by  the  Minard  Liniment  Manufacturing  Company,  of  No.  273  Com- 
mercial Street.  The  business  was  established  in  1883  by  Nelson  &  Co.,  and,  in  1891,  was  incoi-porated  under  the  state  laws  of 
Maine,  the  officers  being:  President,  Wm.  J.  Nelson;  secretary  and  treasurer,  O.  W.  Nelson,  nephew  of  the  former.  Both  gentlemen  are 
natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  are  business  men  of  energy,  ability,  and  progressive  principles.  The  premises  occupied  for  office  and  factory 
comprise  a  four-story  building,  35  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  excellently  equipped,  while  employment  is  found  for  fifteen  experienced  hands. 
Four  salesmen  represent  the  house  on  the  road.  Minard's  Liniment  is  a  specific  for  the  allaying  of  inflammation,  and  cure  of  aches  and 
pains  of  all  kinds.  A  trial  is  sufficient  to  prove  its  efficacy.  The  hniment  ^vill  be  found  on  sale  at  all  druggists,  and  U  should  be  in  every 
household. 

W.  AMORY,  Cotton  Buyer,  No.  40  Water  Street.— An  old-established  and  thoroughly  reliable  house  engaged  in  cotton 
buying  for  New  England  mills  is  that  of  Mr.  G.  W.  Amory,  located  at  No.  40  Water  Street.  His  office,  which  is  room  No.  48  in 
the  Simmons  Building,  is  connected  by  wire  with  the  principal  cotton  centers  and  he  has  the  best  facilities  and  connections 
with  the  southern  cotton  market,  thus  enabling  him  to  fill  the  largest  orders  promptly  and  at  short  notice.  He  is  from  long 
experience  in  the  business,  a  recognized  authority  on  all  grades  of  cotton  and  a  test  by  him  is  sufficient  to  fix  the  standard 
and  value  of  any  particular  lot.  Mr.  Amory  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  this  business  since  1866.  and  personally  super- 
vises every  detail.  He  is  thoroughly  reliable  and  responsible  and  is  largely  patronized  by  the  mill-owners  of  New  England,  by  whom  he  is 
held  in  high  esteem.  He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  resident  of  Boston,  and  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  in  business  circles. 
Large  buyers  will  consult  their  own  interests  by  placing  their  orders  with  this  reliable  house. 


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(JHEELER  &  CUHMINGS,  Manufacturers  and  Designers  of  Boot  and  Shoe  Patterns,  No.  105  and  111  Summer  Street.— A  relia- 
ble firm  of  manufacturers  and  designers  of  boot  and  shoe  patterns  in  this  city,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Wheeler  &  Cummings,  located 
at  Nos.  105  and  111  Summer  Street,  whose  trade  is  large  and  fast  increasing,  and  reaches  in  a  great  measure  throughout  the 
New  England  States,  as  well  as  in  a  somewhat  smaller  volume  to  remoter  parts  of  the  Union.  The  enterprise  was  initiated  In 
1886,  by  Messrs.  Damon  and  Cummings,  who  were  succeeded  three  years  ago  by  the  present  firm,  compo.sed  of  Mr.  E.  P. 
Wheeler  and  Mr.  F.  A.  Cummings;  both  of  whom  are  not  only  thoroughly  practical  men  in  this  line  but  also  possessed  of 
unusual  abihty  as  designers  in  this  line,  and  are  also  posessed  of  unusual  ability  as  designers,  which  they  have  employed  with  marked  effect 
in  the  development  of.  the  business.  The  workrooms  are  on  the  fifth  floor  at  the  address  noted,  and  are  wellequipped  with  every  facility  for 
boot  and  shoe  pattern  making,  and  a  force  of  competent  workmen  are  kept  steadily  engaged,  assisting  the  proprietors  in  the  many  duties 
which  devolve  upon  the  house.  Mr.  Wheeler  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  resident  of  Rockland,  while  Mr.  Cummings  was  born  in  Maine 
and  lives  at  Hyde  Park. 


]  ANIEL  PRATT'S  SON,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Foreign  and  American  Clocks  and  Clock  Materials, 
No.  34  Hawley  Street.— The  house  now  so  successfully  conducted  under  the  name  of  Daniel  Pratt's 
Son,  at  No.  34  Hawley  Street,  enjoys  a  high  reputation  as  extensive  importers  and  wholesale 
dealers  in  foreign  and  American  clocks  and  clock  materials.  The  business  was  founded  in  1832, 
by  Mr.  Daniel  Pratt,  at  Reading,  Mass.,  and  in  1846  he  came  to  Boston,  locatiug  originally  on 
Union  Street,  and  early  won  a  wide  reputation.  Mr.  Pratt  Sr.  died  in  March,  1871.  after  an  honorably  suc- 
cessful career,  and  his  son,  Mr.  D.  F.  Pratt,  continued  the  business  under  the  present  name  and  style  until 
1889,  wTien  he  admitted  his  son,  Mr.  F.  W.  B.  Pratt,  to  partnership.  As  thus  constituted,  the  house  brings  to  bear 
the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  important  and  influential  connections  both  at  home  and  abroad,  and 
vigorous  ability  and  enterprise  in  every  feature  of  its  management.  They  are  recognized  as  large  importers  of 
clocks,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  English  hall  clocks,  and  are  also  prominent  as  dealers  in  Waterbury  Clock 
Company's  and  E.  Ingraham  Clock  Company's  goods.  Their  house  is  headquarters  for  clocks,  bronzes,  orna- 
ments and  clock  materials  of  every  description,  and  is  a  popular  source  of  supply,  not  only  for  leading  retailers 
throughout  New  England,  but  also  for  the  best  classes  of  society  in  Boston  and  vicinity  who  are  in  search  of 
the  rare,  the  unique  and  the  antique.  The  management  is  constantly  on  the  alert  to  add  something  of  value  to 
the  vast  and  varied  assortment,  and  no  house  in  the  country  is  better  prepared  to  minister  successfully  to  the 
demands  of  patrons  in  its  special  field.  Its  commercial  relations  are  wide-spread  and  its  facilities  for  procur- 
ing supplies  are  unequalled.  The  Messrs.  Pratt  are  Massachusetts  men,  born  and  bred;  trained  in  this  branch 
of  industry  from  their  youth  up,  winning  success  by  honestly  deserving  it. 


jEAVITT  &  CO.,  Hill's  Champion  Cooker,  the  Victor  Roaster  and  Baker,  the  Victor  Broiler  and  Frying  Pan,  No.  149  Pearl 
St.— Messrs.  Leavitt  &  Co.  are  the  sole  owners  and  manufacturers  of  the  Victor  Roaster  and  Baker,  for  roasting  meats,  game 
and  poultry,  and  baking  bread,  cake,  pudding,  beans,  etc. ;  also,  of  the  Vicl  h  Broiler  and  Frying  Pan,  smokeless  and  odorless, 
entirely  new,  and  " the  pride  of  the  kitchen";  while  they  are  especially  prominent  as  geijeral  agents  for  Hill's  Champion 
Cooker.  This  cooker,  formerly  called  Leavitt's,  is  warranted  steamless  and  odorless  or  money  refunded.  It  is  the  only  per- 
fect steamless  and  odorless  cooker  on  the  market.  It  has  an  iron  base,  with  tin  extension  top,  so  that  there  is  no  melting  or 
rusting  out  of  the  bottom,  while  it  has  a  tube  which  takes  all  the  surplus  steam  and  odor  arising  from  cooking  and  carries  it  into  the  stove  and 
up  the  chimney.  The  cover  and  extension  top  are  set  in  grooves  into  which  uater  is  put,  thus  making  a  water-joint  which  makes  the  cooker 
absolutely  steam  tight.  It  matters  not  what  one  is  cooking,  they  get  no  steam  or  odor  in  the  house.  Its  other  advantages  are  that  the 
price  is  about  one-half  that  of  others;  it  is  more  durable;  you  get  a  greater  intensity  of  heat,  food  is  cooked  quicker,  tough  meats  are  made 
more  tender,  the  nutritious  elements  are  saved,  and  there  is  no  loss  by  evaporation.  It  is  also  more  easily  handled  and  kept  in  order,  will 
save  one-third  the  fuel,  and  will  pay  for  itself  in  a  short  time.  In  fact,  it  is  one  of  the  most  practical  and  useful  household  inventions 
ever  offered  to  the  public.  They  have  already  over  one  hundred  agents  employed,  who  are  doing  a  lucrative  business,  and  the  trade  extends 
to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  being  particularly  large  and  active  throughout  New  England.  Mr.  Albert  Leavitt,  the  proprietor,  is  a  native 
of  Maine,  in  the  prime  of  life,  energetic,  enterprising  and  painstaking  in  his  business  methods,  thoroughly  reliable  and  responsible  in  all  his 
dealings,  and  worthy  of  every  trust  and  confidence. 


HITMORE  &  ROBINSON,  Consulting  Electrical  Engineers,  No.  133  Essex  Street,— The  universal  adoption  of  the  electric  light, 
electric  motors  and  electrical  appliances  in  general,  has  rendered  the  profession  of  the  electrical  engineer  one  of  steadily 
growing  importance.  A  leading  firm  in  Boston  engaged  in  this  line  of  business  is  that  of  Messrs.  Whitmore  &  Robinson, 
whose  office  and  laboratory  are  at  No.  133  Essex  Street.  This  firm  was  organized  in  1891,  by  Messrs.  George  A.  Whitmore  of 
Boston,  and  Lewis  T.  Robinson  of  Lynn.  Both  gentlemen  have  had  thorough,  valuable  experience  in  their  vocation,  and 
possess  an  expert  knowledge  of  all  its  branches.  Mr.  Whitmore  was  connected  with  the  German  Edison  Gesellschaft  of 
Munich,  Bavaria,  and  also  with  the  Thomson-Houston  Electric  Co. ;  while  Mr.  Robinson  was  with  the  Thomson-Houston  Company  in  an 
important  capacity,  having  charge  of  their  laboratory  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  for  several  years.  The  premises  occupied  as  office  and  laboratory 
have  an  area  of  1,200  square  feet,  and  are  equipped  with  all  requisite  apparatus,  while  four  competent  assistants  are  given  constant  employ- 
ment. Messrs.  Whitmore  &  Robinson  personally  superintend  affairs  and  carry  on  a  general  business  as  consulting  electrical  engineers. 
Plans  and  estimates  are  fm-nished  for  complete  installations  for  lighting  and  power,  and  all  kinds  of  electrical  tests  made.  The  firm  publish 
a  neat  httle  book,  treating  of  electric  lighting,  electric  transmission  of  -power,  wiring  of  buildings,  estimates,  plans  and  superintendence, 
testing,  purchasing,  prices,  etc.,  and  copies  are  furnished  gratis.  The  firm  are  reasonable  in  their  charges,  and  they  guarantee  satisfaction 
on  all  work  that  passes  through  their  hands. 


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V'CKOFF,  SEAMANS  &  BENEDICT,  Remington  Standard  Typewriters  and  Supplies  of  Every  Kind,  No.  15  School  Street.— The 
name  of  Remington  will  ever  be  indissolubly  linked  with  the  invention  and  perfection  of  the  typewriter,  while  the  present 
manufacturers  and  proprietors,  Messrs.  Wyckoff,  Seamans  &  Benedict,  are  justly  celebrated  for  the  intelligent  spirit  of 
enterprise  manifested  in  meeting  the  wants  of  the  public.  The  New  England  agency  for  the  sale  of  the  Remington,  is 
located  at  No.  15  School  Street,  under  the  general  management  of  Mr.  H.  V.  Rowell,  who  took  charge  of  the  agency  here  in 
1883.  He  keeps  in  stock  a  full  line  of  machines ,  together  with  the  necessary  furniture  and  supplies,  and  his  sales  average 
about  fltteen  himdred  machines  per  year.  The  Remington  is  recognized  as  the  standard  by  all  expert  operators,  having  every  perfection, 
the  greatest  speed,  most  unerring  legibility,  and  embraces  patented  devices  which  are  essential  to  the  perfect  wi-iting  machine  and  found  in 
no  other  make.  A  typewriter  is  needed  in  every  ofBce.  The  Remington  work  is  so  regular,  legible  and  handsome  as  to  render  it  an 
absolute  necessity,  while  it  saves  both  time,  money  and  worry.  The  expert  operator  on  the  Remington  typewriter  has  a  certainty  of  steady 
employment,  and  there  is  no  better  opening  for  the  young  lady  or  youth.  Quite  one  hundred  thousand  of  these  machines  are  in  use  to-day 
and  branch  ofdces  are  in  operation  by  the  raanutactui-ers  in  the  cities  of  Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Baltimore, 
Washington,  Cincinnati,  St.  Paul,  Cleveland,  Kansas  City,  Minneapolis,  Buffalo,  Rochester,  Syracuse,  Indianapolis,  Denver,  London,  Liver- 
pool, Birmingham,  Manchester,  Paris  and  numerous  other  cities,  while  the  goods  they  manufacture  are  sold  by  local  dealers  to  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Mr.  Rowell,  the  manager  in  Boston,  is  a  thoroughly  practical  expert  as  regards  typewriting,  and  an  enterprising,  reliable  and 
progressive  business  man. 


jl  OHN  C.  PAIGE,  Insurance  Agency,  No.  30  Kilby  Street.— The  largest  business  in  insurance  in  Boston,  is  transacted  by  the 
agency  of  Mr.  John  C .  Paige.  The  growth  of  this  house  has  been  something  phenomenal.  Mr.  Paige  started  in  business  in 
1873,  in  a  very  small  way,  as  New  England  agent  for  the  Franklin  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Philadelphia.  He  had  a  small 
ofHce  on  Exchange  Place  at  that  time,  and  employed  one  clerk.  He  continued  to  lengthen  and  strengthen  his  stakes,  enlarge 
his  commercial  relations  and  expand  his  popularity  with  all  classes  of  the  community  year  by  year,  until  he  has  gained  a 
pre-eminence  in  the  insurance  world  of  which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud.  He  now  occupies  an  entire  five-story  and 
basement  building,  40  x  80  feet  in  dimensions,  for  office  purposes  and  gives  employment  to  about  sixty  clerks  therein.  Each  floor  of  the 
building  has  its  special  uses  and  departments,  being  finished  in  first-class  style,  provided  with  steam  heat,  electric  lights  and  passenger  ele- 
vator, and  forms  the  finest  insurance  office  in  the  city.  Mr.  Paige  is  resident  manager  for  the  United  States  branch  of  the  Imperial  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  of  London ;  and  the  City  of  London  Fire  Insm'ance  Company,  of  London ;  manager  for  the  Eastern  States  tor  the  Michi- 
gan Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Company,  of  Detroit;  and  local  agent  for  the  Orient,-of  Hartford;  the  Fire  Association,  and  the  Mechanics  of 
Philadelphia.  The  officers  and  managers  of  these  powerful  corporations  have  entire  confidence  in  the  judgment  and  reliability  of  Mr.  Paige, 
and  he  is  therefore  enabled  to  secure  equal  and  exact  justice  to  all  parties  in  interest  when  a  loss  occurs,  and  he  possesses  unusually  fine 
facilities  for  placing  large  lines  of  insurance  on  mills,  factories,  churches,  school-houses,  business  blocks,  stocks  of  merchandise  and  private 
dwellings  at  remarkably  low  rates.  He  is  now  issuing  upwards  of  150,000  policies  per  year,  while  his  success  has  been  honestly  won  and  is 
well  deserved.  Mr.  Paige  is  an  honored  member  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  the  Boston  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  the 
Boston  Merchants  Association,  and  various  social  clubs;  still  in  the  early  prime  of  life;  an  expert  underwriter  and  adjuster,  and  a  wide- 
awake, reliable,  progressive  business  man. 


jEO.  C.  APPLETON,  Real  Estate  Broker,  No.  27  State  Street.— This  gentleman  has  been  established  in  business  here  for  the 
past  twenty-four  years,  and  his  long  experience  renders  him  eminently  competent  to  cope  with  all  public  questions  affecting 
the  interests  of  owners  of  real  property,  while  he  enjoys  a  high  repute  as  an  authority  upon  values  within  the  corporate  lim- 
its, and  makes  a  specialty  of  handling  Roxbury  realty.  The  history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  this  section  of  the  city  shows 
that  wise  and  prudent  investments  made  in  real  estate  ultimately  yield  a  more  certain  and  reasonable  profit  than  any  other 
form  of  investment.  Mr.  Appleton  has  long  enjoyed  an  important  connection  therein,  including  among  his  permanent 
patrons  many  leading  capitalists,  investors  and  property  owners,  and  carrying  through  to  a  successful  issue  many  heavy  and  important 
transactions.  He  has  upon  his  books  full  descriptions  of  houses,  lots  and  business  blocks  for  sale  or  rent,  including  many  rare  bargains. 
The  influential  character  of  his  clientage  attests  how  implicitly  he  is  trusted.  He  possesses  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  prompt  negotiation 
of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage,  takes  the  entire  management  of  estates,  collects  rents  and  transacts  a  general  brokerage  business.  Mr. 
Appleton  is  a  native  Bostonian. 


I  OSBPH  SQUIRE  &  CO.,Wholesale  Dealers  in  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Etc.,  Nos.  35,  37,  39  and  41  North  Street.— Among  the  extensive 
houses  engaged  in  the  provision  trade  of  Boston,  none  are  better  or  more  favorably  known  than  that  of  Joseph  Squire  &  Co., 
whose  business  quarters,  running  from  Nos.  35  to  41  North  Street,  cover  a  space  of  50  x  100  feet.  This  popular  house 
was  founded  in  1865  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  Joseph  Squire  and  C.  W.  Stetson,  both  of  whom  possess  an  expert 
knowledge  of  the  provision  trade  in  all  its  branches,  and  the  success  they  have  met  with  is  easily  seen  in  the  immense  trade 
which  they  have  built  up  all  throughout  New  England.  The  firm  employ  twenty-flve  experienced  hands,  and  carry  on  gen- 
eral transactions  as  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  pork,  lard,  hams,  tripe,  sausages,  pig's  feet,  and  extra  lard  oil,  di'ied  beef  and  beef 
tongues,  butter,  eggs  and  cheese,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  pure  leaf  lard  and  sugar  cured  hams.  None  but  the  very  best  goods  in  these 
lines  are  handled,  and  to  know  that  an  article  comes  from  the  house  of  Joseph  Squire  &  Co.,  is  to  know  that  it  is  the  best  the  market  affords. 
An  immense  stock  is  carried  in  all  seasons,  from  which  all  orders,  however  large  or  small,  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filled  at  lowest 
prices.  Mr.  Squire  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  has  resided  in  Boston  for  many  years,  and  has  now  attained  an  advanced  age,  but  is  still  a  vigorous, 
active,  business  man,  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him.  Mr.  Stetson  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  is  a  middle-aged  gentleman,  a  pro- 
gressive, popular,  wide-awake  merchant,  and  he  is  thoroughly  identified  with  the  best  business  and  social  interests  of  the  community. 


IGHT  BROTHERS,  Importers,  Exporters  and  Dealers  in  Furs  and  Skins,  Nos.  70  and  72  Chauncy  Street.— This  establishment 
was  founded  by  the  Messrs.  Wight  in  1867,  and  in  1672  their  business  quarters  were  destroyed  in  the  great  fu-e  of  that  year, 
when  they  were  located  on  Summer  Street.  In  November,  1889,  they  again  had  the  misfortune  to  be  burned  out,  at  their 
present  address  this  time,  but  they  immediately  set  about  rebuildmg,  and  on  January  1, 1891,  again  moved  back  here.  The 
1)1  building  occupied  is  a  fine  five-story  structure,  of  spacious  dimensions,  and  admirably  fitted  up  throughout.  The  Messrs. 
■^  Wight  are  Importers,  exporters  and  wholesale  dealers  in  furs  and  skins  of  every  variety,  receivingthem  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  and  they  supply  a  large  and  active  demand.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Lewis,  J.  Franklin  and  Almon 
Wight,  a  fourth  brother.  Mr.  Freeman  Wight,  having  retired  in  1886.  These  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Maine,  have  long  resided  in  Boston, 
and  as  merchants  they  sustain  a  first-class,  highly  honorable  reputation. 


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FORT  ^  HILL 

BOSTON,  MASS. 


1892. 


HIGH  STREET  BRIDGE,  OVER  OLIVER 


HIGH  STREET,  COR.  OLIVER. 


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4NY  years  ago,  by  the  big  fireplace  in  the  great  kitchen,  sat  grandmother,  patiently  spinning  the  cotton  and  wool  wherewith 
to  be  clothed;  and  out  in  the  shed  Stephen,  Jonathan  and  Jedediah,  with  their  hands  in  their  pockets,  watched  grandsire 
mis  and  stir  the  lead,  oil  and  color,  with  which  to  paint  the  neat  and  hospitable  home.  These  times  and  customs  are  now 
long  since  passed,  and  progress  has  not  alone  been  partial  to  grandma  by  supplying  the  shuttle  and  the  loom,  but  has  also 
furnished  grandpa  with  a  paint-mill,  wherein  his  paint  can  be  more  easily  mixed  and  finely  ground  than  by  the  old-fashioned 
method,  and  through,  many  of  these  years  of  change,  always  striving  to  keep  head  to  head  with  the  latest  improvements, 
always  willing  to  test  that  which  is  new  and  make  use  of  that  which  is  best,  the  firm  of  Cliarles  Kicliardson  &  Co.,  importers,  manu- 
facturers and  dealers  in  paint,  oil  and  rarnish,  has  passed.  Previously  connected  with  a  standard  paint  and  oil  concern  in  Boston,  Mr. 
Richardson  assumed  the  management  in  1857  and  adopted  the  present  firm  name.  He  has  not  only  a  local  reputation,  being  the  founder  of 
the  New  England  Paint  and  Oil  Club,  but  is  also  known  as  the  first  president  of  the  National  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Association.  Mr.  B. 
Edson  Fish,  who  is  well-known  among  the  traveUng  salesmen  of  New  England,  was  afterwards  admitted  to  partnership  and  also  Mr.  Frank 
L.  Watson,  who  has  long  been  identified  with  the  firm.  "The  best  for  the  price"  has  always  been  their  motto,  and  among  their  standard 
commodities  may  be  cited,— Wheeler's  Patent  Wood  Filler,  Breinig's  Lithogen  Silicate  Paste  Paint,  Silicate  Flour  Paint,  oil  and  water  stains; 
Crockett's  Spar  Composition  and  Wood  Preservative;  Charles  Turner  &  Son's  genuine  English  Varnish  and  coach-makers' gold-size;  F.  W. 
Devoe  &  Co.'s  coach  and  car  colors,  and  fine  varnishes;  Moser's  liquid  carriage  paint  and  tube  colors;  the  products  of  the  Linoide  Manufac- 
turing Company;  Plastico,  a  permanent  wall-coating;  Windsor  Ready-mixed  Paints  and  Whiting's  brushes.  The  present  home  of  the  firm  is 
at  Nos.  147  and  149  High,  and  Nos.  85  and  89  Oliver  Streets.  Here  the  large  granite  warehouse  has  ample  accommodation  for  the  complete 
and  well-selected  stock  of  painters'  supplies  always  can-ied  on  hand,  and  is  most  pleasantly  situated,  facing  Fort  Hill  Square.  On  this  site, 
not  a  great  many  years  since,  stood  one  of  Boston's  landmarks,  Fort  Hill,  with  its  fine  old  residences;  when  High  Street,  extending  over  its 
summit,  was  more  appropriately  named  than  at  present.  The  accompanying  cuts  wiU  perhaps  give  our  readers  a  better  idea  than  any  words 
can  do  of  the  changes  time  has  made  in  this  vicinity. 

USTIN  BIGELOW,  Agent  for  the  G.  H.  Hammond  Co.,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef,  Nos.  13  and  15  Clinton  Market.— The  trade  in 
Chicago  dressed  beef  has  grown  into  a  very  important  commercial  interest  in  this  market,  and  is  steadily  increasing  in  mag- 
nitude. Among  those  who  are  largely  engaged  in  the  trade  in  this  article  is  Mr.  Austin  Bigelow,  who  is  agent  for  the 
G.  H.  Hammond  Company.  This  establishment  is  well  equipped  for  the  business,  containing  an  immense  refrigerator  that 
holds  forty  tons  of  ice:  and  the  facilities  for  transferring  beef  from  the  cars  to  the  refrigerators  are  very  complete.  This 
house  sells  about  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  per  week,  and  has  a  large  local  trade,  exclusively  wholesale.  The  business  of 
this  house  was  founded  about  1840  by  Messrs.  N.  &  S.  Jackson,  with  whom  Mr.  Bigelow  was  associated  for  twenty-two  years.  Mr.  N.  Jack- 
son, the  last  of  the  firm,  retired  in  1880,  and  Mr.  Bigelow  became  the  sole  proprietor.  In  188-3  he  commenced  to  handle  beef  for  the  G.  H. 
Hammond  Company.  On  July  2nd,  1890,  he  was  burned  out,  but  at  once  resumed  active  operations,  Mr.  Bigelow  is  a  native  of  this  State,  a 
gentleman  of  middle  age.  and  well-known  in  social  as  well  as  business  circles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  orders,  being  a  Past  Master  of 
Bethesda  Lodge  and  a  Past  High  Priest  of  Cambridge  Chapter,  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  the  Knights  of  Honor,  and  Past  Post  Com- 
mander of  Post  93,  G.  A.  R,  His  military  career  embraces  three  years'  service  during  the  late  war.  as  a  member  of  Co.  G,  1st  Mass.  Volun- 
teers. He  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Blackbumsford,  and  remained  in  the  enemy's  hands  for  eleven  months.  Mr.  Bigelow  was 
also  a  member  of  the  City  Council  from  1880  to  1882  and  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  Public  Institutions. 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


fJUETIS  M.  BOBBINS,  Paper  Ruler,  No.  13i  Milk  Street.—"  Accurate  work,  prompt  delivery  and  reasonable  prices,"  is  about  all 
that  can  be  desired  at  the  hands  of  a  paper  ruling  firm,  and  the  deliberate  claim  of  the  firm  of  Mr.  C.  M.  Robbins,  of  No.  12^ 
Milk  Street,  to  be  excelled  in  neither  of  these  essential  features,  is  one  which  it  not  only  can,  but  really  ought  to  be  able  to 
substantiate,  since  it  possesses  those  primary  factors, — a  wealth  of  experience  on  the  part  of  its  controllings  head,  and  a  model 
plant.  As  to  the  former  of  these  two  factors,  Mr.  C.  M.  Robbins  gained  experience  with  the  Thorp  &  Adams  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  and,  prior  to  the  inception  of  his  present  venture,  on  an  independent  basis,  in  April,  1888,  was  of  the  firm  of  Bobbins 
tt  O'Brian  for  seven  years;  while  the  plant  now  provided  consists  of  four  modern  and  improved  i-uling  machines  actuated  by  steam 
power.  Under  Mr.  Bobbins'  able  and  painstaking  direction  are  four  expert  employees,  and  the  liberality  of  the  patronage  accorded  by  the 
trade  is  such  as  to  keep  the  machinery  running  at  full  speed,  and  the  operatives  briskly  employed ;  while  the  connection  which  has  grown 
up  in  so  short  a  period  is  one  steadily  expanding,  in  appreciation  of  the  unqualifiedly  satisfactory  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  filled.  Of 
middle  age,  the  past  eighteen  years  of  Mr.  Bobbins'  life  have  been  usefuUy  spent  in  Boston,  and  have  been  productive  for  him  of  personal 
popularity  as  well  as  business  success.    He  is  a  native  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts. 


DAMS  &  CURTIS,  Agents  for  Belding  Bros.  &  Co.,  Sewing  Silk,  Etc.,  Nj.  30  Summer  Street.— The  great  house  of  Belding 
Bros.  &  Co.  is  recognized  as  possessing  the  most  complete  and  perfect  facilities  not  only  for  the  prosecution  of  an  extensivg 

business,  but  Ukewise  _<'    '  r"^JJLJ"^«  j»  _  (or  the  manufacture   of  a  quality  of 

any  in  the  world.  The  business  had 
Conn.,  in  1862,  the  present  stock  com- 
under  the  laws  of  that  state  in  1888. 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  successes 
goods  of  its  manufacture  now  finding 
of  the  world.  The  house  has  long  been 
by  Messrs.  Adams  &  Curtis,  as  agents 
carry  a  full  and  complete  line  of  goods 
Summer  Street,  and  supply  jobbers, 
extent  of  their  wants.  The  factories 
ville.  Conn.;  Northampton,  Mass.; 
Cal. ;  and  Belding,  Michigan.  The 
twist,  crochet  and  art  silks,  serges, 
all  of  which  are  of  the  highest  order 
are  the  finest  known,  special  care  being 
and  the  after  inspection  and  sorting 
goods.  As  a  result  the  products  prac- 
wherever  introduced.  A  corps  of 
ton  house  upon  the  road,  and  the 
nent  in  such  New  England  centers  as 
Lowell,  Worcester,  Springfield,  Hart- 
Portland,  Manchester,  Bridgeport, 
ton,  Gloucester,  Lewiston,  Pawtucket, 
Haverhill,  Waterbury,  Bangor,  Woonsocket,  Newport,  Norwich,  Norwalk,  Concord,  Nashua,  Brockton,  Augusta,  Fitchburg,  Northampton, 
Burlington,  Rutland,  St.  Albans,  Montpelier,  Portsmouth,  Dover,  Attleboro.  Maiden,  Woburn,  New  London  and  Brattleboro.  The  agents, 
Messrs.  C.  E.  Adams  and  C.  Curtis,  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  and  highly  esteemed  in  commercial  and  trade  circles  for 
their  promptness,  reliability  and  sterling  traits  of  character. 

T.  MEADER  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Hides,  Calf  Skins,  Wool  Skins  and  Tallow,  No.  281  Congress  Street.— There  is  no  house  con- 
nected, with  the  trade  in  hides  and  calf  skins  in  Boston  that  bears  a  batter  reputation,  or  commands  a  more  desirable 
patronage  than  that  of  J.  T.  Meader  &  Co.,  who  are  located  at  No.  281  Congress  Street.  This  reputable  concern  was 
J  founded  in  1876  by  the  brothers,  G.  H.  and  J.  T.  Meader,  who  continued  together  until  1884,  when  the  partnership  was  dis- 
solved, and  the  enterprise  has  since  been  under  the  sole  control  of  Mr.  J.  T.  Meader,  who  has  adopted  the  firm  name  of  J.  T. 
Meader  &  Co.  The  premises  used  for  the  industry  comprise  a  store  43  x  160  feet  in  dimensions,  and  every  convenience  has 
been  provided  for  the  handling  and  storage  of  stock.  A  heavy  stock  is  at  times  carried  of  salted  hides,  calf  skins,  wool  skins  and  tallow,  and 
all  demands  of  the  trade  are  met  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner.  The  ample  resources  of  the  establishment  enable  it  to  offer  better 
Inducements  than  could  be  afforded  by  concerns  less  favorably  situated,  and  orders  are  filled  at  terms  it  would  be  difficult  to  duplicate.  Mr. 
Meader  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  has  long  resided  in  Boston,  and  he  has  won  an  excellent  name  in  commercial  circles  for  business 
ability  and  equitable  methods. 


goods  unequaled  by 
its  start  at  Bockville, 
pany  being  organized 
From  a  modest  beginning  has  resulted 
in  the  history  of  the  country,  the 
a  ready  sale  in  all  the  leading  markets 
represented  in  Boston,  and  since  1882 
for  the  New  England  States.  They 
at  their  spacious  salesrooms.  No.  30 
retailers  and  manufacturers  to  the  full 
of  the  company  are  located  at  Bock- 
Montreal,  Canada;  San  Francisco, 
output  embraces  sewing  silk,  machine 
surahs,  braids  and  fine  silk  hosiery, 
of  excellence.  The  materials  used 
taken  in  the  selection  of  the  raw  silk 
before  being  manufactured  into 
tically  supplant  all  similar  goods 
talented  salesmen  represent  the  Bos- 
trade  is  brisk,  influential  and  perma- 
Boston,  Providence,  New  Haven, 
ford,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Fall  River, 
Salem,  New  Bedford,  Holyoke,  Taun- 


|OHN  CAMPBELL,  Commission  Merchant,  No.  173  State  Street.— The  business  of  handling  good  products  upon  the  basis  of  a 
commission  is  one  of  the  representative  industries  of  the  city  of  Boston;  as  it  is,  indeed,  of  every  important  center  of  popula- 
tion in  the  Union.  Conspicuous  among  the  more  prominent  and  reputable  of  those  engaged  in  the  business  stands  the  name 
of  Mr.  John  Campbell,  of  No.  173  State  Street,  which  gentleman  has  been  established  at  his  present  quarters  since  1882;  the 
initial  embarkation  in  business  having  taken  place  fifteen  years  ago  in  St.  Louis.  Mo.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  commission  agent 
in  flour,  grain  and  feed,  his  specialty  being  barley.  He  is  agent  for  James  Bichardson  &  Sons,  of  Kingston,  Ont.,  and  F. 
Kraus  &  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,  prominent  barley  houses.  His  connection  is  of  extensive  magnitude  and  embraces  within  its  confines  the  better 
class  brewers  and  malsters  of  the  section,  whose  trade  he  solicits.  During  the  past  five  years  Mr.  Campbell's  acquaintance  with  the  brew, 
ery  trade  of  Boston  has  been  very  intimate,  and  he  is  in  a  position  to  supply  their  wants  intelligently  and  at  lowest  market  rates.  In 
proof  of  his  ability  to  do  so  we  add  the  names  of  firms  which  he  represents:  for  Canadian  barley,  James  Bichardson  &  Sons,  Kingston,  Ont. : 
Western  barley,  F.  Kraus  &  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  white  corn  meal  and  grits,  Chicago  Hominy  &  Milling  Company,  Chicago,  111.;  grape 
sugar  and  glucose,  etc.,  Chicago  Sugar  Refining  Company;  New  York  State  barley,  H.  V.  Burns,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Campbell  has  a 
very  heavy  trade  in  the  products  of  the  Chicago  Hominy  &  Milling  Company  in  white  corn  meal  and  grits,  which  are  in  large  and  increas 
ing  demand  throughout  all  the  New  England  States  for  their  fine  quality  and  nutritious  elements.  The  gentleman  handles  goods  in  car- 
lots,  and  he  ships  direct,  his  reputation  for  promptitude,  probity  and  precision  being  highly  enviable.  Mr.  Campbell  is  by  nationality  a 
Scotchman,  and  his  individuality  discloses  a  number  of  those  admirable  national  qualities  which  find  so  congenial  a  field  for  development  in 
this  country.  He  rejoices  in  the  full  possession  of  those  adjuncts  to  middle-age-energy,  perseverance  and  farsightedness;  and  hedemands, 
as  a  right,  the  respect  of  a^l  with  whom  he  has  relations. 


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AEMOUTH  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY,  UMITED,  J.  F.  Spinney,  Agent,  Pier  No.  1,  Lewis  Wharf.— Tlie  commercial  greatness 
of  Boston  is  largely  due  to  her  unexcelled  natural  and  artificially  improved  facilities  as  a  shipping  port,  and  to  the  splendid 
lines  of  steamships  which  ply  from  hence  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  Yarmouth  Line,  operated  by  the  Yarmouth  Steam- 
ship Company,  Limited,  is  the  shortest,  cheapest  and  moSt  pleasant  route  between  Boston  and  Nova  Scotia  and  Cape  Breton. 
One  of  its  fast  and  popular  steamers  will,  until  further  notice,  leave  Lewis  Wharf,  Boston,  every  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thurs- 
day and  Friday  at  12  M.  during  the  summer  months,  and  during  the  winter  months  every  Tuesday  and  Friday  at  same  hom'i 
for  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,  connecting  at  Yarmouth  with  Western  Counties  Kailway  for  Meteghan,  Weymouth,  Digby,  Annapolis  and  all  points  in 
Nova  Scotia  and  Cape  Breton.  The  Nova  Scotia  Central  Railway  connects  at  Middleton  for  Bridgewater  and  Lunenburg.  Returning,  will 
leave  Yarmouth  every  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Friday  and  Saturday  evenings,  during  the  summer,  and  during  the  winter  on  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  evenings,  after  the  arrival  of  trains  from  Bigby,  arriving  in  Boston  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Saturday,  and  Sunday,  (summer;  and 
winter,  Thursday  and  Sunday,  in  time  to  make  connections  for  New  York  and  all  points  south  and  west.  This  line  recommends  itself  to  the 
merchant  as  being  the  shortest  route  between  Nova  Scotia  and  the  United  States,  the  passage  between  Yarmouth  and  Boston  occupying  only 
fifteen  to  seventeen  hours;  while  to  the  tourist  the  route  offers  many  attractions,  passing,  as  it  does,  through  the  far-famed  Annapolis  Valley, 
the  Garden  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  Land  of  Evangeline.  The  steamers  Yarmouth,  Boston,  City  of  St.  John  and  Dominion,  operated  on  this 
line,  are  spacious  and  finely  furnished,  the  state-rooms  are  thoroughly  commodious,  with  every  possible  convenience  that  capital,  experience 
and  good  taste  can  supply,  while  the  cuisine  is  on  the  same  liberal  plan  as  all  other  appointments.  Baggage  is  checked  through,  and 
through  tickets  and  state-rooms  can  be  secured  in  advance  upon  application  to  J.  F.  Spinney,  agent,  No.  1  Lewis  Wharf;  J.  G.  Hall  &  Co., 
No.  64  Chatham  Street;  Thos.  Cook  &  Son,  No.  332  Washington  Street;  and  W.  H.  Eaves,  Faiker  House,  in  this  city.  The  Yarmouth  Steam- 
ship Company,  Limited,  was  organized  in  1885,  under  the  laws  of  Nova  Scotia,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  with  L.  E.  Baker,  president  and 
manager;  W.  A,  Chase,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Both  these  gentlemen  reside  at  Yarmouth,  while  the  interests  of  the  company  in  Boston 
are  promoted  by  Mr.  Spinney  with  energy,  enterprise  and  decided  success. 

M.  COLBY  &  CO.,  Builders'  and  Cabinet  Hardware,  Nos.  94  &  96  Richmond  Street.— The  importance  of  Boston  as  a  great 
purchasing  point  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the  existence  of  such  houses  as  that  of  Messrs.  Colby  &  Company,  wholesale 
dealers  in  builders'  and  cabinet  hardware,  at  Nos.  94  and  96  Richmond  Street.  This  house  was  established  in  1881,  by  Mr. 
W.  M.  Colby,  and  in  1890  the  firm  was  re-organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Kittredge  to  partnership.  Mr.  Kittredge, 
however,  has  recently  retired  and  tlie  business  is  now  conducted  by  Mr.  Colby  solely.  This  gentleman  brings  to  bear  spe- 
cial qualifications,  having  had  large  practical  experience  in  the  business  and  enjoying  perfected  facilities  and  influential 
coimections.  He  has  quickly  achieved  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  superiority  of  the  goods  handled,  and  has  laid  broad  and  deep  the 
foundations  of  what  is  bound  to  become  a  permanent  and  prominent  mercantile  factor  in  its  line.  The  salesrooms  are  thoroughly  spacious 
in  size,  and  the  stock  is  arranged  conveniently  in  departments,  and  covers  everything  the  trade  needs  or  uses.  It  is  a  splendid  stock  and  one 
that  reflects  the  highest  credit  upon  the  good  judgment  of  the  firm,  who  have  already  become  noted  for  a  true  spirit  of  enterprise  in  keeping 
with  modern  methods.  Without  attempting  to  describe  this  truly  comprehensive  stock,  it  can  be  stated  that  merchants  can  nowhere  find  a 
finer  stock  of  builders'  hardware  to  select  from.  Corbin's  Improved  Machine  Locks  are  among  the  important  specialties  handled,  while 
there  are  scores  of  other  articles  directly  salable  to  the  best  class  of  hardware  and  house-furnishing  trade.  The  business  is  broadly  distrib- 
uted throughout  all  the  New  England  States,  and  is  rapidly  increasing  in  volume  and  importance  under  the  stimulating  effects  of  distin- 
guished enterprise,  business  capacity  of  the  highest  order,  and  unremitting  energy  and  industry.  That  these  are  the  characteristics  of  the 
management  is  a  fact  generally  recognized  by  the  trade.  Mr.  Colby  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  and  belongs  to  that  class 
of  energetic,  wide-awake  young  business  men  in  whose  hands  the  continued  development  of  this  metropolis  i-ests. 

|HE  STATE  STREET  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND  TRUST  CO.,  Exchange  Building,  No  53  State  Street.— The  safe  deposit  and  trust 
companies  not  only  receive  money  on  deposit  like  banks,  but  also  securities  and  other  articles  of  value,  and  likewise  rent  safes 
in  vaults,  which  are  absolutely  fire-proof.  Being  corporations,  they  never  die.  The  latest  accession,  and  a  most  important 
acquisition  to  this  array  of  companies  in  Boston,  is  the  State  Street  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company,  who  occupy  spacious  and 
elegantly-appointed  quarters  at  the  above  address.  This  company  was  duly  chartered  in  1891,  with  a  capital  of  ®300,000,  and 
a  reserve  liability  of  $300,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz:  President,  Moses  Williams;  vice-presidents,  Frederic  J.  Stim- 
son,  William  L.  Chase,  Francis  E.  Sears;  directors,  Edward  Atkinson,  President  Boston  Manufacturers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company; 
William  L.  Chase,  Messrs.  H.  &  L.  Chase,  Merchants;  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  Treasurer  Boott  Cotton  Mills;  Gustav  E.  Kissel,  Messrs.  Kessler  & 
Co.,  Bankei's,  New  York;  Thomas  O.  Richardson,  Messrs.  Richardson  &  Dannie,  Merchants;  Royal  E.  Robbins.  Treasurer  Anaerican  Waltham 
Watch  Company;  Josepli  B.  Russell,  Treasurer  Boston  Wharf  Company;  Charles  E.  Sampson,  Messrs.  O.  H.  Sampson  &  Co.,  Commission 
Merchants;  Francis  B.  Sears,  Vice-president  Third  National  Bank;  Frederic  J.  Stimson,  Messrs.  Lowell.  Stimson  &  Lowell,  Lawyers;  Arthur 
Wain  Wright;  Messrs.  H.  C.  Wainwright  &  Co.,  Stock  Brokers;  Moses  Williams,  President  Third  National  Bank;  actuary  and  treasurer, 
Charles  Lowell.  This  company  undertakes  the  safe  keeping  of  funds,  takes  entire  charge  of  securities,  collects  and  remits  dividends,  and 
gives  special  attention  to  foreign  accounts.  It  is  authorized  by  law  to  serve  as  trustee  under  will  and  as  legal  depository  of  trust  funds  and 
of  money  paid  into  court,  while  it  acts  as  registrar  or  transfer  agent  of  stocks  and  bonds,  and  as  trustee  for  railroad  and  other  corporations. 
Trust  funds  are  invested,  and  titles  thereto  kept  separate  fron?  the  assets  of  the  company;  investments  of  money  are  made,  and  special  facili- 
ties furnished  for  buying  and  selhng  stocks  and  bonds  in  Boston  and  New  York.  Deposits  are  also  received  subject  to  check  and  interest 
allowed,  and  exchange  is  bought  and  sold  on  London,  Paris,  Berlin,  and  other  leading  cities  of  the  continent,  cable  transfers  are  made,  com- 
mercial credits  are  issued,  and  drafts  are  drawn  on  the  following  bankers:  Messrs.  Kessler  &  Co.,  New  York,  and  Manchester,  England; 
Glyn,  Mills,  Currie  &  Co.,  London;  Brooks  &  Co.,  London;  Societie  Generale  de  Credit  Industriel,  Paris;  Delbruck.  Leo  &  Co., -Berlin;  L. 
Behrens  &  Soehne,  Hamburg.  Safes  of  all  desirable  sizes  are  rented  at  reasonable  rates,  and  the  vaults  are  extensive,  and  are  absolutely 
impregnable  to  burglars  and  indestructible  by  fire.  For  the  accommodation  of  ladies  who  may  become  safe  renters,  special  provision  is 
made,  and  separate  apartments  are  fitted  up  for  their  accommodation,  while  for  the  accommodation  of  box  holders  in  the  Third  National 
Bank  Safety  Deposit  Vaults,  provision  is  made  for  the  deposit  of  coupons,  dividend  orders,  etc.,  with  this  company,  without  the  necessity 
for  passing  into  or  through  the  public  corridor,  a  matter  which  at  once  serves  to  note  the  complete  arrangements  made  for  patrons'  com- 
fort. Wills  are  kept  without  charge,  receipted  for,  registered  and  dehvered  in  strict  accordance  with  instructions,  and  the  interests  of  heirs 
when  committed  to  this  company's  care  are  completely  protected.  The  cash  department  is  a  thoroughly  organized  banking  institution, 
affording  everj"  facility  to  depositors  and  patrons.  Special  deposits  can  be  made,  and  certificates  issued  at  rates  of  interest  to  be  agreed 
upon.  A  thorough  system  of  organization  pervades  every  department,  and  the  prompt  and  efficient  manner  in  which  this  extensive  busi- 
ness is  transacted  is  in  the  highest  degree  creditable  to  the  management.  The  president,  Mr.  Williams,  is  one  of  Boston's  best-known  citi- 
zens, long  and  honorably  identified  with  the  commercial  growth  and  financial  prosperity  of  the  city.  The  actuary  and  treasurer,  Mr. 
Lowell,  has  had  an  experience  of  seventeen  years  in  the  banking  business,  being  formerly  engaged  therein  at  Bombay,  India,  and  is  a  native 
Bostonian  of  wide  acquaintance  and  high  repute  in  social  and  business  circles;  while  the  board  of  directors  presents  an  array  of  talent  and 
solidity  that  commands  the  unbounded  respect  and  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 


168  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

|HE  NATIONAL  WEBSTER  BANK,  Congress,  corner  Milk  Street.— One  of  the  soundest  and  most  thoroughly  representative 
of  Boston's  financial  institutions  in  every  respect  is  the  National  Webster  Bank.  This  bank  was  incorporated  in  1853,  as 
the  Webster  Bank,  and  was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking  laws  in  1865.  It  has  a  capital  of  $1,500,000,  and  is  offi- 
cered as  follows,  viz.:  President,  John  P.  Lyman;  vice-president,  John  C.  Palfrey;  cashier,  Charles  L.  Eiddle;  directors: 
John  P.  Lyman,  John  C.  Palfrey,  H.  H.  Hurnewell,  Wm.  S.  Houghton,  of  Houghton,  Coolidge  &  Co.,  S.  W,  Marston,  of  Minot, 
Hooper  &  Co.,  Jos.  S.  Kendall,  of  Faulkner,  Page  &  Co.,  Jos.  A.  Laforme,  of  Laforme  &  Frothingham,  Henry  Whitman,  of 
Weston,  Whitman  &  Co.,  Samuel  Johnson,  of  C.  F.  Hovey  &  Co.,  Thomas  Motley  Jr.,  of  Catlin  &  Co.  and  Francis  A.  Peters.  These  gentle- 
men are  prominent  and  influential  in  business  and  finance,  and  are  noted  for  their  prudence  and  business  sagacity.  The  stock  of  this  bank 
has  ever  been  a  favorite  with  investors,  two-thirds  of  its  entire  capital  being  held  by  banks  and  other  savings  institutions.  Its  lines  of  deposits 
are  those  of  corporations  and  active  merchants,  while  it  discounts  much  of  the  most  desirable  commercial  paper  in  Boston  and  its  suburbs,  its 
loans  and  discounts  averaging  upwards  of  $2,600,000;  its  investments  have  always  been  made  with  care  and  judgment,  and  its  ventures  of 
capital  are  at  all  times  well  secured.  The  report  made  September  25,  1891,  shows  the  affairs  of  the  National  Webster  to  be  in  a  thoroughly 
substantial  and  flourishing  condition.  Its  surplus  and  profits  then  amounted  to  $337,596.73;  individual  deposits,  $1,176,626.24;  cash  assets, 
$603,126  38;  total  resources,  $3,059,217.17.  Its  principal  correspondents  are  the  Importers  and  Traders  National,  the  American  Exchange 
National  and  the  National  Broadway  Banks,  of  New  York;  and  the  Girard  National  Bank,  of  Philadelphia,  Interest,  as  may  be  agreed 
upon,  is  allowed  on  deposits,  and  collections  on  all  available  points  are  made  on  the  lowest  terms.  President  Lyman  succeeded  Mr.  Francis 
A.  Peters  in  his  present  position  in  1890.  Vice-president  Palfrey  was  called  to  his  present  post  in  1884.  Cashier  Riddle  came  into  the  bank 
in  1853,  rising  step  by  step  by  the  force  of  merit  until  he  attained  his  responsible  office  in  1878. 

IMERICAN  DECORATIVE  COMPANY,  No.  116  Pearl  Street.— The  American  Decorative  Company,  whose  headquarters  are  at 
No,  116  Pearl  Street,  was  incorporated  in  1887,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  and  is  governed 
by  the  following  board  of  directors,  viz.:  Edward  S.  Sears,  president;  Eliab  Parker,  treasurer;  H.  E.  Sears,  B.  W.  Cutler 
and  F.  K.  Parker.  The  growth  of  this  company  has  been  in  keeping  with  increased  demand  throughout  the  United  States 
for  the  finest  decorative  effects,  and  that  discriminating  selection  of  the  most  perfect  types  of  material  and  patterns 
that  human  skill  and  taste  have  been  able  to  devise.  The  combination  is  most  happily  presented  in  the  productions  of  this 
eminent  house,  whose  leading  specialty,  "Lignomur,"  fully  meets  the  popular  want  and  amply  satisfies  the  most  cultivated  taste.  This 
is  a  sanitary  wall  and  ceiling  decoration,  wholly  composed  of  wood  fiber,  embossed  in  hollow  relief,  and  when  applied  to  the  wall,  forms 
a  clean,  durable  and  artistic  covering,  as  lasting  as  the  wall  itself,  and  as  handsome  as  though  carved  from  solid  timber.  As  "  Lignomur  " 
can  be  painted,  stained,  grained,  varnished,  shellacked  or  oil  finished,  precisely  the  same  as  if  it  were  natural  timber,  and  possesses  the  addi- 
tional advantage  that  it  can  be  treated  in  distemper,  or  even  with  kalsomine,  there  is  no  limit  to  the  phases  of  decoration  to  which  it  can  be 
applied.  Some  of  the  patterns  properly  treated  in  oil  colors  cannot  be  distinguished  at  a  few  feet  distance  from  the  veritable  and  costly  Cor- 
dova leathers,  while  by  a  different  treatment  the  effects  of  carved  oak,  mahogany,  old  ivory  or  porcelain,  can  be  perfectly  simulated.  In  nat- 
ural wood  treatments,  it  is  being  extensively  used  for  the  interior  finish  of  railway  cars  by  the  Boston  &  Albany,  and  several  other  companies. 
"  Lignomur  "  is  made  in  white,  for  decoration  upon  the  walls,  and  in  several  plain  tints  which  require  no  decoration,  but  give  the  effect  of 
moulded  plaster;  and  the  past  season  the  company  began  the  manufacture,  by  a  new  and  original  process  invented  by  Mr.  Sears,  and  pat- 
ented in  the  United  States  and  Europe,  of  a  line  of  decorated  "  l^ignomur  "  for  which  the  distinctive  title  of  "  Cameoline  Lignomur  "  has  been 
adopted,  and  which  gives  in  the  fullest  degree  the  elegant  and  tasteful  effects  sought  by  artistic  decorators,  at  a  very  small  cost.  Its  expense 
is  less  than  that  of  any  other  artistic  decoration,  and  it  fully  equals  the  best  in  beauty,  while  it  surpasses  all  others  in  the  essentials  of 
strength,  lightness,  adhesiveness  and  non-inflammability.  It  is  admirably  adapted  for  the  decoration  of  churches,  theaters,  pubhc  halls, 
hotels,  restaurants  and  private  residences.  The  company  has  on  hand  a  large  and  elegant  assortment  of  friezes,  wall  fillings,  borders,  pan- 
els, dadoes,  etc.,  in  relief,  which  is  light  but  strong  and  substantial,  and  admits  of  the  application  of  any  desired  style  of  ornamentation.  For 
the  autumn  season  of  1891,  the  company  brought  out  a  hue  of  pressed  papers,  artistic  in  design  and  elegant  in  execution,  which 
though  less  expensive  and  heavy  than  "  Lignomur  "  and  "  Cameoline  "  are  still  very  durable  and  strong,  and  which  are  sold  at  prices 
which  wiU  enable  them  to  compete  with  the  better  classes  of  flat  wall-papers.  These  goods  are  made  in  a  variety  of  popular  designs,  and 
will  meet  the  wants  of  a  large  class,  who  are  able  to  appreciate  artistic  decorations,  but  find  it  necessary  to  economize  in  expenses.  The 
American  Decorative  Company,  through  its  London  branch,  the  Embossed  Wood  Fiber  Company,  Limited,  and  various  export  houses,  sup- 
plies its  goods  not  only  all  over  the  United  States,  but  in  Europe,  Australia,  South  Africa  and  the  Spanish- American  countries. 

SRYANT  &  STRATTON,  COSIMERCIAL  SCHOOL,  H.  E,  Hibbard,  Principal  and  Proprietor,  No.  608  Washington  Street.— The 
absolute  necessity  of  a  thorough  commercial  education  for  those  who  desire  to  succeed  in  the  business  world  was  never  so  imper- 
ative as  it  is  to-day.  The  vital  question  to  solve  is  as  to  the  best  school  to  attend.  After  a  careful  survey  of  the  field  we 
unhesitatingly  pronounce  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial  School,  of  this  city,  as  conducted  under  the  proprietorship  of 
Mr.  H,  E,  Hibbard,  to  be  one  of  the  best  in  the  United  States,  both  as  regards  accommodations,  scope  and  character  of  education 
imparted,  and  rapid  progress  made  under  a  corps  of  practical  and  thorough  instructors.  This  school  was  founded  in  1860,  by 
Messrs.  Bryant  and  Stratton,  and  since  1868  has  been  under  the  direction  of  its  'present  principal  and  proprietor.  It  has  the  finest  school- 
rooms of  the  kind  in  America,  centrally  located  at  No.  608  Washington  Street,  and  possessing  all  the  modern  improvements,  beautifully 
lighted,  perfectly  ventilated,  and  carefully  arranged  and  planned  by  the  principal  and  competent  architects.  The  management  of  the 
school  rests  entirely  with  the  principal,  who  assumes  the  responsibility  for  its  direction  and  discipline,  and  who  is  assisted  by  skilled  educa- 
tors in  every  department  of  instruction.  Its  regulations  permit  the  attendance  of  pupils  of  both  sexes,  affords  individual  instruction  to  each 
one,  and  guarantees  the  progress  of  every  pupil  independent  of  all  others.  The  course  of  study  is  a  perfect  one,  the  most  comprehensive  of . 
any,  and  includes  single  and  double  entry  book-keeping,  expert  commercial  calculations,  commercial  arithmetic,  commercial  law,  commer- 
cial correspondence,  business  handwriting,  English  grammar  and  composition,  spellmg,  lectures  on  the  science  of  business,  and  practice 
instruction  in  the  general  office  work  of  transportation,  auctioneering,  commission,  agencies,  brokerage  and  banking.  Each  commercial 
student  passes  through  the  business  exchange  department— a  reflex  of  the  great  mercantile  world,  where  he  actually  buys  and  sells,  opens 
accounts,  makes  notes,  draws  drafts,  makes  out  invoices  and  statements  of  account,  and  keeps  a  general  set  of  books.  Through  such  train- 
ing and  discipline  the  student  becomes  actually  conversant  with  the  methods  and  forms  of  the  business  world,  and  being  so  well  drilled  in 
every  branch  of  study  when  they  pass  the  final  examinations  and  receive  their  diploma  they  are  ready  to  enter  upon  commercial  life.  The 
phonography  and  typewriting  departments  are  among  the  necessary  adjuncts  to  this  school,  and  hundreds  of  young  ladies  and  gentlemen 
have  become  proficient  here,  and  are  now  earning  good  salaries  as  stenographers,  secretaries  and  amanuenses.  This  institution  has  now  a 
patronage  much  larger  than  any  other  private  school  in  New  England,  Mr.  Hibbard  is  still  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  unflagging  in  his  efforts 
to  promote  the  interests  of  the  school  and  the  well-being  of  his  scholars ;  an  enthusiast  upon  the  subject  of  a  business  education,  a  member 
of  the  Business  Educators'  Association  of  America,  and  of  high  repute  and  standing  in  the  educational  and  social  world. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


BARTA  &  COMPANY,  Printers,  No.  148  High  Street.— In  the  list  of  Boston  houses  representative  of  the  high  perfection  to 
which  the  art  of  printing  has  attained,  the  establishment  of  L.  Barta  &  Company  bears  a  very  reputable  name  among  its 
contemporaries  and  the  public,  in  consequence  of  the  excellence  of  its  productions  and  the  liberal  manner  in  which  its 
business  affairs  are  conducted.  The  inception  of  this  concern  dates  back  upwards  of  thirty  years  ago  the  projectors  being 
[  *  Prentiss  &  Deland,  W.  L,  Deland  afterwards  becoming  sole  proprietor,  and,  some  years,  later  the  firm  became  W.  L.  Deland 
&  Son.  In  1880  the  firm  of  Deland  &  Barta  was  organized,  the  copartnership  existing  up  to  1887,  when  it  was  dissolved,  Mr. 
Barta  since  continuing  under  the  firm  style  of  L.  Barta  &  Co.  The  headquarters  of  the  "Barta  Press"  are  at  No.  148  High  Street,  thp 
premises  used  being  three  floors,  each  50  x  90  feet  in  dimensions,  the  fli-st  being  used  as  office  and  stockroom,  the  second  as  pressroom,  the 


third  as  composing  and  job  printing  room.  The  place  is  equipped  with  steam  power,  ten  cylinder  and  five  job  printing  presses,  and  all  the 
necessary  type,  appliances  and  machinery  of  the  very  latest  and  most  improved  styles  required  in  the  execution  of  first-class  work,  and 
employment  is  furnished  to  a  force  of  seventy  skilled  printers,  pressmen  and  assistants.  The  range  of  work  includes  book,  newspaper, 
pamphlet  and  commercial  job  printing  of  every  description,  and  every  facility  is  possessed  for  the  execution  of  satisfactory  w^ork  at  shortest 
notice,  while  the  scale  of  prices  is  of  the  most  reasonable  character.  An  important  contract  filled  by  the  house  this  year  was  the  printing  of  ; 
General  B.  F.  Butler's  work,  entitled:  "  Butler's  Book."  Mr.  Barta  is  a  practical  printer  of  sound  experience,  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Master  Printers'  Club  of  Boston,  and  he  can  always  be  implicitly  relied  on  to  satisfactorily  execute  all  work  pertaining  to  his  profession. 


C.  PAZOLT  &  SON,  Manufacturing  Furriers,  No.  92  Chauncy  Street.  -Probably  the  oldest  established  house  of  manufactur- 
ing furriers  in  Boston  is  the  responsible  firm  of  Messrs.  T.  C.  Pazolt  &  Son,  which  was  founded  in  1840,  by  the  present  senior 
proprietor,  Mr.  T.  C.  Pazolt,  who,  seven  years  ago,  admitted  his  son,  Mr.  L.  C.  Pazolt,  into  partnership;  the  firm  name 
being  then  changed  to  its  present  style.  This  veteran  undertaking  enjoys  a  reputation  for  the  uniformly  excellent  and  reli- 
.  *  able  quality  of  its  furs,  and  for  the  style  and  high  finish  of  the  garments  of  its  manufacture,  the  trade  now  reaching  to  all 
parts  of  the  city,  and  to  all  the  chief  commercial  centers  throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  manufacture  of  seal 
and  fur  garments  of  all  kinds  constitutes  the  basis  of  the  firm's  operations,  added  to  which  are  the  storing  and  careful  preservation  of  valu- 
able furs,  dyeing  and  cleaning  in  all  their  branches.  The  premises  consist  of  four  spacious  floors,  which  are  well  appointed  throughout;  a 
staff  of  twelve  competent  assistants  being  regularly  engaged.  The  worthy  senior  partner,  Mr.  T.  C.  Pazolt,  is  a  native  of  Vienna,  Austria, 
and  is,  himself,  a  practical  furrier  of  a  ripe  experience;  his  residence  being  in  Boston;  while  his  son,  Mr.  L.  C.  Pazolt,  was  bom  in  this  city. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

A,  SWIFT  &  SON,  Wholesale  Manufacturers  and  Paper  Dealers,  No.  33  Exchange  Street.— The  eminently  prosperous 
manufacturing  house  owned  and  controlled  by  Messrs.  M.  A.  Swift  &  Son,  of  No.  33  Exchange  Street,  was  founded  some 
twenty  years  ago,  the  present  location  being  the  original  address.  Messrs.  Swift  &  Son  are  large  manufacturers  of  toilet 
papers,  and  wholesale  dealers  in  paper;  and  the  reputation  of  the  house  for  high  class  quality  is  the  envy  and  admiration 
of  the  trade.  The  couuection  extends  throughout  the  New  England  as  well  as  Middle  and  Southern  States,  and  as  far  west 
iz  Nebraska  and  south  as  Texas.  The  specialty  of  the  concern  is  toilet  paper,  which  is  manufactured  by  this  house  from 
machines  made  from  their  own  special  designs.  The  founder  of  the  business  was  Mr.  M.  A.  Swift,  who,  for  some  time  subsequent  to  his  orig- 
inal effort,  prosecuted  his  endeavors  upon  the  highway  of  trading  alone,  eventually  forming  an  alliance  with  his  son,  Mr.  Varnum  Swift, 
which  resulted  in  the  partnership  name  under  which  the  business  is  conducted  to-day.  During  the  course  of  the  present  year  the  originator  of 
the  house  retired  from  the  business,  leaving  his  son,  M.  Varnum  Swift  in  sole  control.  The  store  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  Swift  &  Son 
comprise  a  floor  and  basement  well  located,  equipped  and  managed,  besides  spacious  storage  lofts  at  Old  Fort  Hill  Square,  and  an  able  staff 
of  employees  is  maintained.  Mr.  M.  Varnum  Swift  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  although  a  young  man,  handles  the  business  of  this  house 
with  remarkable  shrewdness  and  push.    He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Paper  Trade  Association  and  other  social  orders. 

F.  CLARK  &  CO.,  Boston  Yacht  Agency,  No.  43  Milk  Street.— This  firm  are  deservedly  prominent  and  popular  as  yacht 
designers,  naval  architects,  brokers  and  commission  merchants,  and  have  built  up  a  reputation  and  a  trade  world-wide  in 
extent  and  eminently  creditable  in  character.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1879,  by  Mr.  George  F.  Clark,  and 
in  1886,  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Jefferson  Borden  to  partnership.  They  have  at  all  times  a 
»  fine  line  of  steam  and  sailing  yachts  for  sale  and  charter,  while  their  facilities  for  designing,  modeling  and  supervising  the 
building  of  yachts  of  all  classes,  both  sail  and  steam,  are  unsurpassed.  The  firm  are  the  designers  of  the  following  yachts, 
viz.:  M.  F.  Swift,  Mermaid,  Marguerita,  Sharon,  Composite,  Kuma,  Eureka,  Jester,  Siren,  Caribou,  Mina,  Fulmar,  Lance,  Rene,  and 
others;  while  in  addition  to  their  own  large  list  of  yachts,  they  are  also  able  to  place  before  yachtsmen  a  choice  absolutely  unexcelled. 
Boat  owners  will  find  no  other  medium  equal  to  this  agency  for  placing  their  yachts  before  customers.  Keel  schooners,  center-board 
schooners,  keel  sloops,  center-board  sloops,  cat  boats,  etc.,  are  to  be  found  here  for  sale  and  charter;  also,  ships'  bells,  clocks  for  yachts, 
marine  clocks  of  all  kinds,  barometers,  engine-room  clocks,  and  clocks  of  specially  appropriate  designs  for  prizes.  This  firm  are  also  sole 
New  England  agents  for  Wilks' Ventilators;  "The  Rudder,"  a  monthly  journal  of  aquatic  sport;  the  Alaska  Down  Life  Saving  Cushions; 
and  supply  the  Humane  Society  wiih  life  saving  apparatus.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  native  of  Brooklyn,-  N,  Y.,  and  an  experienced  sailor;  a  licensed 
pilot  and  master,  a  member  of  the  South  Boston  Yacht  Club,  and  honored  and  esteemed  by  his  fellowmeu  in  all  the  various  relations  of  life. 
Mr.  Borden  is  a  scientific  and  successful  marine  architect  of  thirty-two  years'  experience,  and  also  a  practical  yachtsman,  who  has  a  founda- 
tion understanding  of  all  the  requirements  in  a  yacht,  whether  for  speed  or  cruising. 

IRSON  TRENCH  MACHINE  CO.,  No.  16  Dorrance  Street,  Charlestown  District.— Since  1879  there  has  been  in  use  in  American 
cities  a  device  for  excavating  and  filUng  trenches  for  waterworks  and  sewers  which  makes  possible  the  carrying  on  of  such 
works  without  interrupting  or  hindering  the  traffic  on  public  streets.  In  this  respect  the  invention  has  been  a  thorough  suc- 
cess; but  it  has  besides  this  merit  so  many  other  good  qualities  that  it  has  met  with  the  undivided  approval  of  prominent 
engineers  and  practical  men  who  are  experienced  on  this  class  of  public  work;  and  it  has  been  permanentiy  used  in  all  cities 
where  this  work  is  carried  on  to  any  extent.  It  is  well-known  that  the  blocking  of  streets  so  frequently  occasioned  by  drain- 
age enterprises  causes  great  annoyance  and  many  justifiable  complaints.  These  have  ceased  in  a  great  measure  wherever  Mr.  Carson's 
invention  for  lifting  and  transporting  material  has  been  adopted.  Before  detailing  the  advantages  of  this  method  as  compared  with  any 
other,  a  description  of  its  working  follows:  An  essential  featm-e  consists  in  the  fact  that  the  handling  of  the  excavated  material  is  accom- 
plished exclusively  by  the  means  of  tubs.  Four  or  any  othei*  desired  number  of  these  tubs  are  filled  by  men  in  the  trench,  raised  up 
simultaneously,  moved  horizontally  as  far  as  required,  and  finally  emptied  by  tilting  them  at  the  proper  place  over  the  completed  work,  the 
surplus  material  being  dumped  into  carts  for  removal.  As  soon  as  the  tubs  are  emptied  they  are  moved  back  to  their  original  starting-place, 
let  down  into  the  trench  and  at  once  replaced  by  other  tubs  which  were  being  filled  while  the  former  ones  were  on  their  way.  Each  tub 
when  raised  to  the  proper  place  is  automatically  held  suspended  from  a  carrier  or  traveler  running  on  a  hanging  way  or  track.  The  latter 
is  fastened  to  the  upper  cross-pieces  of  a  series  of  trestles.  These  are  constructed  so  that  the  space  needed  for  the  movement  of  the  tubs  is 
brought  high  enough  to  allow  the  operations  connected  with  building  the  work  to  be  carried  on  unhindered  below,  and  to  admit  of  pedes- 
trians, teams,  and  even  horse  cars  passing  through  when  desirable.  Four  or  six  of  these  carriers  are  usually  united  in  a  group  and  generally 
two  such  groups  are  in  motion  simultaneously.  The  groups  are  connected  with  each  other  fore  and  aft  by  a  draft  rope  arranged  so  that  they  ^ 
move  in  opposite  directions.  Each  group  has  a  forward  draft  rope  from  which  branch  off  the  ropes  for  lifting  the  tubs.  These  tub  ropes  run 
over  pulley  wheels  in  the  carriers,  the  latter  being  arranged  at  a  regular  distance,  usually  eight  feet,  from  each  other.  Each  group  has  its 
separate  track  to  run  on.  Two  of  these  upper  tracks  or  ways  are  sufficient  in  most  cases,  any  desired  capacity  being  obtained  by  increasing 
the  number  of  tubs  and  carriers  in  a  group.  Only  for  very  broad  trenches  are  more  than  two  of  these  suspended  tracks  provided,  and  on 
the  other  hand  a  single  one  is  considered  sufficient  for  trenches  below  five  feet  in  clear  width.  The  same  power  that  raises  the  filled  tubs  also 
moves  them  horizontally  without  necessitating  any  rehanging  or  shifting  of  the  tubs.  On  the  contrary  they  remain  securely  attached  to  the 
same  rope's-end  from  the  moment  they  leave  the  trench  until  they  return  thither,  a  circumstance  which  adds  materially  to  the  safety  of  the 
laborers  working  below.  As  a  source  of  power,  a  steam  engine  of  the  common  double  drum  friction  hoisting  type  is  used  as  a  rule,  though 
other  suitable  means  of  power  to  raise  them  can  be  substituted  and  the  tubs  have  been  run  back  by  gravity.  The  construction  of  the  support- 
ing framework  is  varied  to  suit  the  circumstances  accompanying  the  work,  and  it  all,  including  the  part  carrying  the  engine,  is  supported  on 
wheels  which  run  on  ordinary '' tee  "  rails.  This  makes  it  easy  to  move  the  whole  machine  quickly  by  its  own  power  over  a  new  section 
■when  the  adjoining  one  has  been  sufficiently  excavated.  The  advantages  which  Mr.  Carson's  device  has  shown  itiself  to  possess  in  practice 
may  be  resumed  as  follows:  1.  The  advantage  to  public  traffic  resulting  from  its  not  obstructing  streets  for  teams  and  pedestrians.  2.  The 
benefits  arising  from  an  easy,  safe  and  economical  method  of  carrying  on  the  work,  the  processes  of  excavating  and  backfilling  and  loading 
teams  with  the  surplus  being  confined  within  limits  but  little  broader  than  the  trench  itself.  The  cost  of  handling  the  material  is  less  than  by 
any  other  method,  on  work  of  any  amount  from  the  surface  down  to  any  depth  to  which  such  work  is  carried.  This  expense  increases  very 
little  if  any  with  the  depth  of  cutting.  The  work  of  each  laborer  is  regulated  so  that  all  must  do  their  proper  share  of  the  woi'k,  method  and 
compactness  being  given  to  all  operations.  Condensed  froiu  the  report  of  the  Engineer  Attach^  of  the  Imperial  German  Legation  to  the  United 
States.  The  patents  covering  the  above  invention  are  owned  by  the  Carson  Trench  Machine  Company,  who  have  recently  acquired  a  piece  of 
land  bordering  on  the  Eastern  and  Western  divisions  of  the  Boston  and  Maine,  and  Grand  Junction  branch  of  the  Boston  and  Albany  railroads- 
A  railroad  switch  enters  the  yard,  and  the  company  has  greater  facilities  than  ever  before  for  furnishing  suitable  machines  for  any  work  to 
which  they  are  adapted.  Their  machines  are  rented  in  any  of  the  United  States  to  responsible  parties,  including  engines  when  desired.  The 
company  is  managed  by  Joseph  N.  Drew,  C.  E.,  and  their  office  is  situated  at  No.  16  Dorrance  Street,  Charlestown. 


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HAPMAN  &  SOBEN,  Manufacturers  of  Roofing  and  Paving  Materials,  Nos.  112  and  116  Water  Street.— The  leading  headquar- 
ters iu  Boston  for  roofing  and  paving  materials  is  the  estabhshment  of  Chapman  &  Soden,  located  at  Nos.  UIJ  and  116  Water 
Street.  This  firm  enjoy  a  reputation  and  a  trade  national  in  extent,  and  eminently  creditable  in  character  as  manufacturers 
of  roofing  and  paving  materials,  water-proof  sheathing  and  carpet-lining  felt  ;  and  as  dealers  in  every  description  of  naval 
stores,  ship  chandlery,  oils,  japan  and  varnish.  The  business  was  established  in  1866,  by  Messrs.  Chapman  &  Soden.  In 
1868  Mr.  Chapman  died,  since  which  date  Mr.  A.  H.  Soden  has  continued  the  business  as  sole  proprietor  under  the  original 
fii-in  name.  The  factory,  yards  and  warehouse  are  located  at  Chelsea,  where  the  best  possible  facilities  are  possessed  for  rapid  and  perfect 
production,  while  the  salesrooms  in  this  city  are  spacious  in  size  and  give  ample  accommodations  for  supplying  the  most  extensive  demand 
The  leading  specialties  for  which  this  house  is  noted  are  "  Beaver  Brand  "  roofing  felt;  "Star"  rozin-sized  sheathing,  otherwise  known  as 
the  "Contractors'  Favorite"  ;  asbestos  sheathing  for  lining  buildings,  refrigerators,  between  wood  floors,  covering  steam  pipes,  hot-air 
fiues,  etc.;  "Tomb  Brand"  noiseless,  deadening  felt ;  also,  coal  tarred  and  pine-tarred  sheathing  paper,  roofing  pitch  and  composition, 
bright  and  black  varnish,  tar  and  pine  dead-oil,  and  two  and  three-ply  roofing  felt.  One  pound  of  their  "  Star  "  sheathing  will  cover  twenty 
square  feet  of  surface,  and  it  is  guaranteed  to  contain  800  square  feet  in  each  roll,  as  it  is  yard-marked  all  through.  Orders  by  telephone 
No.  3012,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  the  trade,  which  is  exclusively  wholesale,  extends  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Provinces.  Mr.  Soden  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  a  well-known  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  an  expert  and  successful  manufacturer,  who  well  deserves  his  great  popularity  and  prosperity. 

OS.  WM.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Suspenders,  Shoulder-Braces,  Etc.,  No.  109  Kingston  Street.— The  universal  use  of 
those  indispensable  articles  of  male  attire,  suspenders,  and  the  steady  demand  for  them,  constitutes  their  manufacture  a 


a  naost  important 

of  this  industry  in 

Smith     &  Co., 

109  Kingston  St. 
1878  by  the  present  active  propri- 
178  Devonshire  Street,  where  he 
removed  to  the  present  address  on 
greater  accommodations.  The 
entire  sixth  floor,  which  has  a 
feet.  The  place  is  equipped  with 
the  industry,  steam  furnishes  the 
found  for  twenty-five  skilled  oper- 
thorough,  practical,  expert  knowl- 
tion,  and  as  he  personally  super- 
thebestresultsare assured.  Besides 
ers  with  braid  ends,  and  fine  white 
cialties  are:  Smith's  clinch-back 
Smith'sHarvard Brace, whole  strap 
braces,  O.  K.  shoulder  braces, 
garters,  hook-pin  drawer  support- 
holders.  All  these  goods  are  made 
are  unsurpassed  for  style,  dura- 
ship.  Mr.  Smith  sells  them  to  the 
States,  and  his  splendid  facilities 
upon  the  most  favorable  terms, 
tion  and   holiday   suspenders   of 

mounting  the  same  to  order,  while  mountings  are  sold  alone  to  parties  who  want  to  line  and  mount  them, 
tion. 


industry.  A  leading  representative 
Boston  is  the  firm  of  Jos.  Wm. 
whose  oiYice  and  factory  are  at  No. 
This  enterprise  was  founded  in 
etor,  Mr.  Jos.  Wm.  Smith,  at  No. 
continued  up  to  1889,  when  he 
Kingston,  where  he  possesses 
premises  occupied  comprise  the 
superficial  area  of  5,000  square 
the  finest  machinery  adaptable  to 
driving  power  and  employment  is 
atives.  Mr.  Smith  possesses  a 
edge  of  all  the  details  of  his  voca- 
vises  all  the  labors  of  his  assistants 
making  a  general  line  of  suspend- 
round  leather  ends,  etc.,  his  spe- 
suspenders,  with  elestic  ends,  and 
suspendei's,  clinch-back  shoulder 
Bonanza  armlets,  gents'  Bonanza 
ers,  ready-pin  buttons  and  cuff 
from  the  very  best  materials  and 
bility  and  excellence  of  workman- 
trade  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
enable  him  to  meet  all  orders 
A  specialty  is  made  of  presenta- 
satin  and  other  material  and  of 
s  are  furnished  on  apphca- 


^YLOR  &  RATHVON,  Dividend  Paying  Mining  Investments,  Denver,  Col.,  Nos.  58  and  59  Ames  Building.— There  are  at  all 
times  people  seeking  to  invest  capital  in  such  a  manner  as  to  insure  to  them  the  utmost  element  of  safety  combined  with  a 
reasonable  rate  of  income.  The  field  for  daring,  hazardous  venture  always  exhibits  a  restless  throng,  making  haste  to  be 
rich,  while  the  field  of  legitimate  investment  is  a  less  crowded  one,  but  beyond  any  question,  one  in  which  more  satisfying 
results  are  seasonably  secured.  Among  those  firms  in  Boston  who  make  the  wants  of  the  conservative  investor  their  con- 
stant study  is  that  of  Messrs.  Taylor  &  Rathvon,  dealers  in  dividend-paying  mining  investments,  who  have  been  established 
in  the  business  at  Denver,  Col.,  since  1880,  and  who  opened  an  office  in  this  city  in  1890,  occupying  Rooms  No.  58  and  59  Ames  Building.  This 
firm  are  now  offering  to  investors  in  this  city  and  vicinity  a  line  of  securities  that  are  absolutely  safe,  permanent  in  value  and  which  pay 
large  dividends.  They  handle  only  the  stocks  of  such  mines  as  they  themselves  control  and  work,  and  are,  therefore,  in  a  position  to  offer 
rehable  advice  to  investors.  The  wisdom  of  their  judgment  has  been  repeatedly  proven.  The  first  time  was  when  they  advised  their  clients  to 
buy  the  stock  of  the  May-Mazeppa.  It  was  then  selling  at  forty  cents  '3c;r  share  and  paying  no  dividends.  It  is  selling  to-day  at  one  dollar  and 
a  quarter  per  share,  and  paying  dividends  of  one  dollar  and  a  quarter  per  month  on  each  one  hundred  shares.  Those  who  followed  the 
advice  of  this  firm  have  made  three  hundred  per  cent,  on  their  investment  and  have  had  twelve  dividends  besides.  The  second  time  was 
when  they  predicted  the  advance  in  Little  Rule  stock.  It  then  sold  for  fifty  cents.  It  has  since  several  times  sold  as  high  as  one  dollar  and 
fifteen  cents  and  has  paid  two  cents  per  share  monthly  dividends.  The  third  time  was  when  they  recommended  their  friends  to  put  their 
money  into  Clay  County  stock  at  forty  cents.  It  paid  no  dividends  then,  bnt  now  it  pays  two  dollars  each  month  on  every  hundred  shares  of 
its  stock,  and  is  in  great  demand  at  one  dollar  and  twenty  cents.  The  fourth  time  was  not  long  ago  when  they  told  all  correspondents  to  buy 
Bates-Hunter  stock  at  forty  cents,  for  dividends  were  likely  to  come  soon.  They  did  come,  and  are  still  coming,  and  the  stock  is  bringing 
seventy  cents  per  chare.  This  firm  now  say  investors  will  make  no  mistake  in  buying  Gold  Rock.  It  has  a  much  better  outlook  than  any  of 
the  above  named  stocks  had  at  the  time  they  advised  clients  to  purchase.  It  represents  a  mine  rich  in  present  as  well  as  prospective  value. 
All  stocks  handled  by  the  firm  are  listed  on  the  Denver  Mining  Exchange,  and  the  firm  refers  by  permission  to  American  National  Bank,  City 
National  Bank  and  Commercial  National  Bank,  Denver;  and  the  Shawmut  National  Bank,  Boston.  They  are  one  of  the  largest  houses  deal- 
ing in  stocks  at  Denver,  and  their  reputation  for  reliability  and  integrity  is  firmly  established  in  the  financial  world.  The  members  of  the  firm 
are  Messrs.  C.  E.  Taylor,  W.  R.  Rathvon  and  G.  H.  Batchelder,  all  well-known  citizens  of  Denver;  while  their  interests  are  ably  represented 
in  Boston  by  Mr.  Charles  R.  Howard  as  manager,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  is  in  this  city  most  of  the  time.  If  safety  and  not  hazard,  pru- 
dence and  not  recklessness,  fair  income  and  not  greedy  gain,  legitimate  properties  and  not  wild-cat  schemes  are  desired  by  the  investor,  let 
them  consult  this  reliable  and  successful  firm. 


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W.  WALKER  &  CO.,  Serial  Book  Publishers,  Principal  Offlce,  Nos.  101-105  Cbauncy  Street.— A  review  of  Boston's 
noteworthy  publishing  houses  would  hardly  be  complete  without  more  than  passing  mention  o£  that  of  E.  W.  Walker  &  Co., 
whose  principal  ofifices  are  at  the  above  address.  The  firm  has  branches  in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Washington, 
Cleveland,  Pittsburg,  Providence,  New  Haven  and  Worcester.  *  They  are  publisliers  of  works  of  art,  books  of  travel,  voyages 
I  and  adventure ;  also  biographical  sketches  of  men  of  note  in  the  hterary,  scientific  and  political  world,  and  their  publications, 
which  are  sold  in  serial  form  through  agents,  command  extensive  sale  throughout  the  entire  country.  The  enterprise  had 
inception  about  six  years  ago,  when  the  business  was  established  here  in  Boston  by  Mr.  Walker,  under  the  present  firm  name.  The  publica- 
tion offices  on  Chauncy  Street  occupy  two  floors,  each  having  an  area  of  2,500  square  feet,  with  ample  and  excellent  facilities,  and  ten  or 
more  of  a  staff  are  here  employed,  while  upward  of  twenty-five  agents  represent  the  house  throughout  the  New  England  States  (with  the 
exception  of  Rhode  Island,  which  is  the  territoiy  of  the  Providence  branch.)  Mr.  Walker,  who  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  born  in 
this  city,  is  a  man  of  energy  and  excellent  business  qualifications,  well-known  and  deservedly  esteemed  in  the  trade,  in  which  he  has  had  over 
sixteen  years'  experience,  and  was  formerly  Boston  manager  for  Selmar  Hess,  of  New  York,  for  six  years.  The  firm  are  publishers  of 
American  Art,  at  twenty-five  cents  a  part;  American  Artists,  at  one  dollar  a  part;  works  of  travel,  voyages  and  other  publications,  at  twenty- 
five  cents  a  part.  Their  latest  and  best,  and  the  one  to  which  they  desire  to  call  special  attention,  is  the  woi-k  entitled  "  Biographical  Sketches 
of  Preeminent  Americans,"  with  one  hundred  and  twenty  fine  photogravure  portraits,  taken  from  oil  paintings.    This  exceedingly  interest- 


PuBLic  Garden,  showing  the  Lake. 


ing  and  instructive  book  (by  Frederick  0.  Harrison)  is  a  work  of  exceptional  merit,  being,  in  fact,  a  publication  of  national  importance,  and 
all  the  indications  are  that  its  success  will  fully  justify  the  lavish  outlay  expended  upon  its  production.  The  aim  of  the  publishers  has  been 
to  meet  and  satisfy  the  demand  of  the  American  people  for  a  popular  biography,  of  a  concise  and  comprehensive  character,  of  American 
citizens— American  born— who  have  achieved  distinction  in  the  realm  of  literature,  and  at  the  bar  of  public  opinion.  This  work  contains  in  a 
rare  degree  the  essential  features  sought  to  be  attained  in  such  a  publication.  Everything  is  remarkable  for  thoroughness  of  inquiry  and 
exactness  of  statement,  for  intelligence  of  style  and  brevity  of  assertion,  polished  rhetoric  and  diction.  It  is,  in  short,  an  inspiration  of  the 
mind  to  the  student,  and  a  feast  of  biographical  knowledge  unequaled  in  the  world's  literature.  The  illustrations  are  of  the  very  finest,  taken, 
one  and  all,  from  the  original  oil  paintings,  and  presenting  an  exact  likeness.  The  biographies  begin  as  far  back  as  1703,  and  continue  down 
to  the  present  day.  This  splendid  work,  upon  which  the  publishers  have  spent  a  great  amount  of  money,  and  which  is  now  commanding  an 
enormous  sale,  will  be  completed  in  twenty  sections,  at  one  dollar  each.  Each  section  will  contain  twenty-four  pages  of  letter-press  and 
six  photogravure  portraits.  The  letter-press  is  printed  on  fine  laid  paper,  manufactured  expressly  for  this  publication,  and  the  portraits  are 
printed  on  superbly  tinted  fine  plate  paper,  which  is  also  manufactured  to  order  for)  the  work.  All  information  relative  to  this  or  any  of 
their  other  publications,  addressed  to  the  house,  will  receive  prompt  response,  correspondence  being  invited. 


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|LEMING  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  175  Washington  Street.— Among  the  ablest  and  shrewdest  business  men  in 
Boston— as  in  every  other  large  city— are  the  bankers  and  brokers;  and  prominent  in  their  ranks,  is  the  firm  of  Messrs. 
Fleming  &  Co.,  No.  175  Washington  Street.  The  business  of  this  house  was  established  in  May,  1884,  and  has  been  uninter- 
ruptedly prosperous.  They  buy  and  sell,  and  carry  on  margin,  all  the  legitimate  stocks  and  bonds  that  are  listed  on  the 
W^.  Exchange,  and  also  conduct  a  general  banking  business.  The  house  has  five  wire  connections  with  other  Boston  bankers 
and  brokers,  and  two  wires  and  two  tickers  in  their  own  office.  They  carry  on  a  very  lively  business,  requiring  the  services 
of  a  number  of  clerks.  They  have  correspondents  in  New  York,  and  other  important  financial  centers,  and  are  always  in  receipt  of  the  lat- 
est and  most  authentic  information  in  regard  to  monetary  matters.  Mr.  C.  W.  Fleming  is  at  present  the  sole  proprietor  of  the  biisiness.  He 
is  a  young  man,  a  Bostonian,  and  was  raised  in  this  business,  having  had  eleven  years'  experience  in  the  banhang  and  brokerage  business, 
in  Boston,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Citizen's  Trade  Association,  of  Cambridge. 


PRINGER  BROTHERS,  Cloak  House,  No.  500  Washington  St.,  Corner  Bedford  Street.— The  most  progressive  and  popular  cloak 
emporium  in  Boston  is  that  conducted  by  Messrs.  Spririger  Brothers,  at  No.  500  Washington  Street,  corner  of  Bedford.  This 
firm  are  extensive  manufacturers,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  this  line,  and  the  leaders  therein  in  New  England.  The  busi- 
ness was  founded  in  1865  by  Messrs.  E.  M.  and  M.  P.  Springer,  as  Springer  Brothers,  whose  enterprising  and  reliable 
methods  quickly  placed  theraj  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  trade.  The  great  fire  of  '73  came  in  the  midst  of  their  success,  and 
destroyel  tho  results  of  their  seven  years'  labor— all  sa\e  phu-k  and  biains    but  they  quickly  re-established  their  business 

after    the   fire,     and    fortune 

bO  that  repeated  enlargements 

__^-^  became  necessary  to  meet  the 


in  the  first  building  erected 
again  smiled  upon  their  efforts^ 
of  their  premises  and  facilities 
demands  of  their  large  and 
settled  down  in  their  present 
occupying  a  group  of  three 
buildings,  elegaat  in  all  their 
ments,  and  perfect  in  conven 
and  sale,  combining  every 
and  sale  of  cloak  and  cloaking 
employment  is  given  to  a  large 
hands.  As  manufacturers  this 
finest  line  of  ladies'  and  misses' 
of  any  house  in  New  England 
and  country-wide.  It  is  not 
boring  cities  and  towns,  but  is 
nent  throughout  the  entire  Uni- 
Brothers'  cloaks  are  once 
themselves  a  permanent  de- 
of  their  great  salability  and 
a  close  and  constant  study  of 
fashioning  their  garments  from 
using  the  newest  and  most 
nothing  is  too  fine  or  fashion- 
importations  this  season  are 
for  style,  variety  and  cheap- 
est productions  of  the  great 
fashion  leaders  of  London, 
the  newest  goods  from  abroad 
soon  as  they  are  ready  for  the 
here  an  opportunity  of  making 
second  to  none  on  Broadway, 
never  fail  to  prove  satisfactory 
fashion  in  Boston  and  vicinity 
splendid  display  made  in  the 
one  of  the  busiest  stores  on 
Here  are  shown  a  great  vari- 

sacques,  ulsters,  raglans,  peasant  coats  wraps  Mod]esl 
tion. 


growing  trade.  TJiey  finally 
magnificent  quartets  in  1890, 
four-story  stone  and  brick 
irrangements  and  appoint- 
lence  for  display,  inspection 
facility  for  the  manufacture 
materials,  and  where  steady 
lorce  of  skilled  and  expert 
firm  are  known  to  produce  the 
cloaks,  and  the  largest  number 
Their  trade  is  local,  sui'burban 
confined  to  Boston  and  neigh- 
large,  influential,  and  perma- 
ted  States.  Wherever  Springer 
mtroduced,  they  create  for 
mand  among  dealers  by  reason 
solid  merits.  This  firm  make 
the  current  taste  and  demand, 
the  latest  Parisian  modes,  and 
popular  fabrics.  As  importers, 
able  for  them  to  buy,  and  their 
far  above  the  average,  both 
ness.  They  include  the  choic- 
manufacturers,  designers  and 
Paris,  Vienna  and  Berlin,  and 
find  representation  here  as 
trade.  Ladies,  therefore,  have 
their  selections  from  a  stock 
and  quoted  at  figures  which 
to  buyers.  The  devotees  of 
are  sure  to  be  delighted  at  the 
retail  department,  and  this  is 
this  crowded  thoroughfare, 
ety  of  cloaks,  new  markets, 
V  \\  aists  and  cloaking  materials  of  every  descrip- 


aUu   ,  jaelu'ts  Jerseys,  and  jr 
The  Messrs.  Springer  aie  well  kno\\n  Bobtoniana    and  merchants  and  manufactuiers  whose  repute  and  standing  place  them  far 
beyond  the  requirements  of  any  praise  which  these  pages  can  bestow. 


jjORTHEN  HOSIERY  COMPANY,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Men's,  Ladies'  and  Children's  Hosiery,  No.  78  Bedford  Street.- 
The  Worthen  Hosiery  Company  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  Maine,  the  first  of  June,  1891,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$20,000,  and  at  once  took  up  its  headquarters  at  No.  78  Bedford  Street.  This  responsible  company,  of  which  Mr.  W.  J.  Shilli- 
f\  day  is  the  president,  is  under  the  able  executive  management  of  Mr.  Julius  E.  Worthen,  who  is  also  treasurer  of  the 
concern.  This  gentleman  having  formerly  dealt  in  hosiery,  is  fully  competent  to  conduct  the  business  under  the  most  favor- 
able auspices.  Being  jobbers  in  gentlemen's,  ladies'  and  children's  silk,  cotton,  and  woolen  hose,  they  carry  in  stock,  at  all 
times,  a  full  and  complete  line  of  these  goods  in  all  sizes,  styles  and  designs,  which  represent  the  best  class  of  productions  the  market 
affords,  and  those  interested  in  the  trade  will  do  well  to  examine  the  stock  and  price  list  here,  befoi'e  purchasing  elsewhere.  Four  assistants 
are  permanently  employed  by  this  company,  and  prompt  shipments  are  made  on  all  orders,  to  any  part  of  New  England,  throuyiiout  which 
section  of  the  country  the  trade  of  this' house  widely  extends.  They  also  sell  to  retailers,  and  no  pains  or  expense  are  spared  to  furnish  first- 
class  and  reliable  goods,  at  the  lowest  possible  expense,  which  they  can  confidently  guarantee  in  every  instance.  Under  the  able,  conserva- 
tive guidance  of  Mr.  J.  E.  Worthen,  the  efficient  manager,  this  company  has  done  a  remunerative  business,  and  gives  fidl  assurance  of 
unbounded  success  and  prosperity  in  the  future,  He  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  previous  to  assuming  control  here,  was  identified 
twith  the  dry  goods  commission  business.  This  firm  are  also  agents  for  the  celebrated  Wilbpr,  Miller  &  Wilbur  Red  Seal  collars,  cuffs  and 
shirts.    This  brand  is  acknowleged  everywhere  as  A  1  linen  goods,  and  enjoys  a  sale  extending  to  all  parts  of  the  country. 


174  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATUEE. 

rjECtmiTY  SAFE  DEPOSIT  COMPANY,  Equitable  Building— That  bank  vaults  or  private  safes  do  not  afford  that  entire 
security  which  can  be  obtained  in  the  vaults  of  a  well-managed  and  successful  safe  deposit  company,  whose  whole  energy 
and  ability  are  devoted  to  the  protection  of  the  valuables  committed  to  its  care,  is  well  proven  by  the  fact  that  fifteen  millions 
of  dollars  have  been  stolen  from  banks  and  private  vaults  during  the  last  twenty  years.  No  safe  deposit  company  has  ever 
been  robbed,  and  no  attempt  by  burglars  has  ever  been  made,  which  shows  emphatically  that  the  precautions  taken  by  these 
companies  have  been  absolutely  successful.  The  Security  Sate  Deposit  Company,  at  the  Equitable  Buildings  corner  of  Milk 
and  Federal  Streets,  has  unequaled  facilities  for  the  comfortable  and  expeditious  transaction  of  business,  while  the  more  important  con- 
sideration of  safety  has  not  been  overlooked.  Indeed,  it  is  believed  that  there  is  no  institution  in  the  country  where  there  is  greater  strength 
of  construction  or  where  such  a  combination  of  safeguards  exists  to  insure  absolute  security.  The  building  is  one  of  the  most  substantial 
flre-proof  structures  in  the  country,  while  the  vaults  of  this  company  are  among  the  most  interesting  sights  in  Boston,  not  only  on  account 
of  their  complicated  and  ingenious  contrivances  for  the  protection  of  wealth,  but  also  because  of  their  many  new  improvements  and  novel 
features.  In  the  two  great  security  vaults  of  the  company  there  are  now  six  thousand  safes;  while  there  are  ten  storage  vaults  and  some 
fifty  coupon  rooms  for  the  examination  of  securities.  A  splendid  reading  room  in  the  heart  of  the  business  portion  of  Boston,  fully  supplied 
with  periodicals,  newspapers  and  writing  materials,  is  provided  for  safeholders  without  extra  charge.  Other  Safe  Deposit  Companies  pro- 
vide safes  and  storage  only,  while  the  reading  room  in  the  "  Security  "  serves  as  a  business  exchange,  and  a  beautiful  directors'  room  is 
provided  for  meetings  of  boards  of  directors,  committees,  etc.  A  cabinet  of  drawers  in  the  reading  room,  which  are  rented  to  safeholders  for 
keeping  letters,  check  books,  etc.,  supplies  all  the  requirements  of  desk  room.  They  are  used  largely  by  business  men  from  the  neighboring 
cities  and  towns  who  require  some  place  in  Boston  where  they  can  make  business  appointments  and  attend  to  their  correspondents.  Nothing 
has  been  omitted  to  make  this  one  of  the  most  perfect  institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  The  company  receives  for  safe  keeping,  at  very 
moderate  rates,  packages  of  silver-plate,  jewelry,  books,  valuable  papers,  wills,  heirlooms,  manuscripts,  rare  china,  bric-a-brac,  pictures 
and  other  articles  of  value,  depositing  them  in  massive  storage  vaults  constructed  expressly  for  this  department  of  the  business.  It  is  the 
policy  of  this  company  to  keep  pace  with  the  times  by  adding  every  improvement  which  experience  may  suggest,  to  increase  the  security  of 
their  vaults  and  the  efficiency  of  their  service.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  company  are  as  follows:  President.  Edward  R.  Andrews; 
vice-president,  W.  A.  Tower;  treasurer,  Nathan  Warren;  superintendent  of  vaults,  F.  G.  Storey;  directors,  Frederick  L.  Ames,  F.  Gordon 
Dexter,  William  A.  Tower,  John  Q.  Adams,  Eustace  C.  Fitz,  Samuel  Borrowe,  Edward  R.  Andrews.  The  business  of  the  Security  Safe 
Deposit  Company  is  justly  a  source  of  pride  to  every  public-spirited  citizen,  while  the  officers,  educated  to  their  calling,  are  greatly  esteemed 
in  this  community  for  their  ability  and  integrity,  and  are  thoroughly  qualified  to  successfully  discharge  their  duties,  with  a  due  regard  to  the 
interests  of  every  patron. 

r)IOUX  INVESTMENT  CO.,  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa ;  Lowe  &  Gray,  General  Eastern  Agents,  No.  36  Ames  Building.— The  most 
important  question  for  those  to  decide  who  have  funds  to  invest  is  safety.  Assured  of  their  investment,  rate  of  interest 
divides  their  attention  with  permanency.  It  has  long  been  admitted  that  mortgages  upon  real  estate,  considered  from  the 
standpoint  of  agriculture  alone,  were  preferable  to  any  other  investment  of  even  rate  and  time  to  run.  A  careful  investiga- 
tion discloses  the  fact  that  the  farm  lands  of  the  United  States  have  a  uniform  value  that  has  varied  so  little  for  a  long  period 
of  time  as  to  justify  the  conclusion  that  that  value  is  intrinsic.  For  upwards  of  half  a  century  efforts  have  been  made  to 
systematize  this  branch  of  finance,  and  past  experience  now  furnishes  all  the  data  necessary  to  establish  a  system  as  perfect  in  detail  and 
sound  in  principle  as  that  underlying  life  insurance.  The  Sioux  Investment  Company,  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000  to  pro- 
tect its  obligations,  in  addition  to  security  three  times  theii  value,  has  verified  its  conclusions  to  such  an  extent  as  to  assure  the  public  that 
since  its  founders  began  business  no  holder  of  its  mortgages  has  ever  waited  a  single  day  for  his  interest,  held  one  of  its  securities  beyond 
maturity,  or  been  compelled  to  purchase  a  foot  of  land.  This  company  has  made  it  an  inflexible  rule  to  personally  examine  every  security 
upon  which  it  has  ever  loaned  any  of  its  funds,  paying  no  attention  to  values  acquired  through  temporary  or  local  causes.  It  i3  now  engaged 
in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  mortgages  on  real  estate  and  city  property  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  and  in  the  loaning  of  money  on  improved  farms 
in  adjoining  counties.  Their  Eastern  office  was  opened  in  this  city  in  1888,  and  is  under  the  experienced  management  of  Messrs.  Lowe  & 
Gray,  as  General  Eastern  Agents,  with  headquarters  at  No.  S6  Ames  Building,  The  earnest  invitation  of  the  managers  of  this  company  to  all 
Investors  to  carefully  investigate  their  securities,  principles  and  methods  of  doing  business,  betokens  a  conscious  strength  that  is  certain  to 
secure  a  continuance  of  the  liberal  patronage  already  given  them.  The  conservative  management  of  the  company,  coupled  with  its  great 
financial  strength,  has  led  to  its  recognition  as  one  of  the  first  investment  mediums  in  the  city.  If  absolute  safety,  convenience,  regular 
income,  permanency,  and  freedom  from  care  and  solicitude,  count  for  anything  in  an  investment,  these  mortgages  more  nearly  meet  the 
general  want  of  the  investing  public  than  any  other  security  now  to  be  had.  Of  this  a  thorough  investigation  of  them  will  convince  the  most 
sceptical  or  conservative  investor,  to  whom  patient  courtesy  is  always  shown  by  the  agents,  Messrs.  W.  W.  Lowe  and  W.  E  Gray.  Mr.  Lowe 
is  one  of  the  best  known  dealers  in  real  estate  and  mortgages  in  the  city.  He  is  a  native  of  Clif  tondale,  a  resident  of  Saugus,  and  established 
himself  here  in  the  real  estate  business  in  1879.  He  has  been  repeatedly  honored  by  his  party  with  the  nomination  as  a  representative  to  the 
legislature,  and  is  a  sound,  conservative  business  man.  Mr.  Gray  is  a  native  Bostonian,  residing  in  the  house  where  he  was  born,  and  has  had 
an  experience  of  twenty-five  years  in  handling  mortgages  and  investment  securities.  He  is  justly  regarded  as  an  expert,  and  reliable  author- 
ity thereon. 

iJILLIAM  C.  FRENCH,  Manufacturer  of  Ash  and  Maple  Bedsteads,  Folding  Cribs,  Bent  Cradles,  Etc.,  Nos,  80,  82,  84  and  86  Ful- 
ton Street.— The  leading  manufacturer  of  bedsteads,  folding  cribs,  rocking  and  swing  cradles  in  this  city  is  Mr.  William  C. 
French,  whose  fine  establishment  is  located  at  Nos.  80,  82,  84  and  86  Fulton  Street,  corner  of  Richmond.  This  representative 
house  has  been  in  successful  operation  since  1863,  and  is  one  of  the  largest  in  its  line  of  industry  in  the  United  States.  The 
building  occupied  for  manufacturing  purposes  contains  five  floors  and  a  basement,  60  x  123  feet  each,  splendidly  equipped 
with  the  latest  improved  machinery,  operated  by  steam  power,  and  employment  is  given  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  skilled 
workmen.  Every  article  is  made  under  the  most  careful  supervision  of  a  superior  quality  of  lumber,  and  finished  with  elegance  and  good 
taste.  The  leading  specialties  here  made  are  ash  and  maple  bedsteads,  folding  cribs,  platform  rocking  cribs,  rocking  and  swing  cradles, 
walnut  and  birch  bedsteads,  and  in  every  style  and  pattern  made,  the  variety  of  which  is  as  wide  as  the  possibilities  of  the  industry  will 
admit,  the  greatest  taste  and  excellence  obtains,  the  durability  and  utility  of  the  work  standing  unrivalled  in  the  market  and  distancing  com- 
petition. The  methods  of  manufacture  are  of  the  most  enterprising  and  progressive  character,  and  the  principles  involved  in  the  construc- 
tion are  such  as  are  approved  by  experience.  The  stock  on  hand  is  always  full  and  complete,  and  the  largest  orders  are  promptly  and 
carefully  filled.  The  trade  is  large  and  active  not  only  in  the  United  States,  but  throughout  Canada,  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America, 
the  West  Indies  and  South  Africa.  With  its  great  resources  and  unequalled  facilities,  this  house  is  enabled  to  place  its  goods  upon  the 
market  at  terms  and  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  by  rival  concerns.  Mr.  French  is  a  native  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  the  active  prime  of 
life;  a  member  of  the  Boston  Furniture  Exchange,  and  an  expert,  practical  and  progressive  manufacturer,  who  has  won  success  in  his 
chosen  field  of  labor  by  honestly  deserving  it. 


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rjTEWAET  &  BINNEY,  Successors  to  Edward  Burgess,  Naval  Architects  and  Yacht  Brokers,  No.  199  Washington  Street.— The 
great  interest  that  has  been  developed  in  the  noble  sport  of  yacht  rcaing  in  the  United  States  is  of  the  most  notable  charac- 
ter. This  sport  is  now  represented  by  its  own  joux-nals,  and  the  designing  of  racers  has  become  a  most  important  vocation. 
The  leading  house  in  the  country  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  Stewart  &  Binney,  whose  ofHce  is  at  Sears  Building, 
No.  199  Washington  Street,  this  city.  These  gentlemen  are  successors  to  Mr.  Edward  Burgess,  who  was  the  best  known  and 
most  successful  yacht  builder  this  country  ever  produced,  and  the  membei-s  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  George  A.  Stewart  and 
Arthur  Binney,  had  the  advantage  of  a  four  years'  course  of  instruction  under  Mr.  Burgess'  tuition.  Mr.  Burgess  established  business  in 
1881,  and  continued  until  18M,  his  death  occurring  July  13,  of  that  year,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Stewart  &  Binney,  who  are  natives 
of  Boston,  popularly  known  in  the  community.  Mr.  Burgess  designed  and  built  the  famous  cup  defenders,  the  Volunteer,  the  3iayflower 
and  Puritan,  also  the  Titania,  Papoose,  Gossoon,  Sachem,  Merlin,  Quickstep,  etc.,  and  in  1891  were  built  the  Beatrix,  Oweene,  Mineola, 
Sayonora  and  Iklerim,  all  forty-six  footers;  also  the  Constellation,  the  steam  yacht  Wild  Duck,  etc.,  etc.  The  premises  occupied  comprise 
an  entire  floor  of  five  spacious  rooms,  well  equipped  with  every  convenience  for  the  successful  conduct  of  business.  Messrs.  Stewart  & 
Binney  are  general  naval  architects  and  yacht  brokers,  and  design  vessels  of  all  kinds;  also  ti-ade  in  new  and  second-hand  yachts.  Their 
patronage  comes  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  Japan,  Australia,  England  and  Germany,  and  all  demands  made  upon  their  resources 
are  met  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner. 


iJi 


OTEL  WINTHROP,  Bowdoin  and  AUston  Streets.— The  cosiest  hotel  in  the  city  of  Boston  is  the  Hotel  Winthrop,  located  at  the 
corner  of  Bowdoin  and  AUston  Streets.  Its  substantial  appearance  and  pleasant  surroundings  impress  the  stranger  favor- 
ably at  the  first  glance,  while  its  wide-open  door  reveals  a  cordial  welcome  and  all  the  tasteful  comforts  of  a  home.  It  was 
opened  to  the  public  in  1880,  by  Mr.  T.  Keleher,  tlie  present  owner  and  proprietor,  this  being  the  only  instance  of  a  like 
natu)-e  in  the  city.  He  is  ably  assisted  in  its  direction  by  Mr.  L.  F.  Cobb  as  manager.  The  house  is  five  stories  high,  with  a 
basement,  and  contains  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  rooms.  Its  location  is  excellent.    Situated  on  Beacon  Hill,  the  most  elevated 

site  in  Boston,  close  to  the  new  Court  House, 

new  State  House  and  Boston  Common,  it  is 

■convenient  alike  as  a  stopping-place  for  tour- 
ists and  commercial  men,  and  as  a  residence 

for  ladies  and  families.  The  air  of  quiet  com- 
fort, retirement  and  elegance  that  character- 
ize its  apartments  has  few  equals  elsewhere 

in  the  city.  In  its  situation  and  its  architec- 
ture the  desiderata  of  light  and  ventilation, 

have    been    wonderfully    well    secured.    Its 

interior   appointments  are  in  keeping  with 

the  demands  and  refinements  of  the  times, 

the  sanitary  arrangements  are  perfect,  and 

every  modern  improvement  is  utilized  for  the 

safety,  comfort  and  convenience  of  guests. 

The  culinary  department  is  unexcelled,  and 

■everything  of  the  best  is  to  be  found  in  the 

menu.    The   management    secures    its   table 

supplies  from    the  most  reputable    sources, 

and  knows  exactly  how  to  please  the  most 

varied  and  fastidious  tastes,  while  prices  are 

placed    at    a   very    moderate    figure.     The 

patronage  is  thoroughly  high-class,  and    is 

rapidly    increasing    in    numbers    with    each 

succeeding    year,    owing    to    the     superior 

accommodations  afforded  and  the  substantial 

inducements  held  out  to  the  traveling  public. 

Mr.  Keleher   is  a  native    of    Maine,  in   the 

prime  of  life,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1868, 

and  known  and  honored  by  a  wide  circle  of 

friends  and  patrons  as  a  talented  host  and  a 

sound,  experienced  and  responsible  business 

man,  whose  hotel  is  a  credit  to  the  commu- 
nity. 


LINCOLN  COLLINS,  Fancy  Brass,  Bronze.  Iron  and  Wire  Work.  No.  129  Portland  Street.-Though  but  a  comparatively 
short  time  established,  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch  has  built  up  a  flourishing  business.  The  secret  of  his 
prosperity  is  not  far  to  seek,  however.  Turning  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  fancy  brass,  bronze,  iron  and  wire  work, 
prompt  and  reliable  in  executing  orders,  and  withal  most  reasonable  in  his  prices,  Mr.  Collins  has  been  enabled  to  achieve 
'  the  success  that  has  attended  his  well-directed  efforts.  He  manufactures  everything  in  the  line  above  indicated,  making  a 
specialty  of  bank  and  office  railing  and  also  of  iron  cars  for  passenger  and  freight  elevators,  and  his  productions  command 
extensive  sale  throughout  the  entire  United  States.  The  quarters  occupied  as  office  and  shop  at  No.  129  Portland  Street,  comprise  a  50  x  100 
foot  (third)  floor,  with  ample  and  complete  facilities,  including  steam  power,  improved  machinery,  etc.,  and  some  twenty  five  skilled  hands 
are  regularly  employed  here  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  proprietor.  Mr.  J.  Lincoln  Collins  is  a  native  of  this  city,  well  and 
favorably  known,  and  is  a  member  of  the  F.  and  A.  M.  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Red  Men  and  other  societies.  He  is  an  expert  mechanic, 
a  man  of  exceptional  skill  in  his  line,  as  well  as  of  push  and  energy.  The  productions  include  brass  rails,  fire  escapes,  sand  screens,  elevator 
enclosures,  wire  netting  and  kindred  articles,  a  specialty  being  made  of  the  manufacture  of  iron  cars  for  passenger  and  freight  elevators,  and 
a  large  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  all  orders,  wholesale  or  retail,  receiving  immediate  attention.  Mr.  Collins  is  prepared  to  furnish 
estimates  on  anything  in  his  line,  and  quotes  the  very  lowest  consistent  figures,  while  he  guarantees  perfect  satisfaction.  Brass,  bronze,  iron 
and  wire  work  generally  are  executed  to  order  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  also  electro-plated,  nickel  and  fancy  black- 
smith work,  and  jobbing  receives  prompt  attention  likewise. 


176  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

[TiTAS  HOWE  COMPANY,  Violins,  No.  88  Court  Street.— The  Cremona  violins  have  passed  into  history  as  the  most  remark- 
able instruments  of  their  kind,  in  existence.  Here  in  America,  where  there  has  arisen  a  cultured  and  wealthy  circle  of 
collectors,  these  famous  old  Italian  violins  are  eagerly  bought  up,  and  the  leading  representative  in  this  branch  of  the 
music  trade  is  the  Elias  Howe  Company,  of  this  city,  who  are  eminent  in  the  musical  world  as  owning  the  largest  collec- 
tion of  fine  violins  in  the  world,  and  are  extensive  retail  dealers  in  stringed  instruments  of  all  kinds,  and  publishers  of 
sheet  music  and  music  booliis,  while  making  a  leading  specialty  of  violins  and  violin  music.  This  business  was  founded 
in  1840  by  Mr.  Elias  Howe,  on  Cornhill,  and  in  1866,  he  removed  to  his  present  premises.  In  1891  his  two  sons,  Messrs.  William  H,  and 
Edward  F.  Howe,  succeeded  to  the  business  under  the  present  name  and  style.  Tliis  company  are  leading  importers  of  French,  German 
and  Italian  violins,  and  our  virtuosi  here  find  the  violins,  bows  and  fine  Roman  strings  best  adapted  to  insure  the  highest  style  of  execu- 
tion. Many  dealers  in  musical  instruments  are  unhappily  possessed  of  but  httle  practical  knowledge  of  the  instruments  they  deal  in; 
their  ignorance  renders  it  dangerous  for  anyone  but  the  skilled  professional  to  select  from  their  stock.  The  head  of  this  house,  on  the  con- 
trary, was  an  expert  authority  upon  the  workmanship,  dates  and  comparative  merits  of  both  old  and  new  violins,  and  brought  to  bear 
upon  the  business  an  experience  covering  a  period  of  over  fiifty  years.  He  is  known  far  and  wide  as  the  most  successful  collector  of  old 
violins,  and  our  leading  performers  invariably  look  to  him  for  their  instruments.  He  has  trained  his  sons  in  the  business  from  their  youth 
up,  and  the  EHas  Howe  Company  can  be  relied  upon  in  every  emergency  requiring  musical  taste,  talent  and  sound  judgment.  They  have 
over  sixteen  hundred  genuine  old  violins  in  stock,  at  prices  ranging  from  $15  to  S5,000;  also,  over  five  hundred  kinds  of  new  violins,  of  both 
French,  German,  Italian  and  American  makes,  at  prices  from  $1  to  $200.  They  also  carry  many  specialties  peculiar  to  their  house,  includ- 
ing Howe's  No.  19  violin  E  strings,  the  strongest  in  the  world ;  the  Elias  Howe  banjos,  extra  choice  artists'  necks  and  bridges,  the  Diamond 
violin  case,  tools  for  violin  making,  Howe's  edition  of  violin  methods  and  studies,  Howe's  original  violin  school,  Howe's  duets  for  violin 
and  piano,  celebrated  violin  duets,  Howe's  piano  gems,  Howe's  contra  cornet  album,  Howe's  National  Band  books,  Howe's  Western  Brass- 
Band  Journal,  Howe's  National  Fife  and  Drum  Corps,  and  many  other  publications.  The  business  of  the  company  is  distributed  through- 
out the  entire  United  States,  and  is  annually  increasing  in  volume  and  importance. 

15  OSTON  STEAM  GAGE  CO.,  No.  28  Beach  Street.— This  company  are  nationally  famous  as  sole  manufacturers  of  the  Boston 
Steam  Gage,  non-setting,  non-freezing  and  no  vibration;  the  Bourdon  Steam  Gage,  high  and  low  pressure;  also,  water 
gages,  gage  cocks,  whistles,  revolution  counters,  Seth  Thomas  and  Howard  clocks,  pyrometers,  hydrometers,  salinometers, 
spring  balances,  mercurial  syphon  gages,  low-water  and  alarm  gages,  and  all  kinds  of  steamship  instruments.  The  com- 
pany was  incorporated  in  1891,  and  is  offtcered  as  follows,  viz. :  Charles  Wentworth,  president;  H.  L.  Willard,  treasurer;  W. 
L.  Whitney,  secretary;  Mr.  M.  McNeil,  superintendent.  Special  attention  is  called  to  their  new  and  improved  pressure  gage 
for  steam  or  water.  It  is  undoubtedly  the  most  reliable  gage  ever  placed  on  the  market  for  any  use  for  whicli  absolutely  correct  non-freez- 
ing and  guaranteed  non-setting  pressure  indicators  (high  or  low)  are  required.  This  latter  pre-eminent  quality,  coupled  with  simplicity  of 
construction,  cannot  fail  of  meriting  the  approbation  of  critical  and  discerning  buyers.  While  this  gage  is  especially  adapted  for  high  pres- 
sure, it  is  as  sensitive  as  the  Bourdon  Gage,  and  there  is  no  vibration  of  the  pointer.  With  the  Boston  Patent  Gage,  you  can  always  tell  how 
mpuy  pounds  of  steam,  you  have ;  as  there  is  a  hardened  steel  spring  made  hke,  and  of  the  same  material  as  the  steam  engine  indicator-spring 
and  attached  to  the  top  of  the  case  and  also  to  the  brass  tube,  so  that  it  is  impossible  for  it  to  get  set,  and  your  gage  is  always  correct. 
There  is  no  excuse  for  an  accident  from  carrying  a  larger  amount  of  steam  than  your  steam  gage  indicates.  This  company  warrant  every 
gage  leaving  their  factory,  and  in  every  particular  endeavor  to  maintain  their  productions  up  to  that  high  standard  of  excellence  which 
they  have  set  for  their  guidance.  They  are  shipping  their  specialties  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  are  fast  coming  to  be  recognized 
as  the  best  and  most  reliable  in  the  market.  In  this  historical  review,  few  industries  in  the  city  are  more  entitled  to  honorable  and  promi- 
nent mention.  The  officers  are  all  Blassachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  and  exj^erts  in  their  calling.  Mr.  Williard,  the  treasurer,  was 
formerly  with  the  Crosby  and  American  Steam  Gage  Companies,  and  all  are  gentlemen  of  experience  and  ability,  who  are  to  be  congratu 
lated  on  the  prompt  recognition  which  their  products  have  received  in  the  industrial  world. 

j|ONTINENTAL  NATIONAL  BANK,  No.  51  Summer  Street.— Boston  has  long  been  the  center  of  vast.financial  transactions,, 
which  have  been  for  years  growing  apace  in  volume,  and  boasts  a  number  of  notably  solid  and  substantial  monied  corpora- 
tions. Among  the  institutions  thus  indicated  there  are  none  more  worthy  of  special  mention  in  this  review  than  the  stanch 
and  reliable  Continental  National  Bank,  No.  51  Summer  Street,  and  which  since  the  inception  of  the  enterprise  over  thirty- 
one  years  ago,  has  enjoyed  a  signally  successful  career.  Organized  in  1860  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with 
a  capital  of  $500,000,  it  was  re-organized  in  1864  under  the  national  banking  law  and  the  capital  stock  increased  to  $1,000,000, 
and  in  1884  its  charter  was  extended.  The  history  of  the  "Continental"  from  the  start  has  been  an  unbroken  record  of  progress,  pulling 
through  the  various  periods  of  business  depression  and  stringency  in  the  money  market  with  credit  and  influence  unimpaired  and  integrity 
unshaken;  and  all  the  indications  are  that  its  usefulness  is  certain  to  increase,  as  its  popularity  and  prosperity  are  bound  to  endure.  The 
bank  has  always  been  conducted  on  sound  and  conservative  business  principles,  and  its  management  characterized  by  sagacity,  energy 
and  ability,  coupled  with  liberal  and  equitable  methods;  and  of  its  stabihty  and  flourishing  condition,  assuredly  there  could  be  adduced 
no  more  unfailing  criterion  than  the  following  splendid  exhibit  as  per  statement  at  the  close  of  business,  February,  1891,  and  which  places- 
the  institution  and  its  officers  and  directors  far  beyond  the  requirement  of  any  meed  of  praise  these  pages  could  bestow:  Resources 
loans  and  discounts,  $2,260,753.21 ;  U.  S.  Bonds  to  secure  circulation,  $50,000;  due  from  approved  reserve  agents,  $244,939.45;  due  from  other 
National  Banks,  $64,180,57;  real  estate,  furniture  and  fixtures,  $331,965.20;  current  expenses  and  taxes  paid,  $8,616.22;  checks  and  other  cash 
items,  $3,323.50;  exchanges  for  clearing-house,  $49,306.97;  bills  of  other  banks,  $17,077;  fractional  currency,  including  nickels,  $1,194.03; 
specie,  including  gold  treasury  notes,  $165,300;  legal  tender  notes,  $12,400;  United  States  certificates  of  deposit  for  legal  tender,  $20,000; 
redemption  fund  with  United  States  treasurer,  five  per  cent  of  circulation,  $2,250;  total,  $3,120,306.14;  liabilities,  capital  stock  paid  in, 
$1,000,000;  surplus  fund,  $200,000;  other  undivided  profits,  $155,335.46;  National  Bank  notes  outstanding,  $43,650;  dividends  unpaid,  $930.50; 
individual  deposits  subject  to  check,  $1,306,079.65;  demand  certificates  of  deposit,  $59,303.34;  certified  checks,  $1,447.45;  cashier's  checks 
outstanding,  $523.60;  due  to  other  National  Banks,  $134,129.03;  due  to  State  banks  and  bankers,  $329,017.33;  total,  $3,120,306.14.  The  present 
site  of  the  bank  was  purchased  in  1873,  the  building  was  erected  in  1875,  and  was  remodeled  in  1888.  The  offices  occupied  are  spacious, 
handsomely  fitted  up  and  perfectly  equipped,  every  convenience  being  provided  for  customers,  and  an  efficient  clerical  staff  is  employed. 
A  general  banking  business  is  transacted,  including  loans,  discounts  and  deposits,  and  collections  are  made  on  all  points  in  the  most 
expeditious  manner,  at  lowest  rates,  the  New  York  correspondents  being  the  Merchants  Exchange,  the  Third  National  and  the  National 
Bank  of  Deposit,  while  the  First  National  of  Chicago  acts  in  a  like  capacity  in  that  city.  Approved  commercial  paper  of  every  descrip- 
tion is  negotiated.  In  short,  aU  classes  of  business  comprehended  in  legitimate  operations  in  this  hne  are  engaged  in;  and  merchants, 
manufacturers,  bankers,  traders  and  individuals  are  afforded  the  most  liberal  accommodations  consistent  with  conservative  banking. 
The  officers  of  the  Continental  National  Bank  are  William  T.  Hart,  president;  P.Pierce,  vice-president;  and  Charles  F.Smith,  cashier; 
the  directory  being  composed  of  Messrs.  Fred.  W.  Lincoln,  J.  H.  Lee,  D.  R.  Emerson,  William  T.  Hart,  William  B.  Rice,  H.  P.  Stanwood,. 
P.  Pierce  and  Charles  F.  Smith. 


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a'ESSRS.  GEORGE  ANGUS  &  CO. ,  (Limited)  Leather,  Liverpool  and  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  Richard  Auders,  Agent,  with  Offices  at  No. 
95  Gold  Sti-eet,  New  York,  and  at  No.  143  Federal  Street,  Boston.— This  is  an  eminent  and  responsible  house,  and  for  upwards 
of  twenty  years  has  had  transactions  of  large  aggregate  value  with  the  producers  of  leather  in  this  country.  Messrs.  Angus 
&  Co.,  have  been  established  for  more  than  a  century,  and  are  well  and  favorably  known  in  every  leather  center  of  the  world, 
and  it  is  largely  through  their  instrumentality  that  American  leathers  of  eveiy  description  have  been  introduced  to  both 
English  and  Continental  consumers.  Some  ten  years  ago  it  was  deemed  desirable  to  establish  an  agency  in  the  United  States 
to  facilitate  further  development  of  their  already  rapidly  increasing  American  business,  and  New  York  was  settled  upon.  In  July,  1890,  the 
Boston  office  was  opened,  giving  larger  scope  to  the  already  well-systematized  business,  while  it  gave  the  producers  of  leather  in  Boston  and 
vicinity  better  opportunity  to  transact  their  dealings  with  the  house.  Already  the  response  to  this  is  of  a  Uvely  and  thoroughly  vitalized  char- 
acter, and  it  may  be  confidently  anticipated  that  the  active  and  energetic  labors  of  Mr.  Anders  on  behalf  of  this  pioneer  English  firm,  and  its 
numerous  patrons  will  materially  increase  the  exports  of  leather  annually  from  Boston  to  England.  He  has  had  a  wide  experience  in  this 
line,  and  is  a  keen  judge  of  the  goods  he  handles,  and  at  the  same  time  has  won  distinction  for  his  uniform  integrity  and  consideration  of 
others  in  all  his  dealings.  Mr.  Anders  is  a  German  by  birth,  but  has  long  resided  in  this  country,  and  is  thoroughly  in  touch  with  Americans 
and  American  ways. 


i.YNARD  &  CHILD,  Commission  Merchants  and  Steamship  Agents,  No.  104  State  Street. — Among  the  representative  firms  contrib- 
uting to  the  activity  in  the  maritime  commerce  of  Boston  is  that  of  Maynard  &  Child  (successors  to  Alpheus  H.  Hardy  &  Co.) 
No.  104  State  Street.  They  are  commission  merchants  and  steamship  agents.  The  house  is  one  of  the  very  oldest  and  foremost 
in  the  line  indicated  in  this  city,  and  for  sixty  odd  years  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the  foreign  fruit  trade  and  in  ship- 
ping circles.  Messrs.  Maynard  &  Child  handle  Mediterranean  products,  and  receive  large  consignments  of  oranges,  lemons, 
^**SJ  grapes  and  other  green  fruits  from  Spain  and  Sicily.  They  are  also  extensive  shippers  of  apples  to  England,  Scotland 
and  Germany  while  they  likewise  receive  consignments  of  potatoes  from  England  and  Scotland.  The  firm  are  agents  for  the  British 
and  African  Steam  Navigation  Co.,  and  issue  through  bills  of  lading  (via.  Liverpool)  for  freight  destined  to  points  on  the  west  coast  of  Africa. 
They  are  also  agents  for  J.  C.  Houghton  &  Co.  of  London  and  Liverpool.  Messrs.  Maynard  &  Child  represent  besides  a  number  of  leading 
houses  at  Mediterranean  ports.  Foreign  fruits  and  produce  are  bought  and  sold,  on  order,  also,  and  all  interests  placed  with  this  time-tried 
and  reliable  house  are  certa,in  to  be  handled  in  the  most  judicious  and  trustworthy  manner,  while  all  orders  are  promptly  and  reliably 
executed.  The  house  was  founded  early  in  the  30's  by  Hardy  &  Baker,  and  later  passed  into  the  sole  control  of  Alpheus  Hardy,  who  was 
succeeded  in  1874  by  his  son  Alpheus  H.  Hardy,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Alpheus  H.  Hardy  &  Co.  the  business  was  conducted  up  to 
about  two  years  since,  when  they  were  in  turn  succeeded  by  Maynard  &  Child.  Mr.  Herbert  Maynard  was  formerly  engaged  in  business 
alone  as  a  commission  merchant  for  nine  years,  and  Mr.  John  H.  Child,  his  partner,  was  with  Alpheus  H.  Hardy  &  Co.  for  ten  years. 
They  are  active  members  of  the-Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange.  , 


WENTWORTH  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Piano-Fortes,  No.  41  Bristol  Street.— Ranking  prominently  in  the  vanguard  of  the 
,  representative  piano-forte  makers  of  this  city  is  the  name  of  the  house  of  Messrs.  V.  Wentworth  &  Co.,  of  No.  41  Bristol 

J \'  Street.  The  business  was  founded  during  the  year  1889,  by  the  members  of  the  firm  as  at  present  existing  at  the  Bristol 
W  ^)  Street  address.  Messrs.  Wentworth  &,  Co.  are  manufacturers  of  first-class  piano-fortes,  the  specialty  being  upright  instru- 
ments. An  important  department  of  the  busmess  consists  of  finishing  pianos  to  order,  in  fancy  woods,  and  the  tuning 
repairing  and  renting  thereof.  The  house  holds  a  most  enviable  reputation  for  the  excellent  tone  and  finish  of  its  pianos 
and  its  connection  extends  throughout  the  entire  section  of  New  England.  Messrs.  Wentworth  &  Co.  handle  pianos  both  at  wholesale  and 
retail,  the  house  engaging  its  energies  with  instruments  of  miscellaneous  makes.  The  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  Wentworth  &  Co.  con- 
sist of  a  shop  covering  an  area  of  1,200  square  feet,  the  same  being  ably  and  systematically  managed  and  equipped  with  every  necessary 
appointment,  including  an  adequate  volume  of  steam-power,  a  staff  of  six  assistants  being  maintained.  The  partners  in  the  concern  are 
Mr.  V.  Wentworth  and  Mr.  L.  G.  Ripley,  both  able  and  courteous  business  men,  meriting  the  greatest  of  esteem.  Mr.  Wentworth  is  a  native 
of  Maine,  his  residence  in  Boston  covering  a  period  of  thirty  years.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  middle-age  and  a  skilled  adept  at  his  calling.  Mr. 
Ripley  is  a  young  man  and  a  native  of  Brockton,  Mass.  He  is  a  practical  expert  at  the  tuning  of  pianos  and  a  member  of  the  Weber  Male 
Quartet,  and  of  the  F.  &  A.  M. 


jUTTLE  &  BAILEY  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  No.  64  Union  Street.— The  name  of  Tuttle  &  Bailey  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  No.  SJi 
Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  No,  64  Union  Street,  Boston,  and  Brooklyn,  L.  I,,  bears  honored  associations,  being  one  of 
the  representative  houses  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  The  date  of  the  foundation  of  the  business  is  1845,  in  which  year 
Messrs.  Tuttle  and  Bailey  allied  themselves  together.  The  date  of  the  incorporation  of  the  business  as  a  stock  company 
was  in  1865,  the  same  being  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  the  capital  stock  of  the  company  being  fixed  at  $200,000. 
The  company  manufacture  warm  air  registers,  ventilators,  screens,  borders,  etc.,  the  variety  of  designs  handled  by  the 
house  being  akin  to  the  infinite.  The  company  make  a  specialty  of  register  faces  to  harmonize  with  the  suiToundings.  Their  patterns 
ranging  from  the  severe  "  plain  lattice,"  through  the  various  orders  of  Indian,  Japanese,  Moresque,  Florentine,  and  Flamboyant  ornamenta- 
tion to  the  ornate  Renaissance  designs.  They  manufacture  register  faces  to  which  the  well-known  vertical  wheel  movement  is 
attached.  This  movement,  being  based  upon  correct  principles,  and  constantly  undergoing  process  of  improvement,  and,  having  employed 
in  its  construction  the  greatest  care,  particularly  in  reference  to  the  castings,  is  one  of  the  most  convenient  and  satisfactory  appliances  in 
existence.  The  company  make  to  order  from  designs,  and  to  special  measurements,  a  great  variety  of  articles  used  in  connection  with,  their 
goods,  at  prices  which  the  company's  excellent  facilities  enable  them  to  quote  very  low.  TheNew  York  premises  consist  of  a  six-story  building, 
each  floor  of  which  covers  an  area  of  3,600  square  feet,  and  where  is  employed  an  efficient  corps  of  twenty-five  assistants.  The  Boston  branch 
of  the  company  has  been  established  ten  years.  It  comprises  five  floors  25  x  60,  and  exhibits  in  its  able  management,  a  veritable  pattern  of  sys- 
tematic harmony.  The  foundry  at  Brooklyn  is  of  an  extensive  capacity,  giving  employment  to  over  three  hundred  workmen.  The  volume 
of  work  handled  thereat  is  extremely  heavy,  exceeding  ten  tons  of  casting  per  diem,  the  house  manufacturing  all  their  own  goods.  The  con- 
nection of  the  company  extends  throughout  the  entire  Union,  and  an  extensive  export  trade  forms  an  important  business  of  the  house. 
The  president  of  the  company  is  Mr.  Jas.  T.  Bailey,  a  gentleman  of  rare  administrative  capacity  and  business  ability,  Mr.  P.  S.  Tuttle,  a 
resident  of  New  York,  efficiently  discharges  the  duties  incidental  to  the  vice-presidency,  an  office  he  has  held  for  five  years,  he  having  for- 
merly acted  as  treasurer  of  the  company,  The  offices  of  secretary  and  treasurer,  are  respectively  filled  with  an  efficiency  their  own,  by  Mr. 
G.  W.  Tuttle  and  Mr.  W.  Ogden,  both  natives  of  New  York,  and  highly  respected  gentlemen.  The  management  of  the  Boston  house  is  in 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Fred  T.  Hawley.  This  gentleman  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  has  been  seven  years  with  the  company.  He  has 
been  actively  connected  with  military  affairs,  having  served  in  the  Twentieth  Wisconsin  Regiment,  and  as  first-lieutenant  in  the  Sixty- 
Fourth  United  States  Colored  Infantry.    He  is  a  member  of  G.  A.  R.,  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  S.  of  V.,  and  a  number  of  other  organizations. 


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A.  WHIDDEN,  Merchandise  Broker,  Molasses  and  Syrups,  No.  50  Central  Street.— This  is  an  age  in  which  business  of  ten  turns 
to  specialties  exclusively;  the  hundreds  upon  hundreds  of  brokers  upon  the  market  are  the  result,  and  nearly  every  article 
conaeivable  in  the  mercantile  activities  is  represented  by  brokei'S.  We  have  no  doubts  as  to  this  being  an  excellent  turn 
of  affairs,  for  when  a  man  consecrates  his  entire  time,  energy  and  resources  upon  one  kind  of  goods,  he  is  more  Jikely  to 
*  become  thoroughly  expert  at  it  than  the  man  who  handles  that  line  and  a  hundred  others.  Speaking  more  especially  in 
these  articles  of  molasses  and  syrups,  we  wish  to  bring  forth  the  name  of  Mr.  A.  A.  "Whidden,  the  molasses  and  syrup  broker 
of  No.  50  Central  Street,  this  city.  This  gentleman  carries  on  a  representative  business  of  its  kind,  and  gave  it  inception  in  1874.  Mr.  Whid- 
den  sells  to  jobbers  and  covers  the  entire  territory  of  the  New  England  States.  He  is  a  native  of  Blaine,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of  this 
city.  Previous  to  engaging  in  the  brokerage  business,  Mr.  Whidden  was  with  Towndsend  &  Co.,  also  brokers  in  molasses  and  syrups,  twelve 
years.  With  such  an  experience,  the  public  are  assured  faithful  service  at  the  hands  of  the  gentleman  in  question.  We  know  of  no  better 
house  in  this  line  to-day  and  recommend  him  highly  to  the  wholesale  trade.  Mr.  Whidden  is  in  direct  relation  with  importei^  and  is  able  to 
offer  unsurpassed  inducements.  His  prices  are  invariably  the  lowest  which  can  be  quoted  on  articles  of  relative  value.  All  grades  of  niolas, 
ses  and  syrups  are  handled  by  this  house. 


SW  ENGLAND  ROLCER-GRATE  COMPANY,  No.  65  Federal  Street.— Prominent  among  the  manufacturers  of  important 
specialties  in  Boston  stands  the  New  England  Roller-Grate  Company,  whose  main  office  is  located  at  No.  65  Federal  Street, 
corner  of  Franklin.  This  company  are  manufacturers  of  the  celebrated  Patent  Roller  Grate  for  steam  boilers  which  is  a 
practical  shaking  grate,  adapted  to  any  furnace  and  all  kinds  of  fuel.  The  company  was  mcoipoiated  m  1889  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  with  a  capital  of  $30,000,  and  with  J.  E.  Johnson   piesident    H  S   Williams  tieasmer 


The  special  advantages  of  this  Patent  Roller-Grate 

t  IS 


lude  the  1 1  t-^  th  t  all  tlu 


and  general  man 
at  once  on  roller-bearings;  the 
positive  and  easy,  and  will  not  clog;  the  laig 
est  percentage  of  air  space  is  furnished;  the 
air  spaces  do  not  vary  in  size  when  in  motion 
placed  under  any  boiler  as  quickly  as  com- 
mon bars;  without  bolts,  screws,  keys  or  fit- 
tings of  any  kind;  all  the  grate  bars  are 
reversible,  and  interchangeable;  no  openuig 
of  furnace  doors  to  "  slice  "  fires;  can  use  fine 
or  coarse  fuel  without  wasting  any;  prevents 
injury  to  a  boiler  and  increases  its  safety, 
together  with  simplicity,  durability  and  econ 
only.  Among  the  large  number  in  use  in  this 
city  may  be  named  those  at  the  State  House, 
State  Armory,  Boston  Daily  Globe,  Boylston 
Building,  F.  L.  Ames'  Building,  Wells'  Me 
morial  Building,  Hotel  Huntington,  Hotel 
Chester,  Journal  of  Commerce,  Hotel  Austm, 
Hoffman  House,  Angelo  Building,  Chickermg 
&  Sons,  Consolidated  Electric  Mfg.  Co , 
Whittier  Machine  Company,  Carleton  Estate, 
American  Unitarian  Building,  and  Achmuty 
Building;  while  hundreds  are  in  use  throughout  all  parts  of  New  England.  The  trade  and  consumers  are  both  supplied  promptly;  any  size 
is  made  to  order,  and  estimates  are  furnished  on  application.  Mr.  Williams,  the  general  manager  of  the  company,  is  the  inventor  of  the 
Patent  Roller-Grate,  and  has  a  genius  for  invention  which  he  has  demonstrated  in  numerous  devices  which  he  has  patented.  He  is  a 
native  of  Connecticut,  a  resident  of  this  city,  and  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  success  attending  the  inauguration  of  the  enterprise. 


|OWA  LOAN.  &  TRUST  COMPANY,  Freeman  A.  Smith,  Agent,  No.  31  Milk  Street,  Boston.— The  most  important  consideration 
to  those  who  have  funds  to  invest  is  safety,  Assured  of  this,  rate  of  interest  divides  their  attention  with  permanency.  It 
has  long  been  admitted  that  mortgages  upon  real  estate  are  preferable  to  any  other  investment  of  even  rate  and  time  to  run. 
This  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  while  railroad  bonds  may  be  intercepted  and  depreciated  by  poor  or  dishonest  manage- 
ment, land  values  are  not  subject  to  such  misfortunes,  and  vary  less  than  any  other  subject  of  commerce.  A  careful  investiga- 
tion discloses  the  fact  that  the  farm  lands  of  the  United  States  have  a  uniform  value  that  has  varied  so  little  for  a  long  period 
of  time  as  to  justify  the  conclusion  that  that  value  is  intrinsic.  For  many  years  efforts  have  been  made  to  systematize  this  branch  of  finance, 
and  past  experience  now  furnishes  all  the  data  necessary  to  establish  a  system  as  perfect  in  detail  and  sound  in  principle  as  that  underlying  life 
insurance.  The  Iowa  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  well-known  as  the  pioneer  company  west  of  the  Mississippi,  and  prob- 
ably the  strongest  company  in  the  West,  with  a  reputation  for  promptness  and  conservative  management  unexcelled  in  the  United  States, 
has,  since  its  incorporation  in  1872,  verified  its  conclusions  to  such  an  extent  as  to  assure  the  public  that  since  its  founders  began  doing  busi- 
ness not  one  of  its  patrons  has  ever  waited  a  single  day  for  his  interest  or  principal  beyond  maturity;  orbeen  compelled  to  purchase  a  foot  of 
land.  This  company  has  made  it  a  rule  to  personally  examine  every  security  upon  which  it  loans  any  of  its  funds,  while  a  peifect  title 
is  always  the  primal  requirement.  The  company  has  now  passed  the  twentieth  year  of  its.  existence,  the  first  meeting  of  the  board  of 
directors  having  been  held  Feb.  16,  1872.  During  this  time  over  $16,000,000  have  been  loaned  on  real  estate  security,  about  $4,000,000  of  which 
are  now  outstanding  and  running  ten  years,  but  redeemable  after  five  years  at  the  option  of  the  company.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that 
these  debentures  are  as  nearly  a  perfect  security  as  the  world  affords,  each  series  of  $100,000  being  the  direct  obligation  of  a  company, 
with  a  full  cash  capital  of  $500,000,  and  a  surplus  of  $225,000,  and  also  being  secured  by  $105,000  of  first  mortgages  on  property 
worth  at  least  two  and  a  half  times  the  sum  secured  thereon,  duly  and  legally  transferred  to  responsible  trustees  for  the  protec- 
tion of  the  liolders  of  the  bonds.  The  earnest  invitations  of  the  managers  of  this  company  to  all  investors  to  carefully  investigate  their  secu- 
rities, principles  and  methods  of  business,  betokens  a  conscious  strength  that  deserves  the  confidence  of  the  investing  public,  while  tlie  con- 
servative manasrement  and  great  financial  strength  of  the  corporation  has  led  to  its  recognition  as  one  of  the  best  investment  mediums  in 
New  England.  The  agent  in  Boston,  Mr.  Freeman  A.  Smith,  No.  31  Milk  Street,  is  a  well-known  citizen  of  Maiden,  treasurer  of  the  Newton 
Theological  Institution  and  ex-treasurer  of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union,  and  a  sound,  responsible  business  man.  If  absolute 
safety,  permanency  and  convenience,  count  for  anything  in  an  investment,  these  debentures  more  nearly  meet  the  general  want  of  the  invest- 
ing public  than  any  other  security  now  in  the  market,  and  they  are  receiving  the  patronage  of  many  of  our  most  substantial  citizens  and 
public  institutions. 


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ILLIAM  DEEEING  &  CO.,  Grass  Cutting  and  Harvesting  Machinery,  Chicago,  111.,  H.  G.  Dickey,  Boston  Agent,  No.  80 
S.  Market  Street.— .4  careful  review  o£  the  industrial  agencies  in  operation  in  this  city  develops  the  existence  of  a  class  of 
houses  prepared  to  compete  in  the  several  lines  they  represent  with  the  rival  establishments  of  any  country  in  the  world. 
Their  ample  resources,  high  commercial  standing  and  remarkable  enterprise,  are  matters  of  which  our  citizens  have  every 
reason  to  be  proud.  Prominent  among  the  representative  and  progressive  houses  represented  here,  stands  that  of  William 
Deering  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  grass  cutting  and  harvesting  machinery,  of  Chicago,  111.  This  house  is  represented  in  Boston 
by  Mr.  H.  G.  Dickey,  as  Boston  agent,  with  headquarters  at  No.  80  S.  Market  Street,  where  all  the  machines  in  their  sample  room  are  run 
by  power  for  exhibition  to  customers.  This  agency  was  opened  in  1887,  previous  to  which  time  no  sales  had  been  made  by  William  Deering 
&  Co.,  in  New  England.  During  1887,  six  hundred  and  eighty-two  machines  were  sold  in  this  territory,  followed  in  1888  by  over  three  thou- 
sand five  hundred  sales.  There  are  now  over  eight  thousand  Deering  machines  in  use  in  New  England,  and  the  demand  is  annually  increasing. 
It  has  always  been  the  ambition  of  William  Deering  &  Co.  to  present  to  its  customers  only  such  harvesting  and  grass-cutting  machinery  as 
commends  itself,  not  alone  by  originality  of  design,  but  also  by  superiority  of  workmanship,  reliability  of  materials,  fine  finish  and  the 
general  utihty  and  efficiency  of  its  operation.  It  can  be  truthfully  said,  without  unjust  disparagement  to  others,  that  the  Deering  harvesters, 
binders,  mowers  and  reapers  are  the  most  practical,  durable  and  ingenious  pieces  of  mechanism  for  their  purposes  on  the  face  of  the  earth. 
The  day  has  gone  by  when  farmers  will  be  satisfied  with  anything  short  of  the  very  best.  The  latest  improvements,  the  best  workmanship 
and  finest  materials  are  essential  to  a  first-class  machine,  and  these  attributes  are  always  found  united  in  those  of  William  Deering  &  Co. 
The  brand  of  this  firm  on  harvesting  machinery  has  become  a  passport  for  quality  and  efficiency  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  sale  of  these 
specialties  is  so  extensive  in  both  hemispheres  that  there  is  not  a  day  in  the  entire  year  when  these  machines  are  not  at  work  in  some  harvest 
field  or  meadow.  The  harvesters  of  William  Deering  &  Co.  have  proved  themselves  not  only  the  lightest,  but  also  the  strongest  specialties 
of  their  kind  yet  invented,  and  have  acquitted  themselves  triumphantly  in  every  competition  and  position,  even  where  other  machines  were 
compelled  to  acknowledge  defeat  and  disaster.  Mr.  Dickey,  the  Boston  agent,  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  was  for  nine  years  with  Whiteley, 
Fassler  &  Kelly,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  accepting  his  present  position  in  1890.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  machines  and  parts  in  stock,  and  is 
prepared  to  offer  the  most  substantial  inducements  to  agriculturists  and  dealers  as  regax'ds  both  quality  and  prices,  while  guaranteeing  the 
prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfillment  of  all  orders. 

[SAAC  FENNO  &Co.,  Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing,  No.  38SummerStreet.— One  of  those  great  representative  estabUshments  which 
give  such  tone  and  character  to  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  of  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  Isaac Fenno  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  28 
Summer  Street.  Their  facilities  and  connections  are  unrivaled,  while  the  improved  methods  of  the  house  have  served  to 
completely  revolutionize  the  manufacture  of  men's  and  boys'  clothing  and  placed  it  upon  the  soundest  basis  as  regards  skill, 
care,  materials  used  and  the  perfection  of  all  garments  made.  The  foundation  of  the  business  was  laid  in  1853  by  Mr.  Isaac 
Fenno,  who  was  born  in  Canton,  Mass.,  and  when  a  boy  began  his  business  life  on  a  salary  of  two  dollars  per  week.  Vast 
as  are  the  business  premises  of  to-day  and  enormous  as  is  the  volume  of  its  trade,  this  house  had  an  humble  and  unpretentious  origin,  and 
its  growth  to  an  honored  and  matured  magnitude,  second  to  few,  if  any,  competing  houses  in  New  England,  has  been  promoted  and  secured 
by  an  assiduous  application  of  business  tact  and  energy  of  a  high  order,  coupled  with  a' diligent  observance  of  those  principles  of  punctu- 
ality and  integrity,  in  the  absence  of  which  no  enterprise  can  be  placed  upon  a  lasting  foundation.  Through  all  the  inflations  and  depres- 
sions of  trade  incident  to  the  days  preceding  and  during  the  war,  Mr.  Fenno  continued  to  steadily  lengthen  and  strengthen  his  stakes, 
enlarge  his  commercial  relations,  extend  his  premises,  increase  his  facilities  and  expand  his  popularity  with  aU  classes  of  the  clothing 
trade.  In  1865  Mr,  Charles  M.  Blake,  a  native  of  Vermont,  was  admitted  to  partnership,  followed  by  the  admission  of  Messrs.  Adams  K 
Tolman  and  Henry  G.  Hartshorne  in  1868,  and  Mr.  Billings  Smith  in  1885,  foi'ming  the  firm  as  at  present  constituted.  The  present  premises 
have  been  occupied  since  1874;  they  comprise  four  floors,  50  x  160  feet  each,  splendidly  lighted  on  three  sides,  and  perfectly  equipped  with 
every  modern  facility  for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production,  including  the  famous  Fenno  cloth-cutting  machine,  the  invention  of  the 
honored  senior  partner,  which  does  the  work  of  twenty  cutters,  cutting  from  one  to  three  thousand  garments  per  day.  The  greatest 
care  is  exercised  in  the  selection  of  material,  while  the  latest  styles  are  always  embodied,  the  designing  and  cutting  being  done  by  recog- 
nized experts  and  the  utmost  care  being  used  to  secure  perfect  workmanship.  The  business  is  conducted  upon  correct  principles,  with  a 
guarantee  of  the  latest  mode  of  fashion,  choice  imported  fabrics  and  superior  workmanship.  In  point  of  artistic  cutting  and  reliable 
manufacture,  the  goods  offered  by  Messrs.  Fenno  &  Co.  cannot  be  excelled.  They  are  in  heavy  and  permanent  demand  by  the  leading 
retailers  of  Boston,  Providence,  Hartford,  New  Haven,  Worcester,  Springfield,  Lowell,  Buffalo,  Albany,  Troy,  Rochester,  Syracuse,  Fall 
Eiver,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Portland,  Manchester,  Concord,  Bridgeport,  Salem,  New  Bedford,  Holyoke,  Taunton,  Gloucester,  Haverhill,  Brock- 
ton, Newburyport,  Nashua,  Pittsfield,  Fitchburg,  Northampton,  Maiden,  Waltham,  Burlington,  Rutland,  Montpelier,  Brattleboro,  Augusta, 
Bangor,  Biddetord,  Portsmouth,  Dover,  Chicopee,  Attleboro,  Newport,  Pawtucket,  Woonsocket,  and  other  centers  in  New  England  and 
New  York;  while  jobbers  and  retailers  throughout  the  west  are  prominent  customers.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests 
of  the  house  upon  the  road  and  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  clerks,  cutters  and  salesmen  are  employed  in  the  building,  the  manufac- 
turing being  all  done  outside.  In  clean  and  healthy  workshops,  orders  are  filled  with  promptness  and  scrupulous  care,  and  terms  and 
prices  are  made  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  The  honored  founder  of  the  house  has  long  been  prominent  in  the  industrial,  commer- 
cial and  financial  circles  of  Boston  and  throughout  New  England;  is  president  of  the  Putnam  Woolen  Company,  of  Putnam,  Conn.,  and  of  the 
Calumet  Woolen  Company,  of  Uxbridge,  Mass. ,  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank,  and  also  interested  in  other  banking  institutions, 
and  is  an  element  of  strength  to  every  undertaking  with  which  he  may  be  identified.  The  copartners  are  all  well-known  Bostonians,  and 
combine  ripe  experience  and  vigorous  ability  to  form  a  firm  of  commanding  influence,  wide  popularity  and  solid  worth. 

L.  COBB,  Agent  for  Miners  of  Bituminous  Coal,  No.  85  Water  Street.— Mr.  M.  L.  Cobb,  of  No.  85  Water  Street,  controls  a 
most  valuable  wholesale  coal  business,  the  same  having  been  established  by  him  ten  years  ago.  Mr.  Cobb  is  the  exclusive 
agent  in  this  market  for  miners  of  bituminous  coal,  representing  the  following:  Bell,  Lewis  &  Yates  C.  M.  Co.'s,  Reynolds- 
ville,  Pa.,  all  rail ;  West  Virginia  C.  &  P.  Co.'s,  Elk  Garden  Big  Vein,  of  Georges  Creek  Cumberland  Coal ;  Cumberland  Coal  Cio.'s 
•  Big  Vein,  Cumberland,  and  Douglas  Steam  from  West  Virginia,  and  the  best  grades  of  Clearfield.  He  handles  both  foundry 
coke  and  soft  coal,  his  connection  being  made  up  of  the  better  class  of  consumers  and  dealers  of  the  vicinity,  his  operations 
however,  extending  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section.  Mr.  Cobb  handles  coal  by  the  car  and  cargo,  and  during  the  continuity  of  the 
year  1891,  his  sales  reached  over  four  hundi-ed  thousand  tons.  The  premises  occupied  by  Mr.  Cobb  are  excellently  located  in  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  thoroughfares  of  the  city.  They  comprise  an  excellently  and  elegantly  appointed  apartment  (Room  82),  the  same  being  equipped 
with  all  modern  conveniences,  including  telephone  connection,  and  a  staff  of  efficient  employees  is  maintained.  Mr.  Cobb  makes  cargo 
shipments  from  Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  New  York,  and  "  all  rail "  deliveries  by  all  routes.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  possessing 
a  comprehensive  miscellany  of  unusual  accomplishments.  He  is  a  native  of  Dighton,  Mass.,  his  residence  at  the  present  time  being  in  Mel. 
rose.  He  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  for  promptitude,  and  he  merits  without  the  faintest  shadow  of  question,  the  emphatic  confidence  of 
the  community  with  whom  are  his  relations.  It  would  thei'efore  be  a  manifest  injustice  in  pi-eparing  a  work  upon  Boston's  commercial 
prosperity  to  exclude  from  its  pages  the  name  of  Mr.  Cobb,  or  a  mention  of  the  prosperous  business  he  controls. 


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>ANDAIiL,  GOOD  ALE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Manilla  and  Sisal  Cordage  and  Cotton  Duck,  and  Dealers  in  Anchors,  Chains 
Oakum,  Bolt  Rope,  Etc.,  Nos.  95  and  97  Commercial  Street.— Among  the  extensive  Boston  houses  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
trade  in  cordage,  cotton  duck,  chains,  etc.,  none  can  point  to  a  more  creditable  record  than  that  attaching  to  the  establish- 
ment of  Messrs.  Randall,  Goodale  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  95  and  97  Commercial  Street.  The  business  of  tliis  widely  known 
concern  was  originally  founded  in  1833  by  Joseph  Nickerson  &  Co.,  and  was  conducted  under  that  title  up  to  1884,  when  the 
present  firm  was  organized  and  succeeded  to  the  control.  The  copartners  are  Messrs.  "William  H.  Randall,  George  L. 
Goodale,  Albert  Winslow  and  Albert  Partridge,  all  native  Bostonians,  and  thoroughly  experienced  in  all  the  departments  of  the  industry  in 
■which  they  have  achieved  such  substantial  success.  The  warehouse  occupied  is  a  substantial  stone  structure,  having  five  floors,  each  25  x  90 
feet  in  area,  affording  ample  accommodation  for  the  storage  of  an  immense  stock.  Messrs.  Randall,  Goodale  &  Co.  are  manufacturers  of 
manilla  and  sisal  cordage  and  cotton  duck,  selling  agents  for  New  England  for  Washburn  &  Moen's  wire  rope,  general  agents  tor  the  Atlantic 
Duck  Co.,  and  for  the  Druid  Elastic  Paint  and  Fabric  Roofing  Co,  They  carry  a  complete  stock  of  manilla  and  sisal  cordage,  cotton  duck, 
wire  rope,  anchors,  chains,  oakum,  bolt  rope,  and  similar  goods,  all  of  the  best  manufacture.  The  trade  is  strictly  wholciale,  extending  aU 
over  the  United  States;  large  shipments  are  also  made  to  all  foreign  countries  and  the  facilities  of  the  house  enable  it  to  meet  all  orders  upon 
the  most  favorable  terms. 


Statob  op  Washington— Public  Garden. 

■  EW  ENGLAND  SOAP  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Chip  Soaps  For  Mills  and  Laundries,  No.  1  Wool  Scour,  Diamond  Com- 
pound for  Scouring  Wool,  Emulsions  for  Softening  Cotton  and  Wool,  the  Mascot  Soap  for  Family  Use,  No.  348  Congress 
Street.-"  Cleanliness  is  next  to  godliness  "  says  tlie  inspired  writer.  Personal  purity  is  the  highest  evidence  of  advanced 
civilization.  Neatness  is  the  watchword  of  progress  and  soap  is  its  emblem.  Adulteration  and  debasement  of  quality  has 
of  late  years  reached  the  point  from  which  a  rebound  became  natural  and  necessary,  and  with  the  inauguration  of  reform 
those  manufacturers  who  had  steadily  refused  to  join  in  the  "  swim  "  and  produce  worthless  saponaceous  preparations  began 
to  reap  their  reward,  the  result  being  that  fine  goods  are  in  unprecedented  and  rapidly  increasing  demand,  and  the  conscientious  and  high- 
toned  manufacturers'  soap  is  more  popular  among  consumers  than  at  any  previous  time.  One  of  the  most  reliable  and  popular  among  the 
concerns  engaged  in  the  industry  in  Boston  is  that  of  the  New  England  Soap  Company,  of  No.  348  Congress  Street,  and  of  which  Mr.  Guy  T. 
Carleton  is  proprietor.  Mr.  Carleton  is  successor  to  the  firm  of  Curtis.  Hall  &  Co.,  and  has  developed  an  extensive  trade  all  throughout  New 
England,  because  of  the  superiority  of  his  products,  his  goods  being  sold  principally  to  laundries,  hotels  and  wool  scourers.  The  works  are 
equipped  with  the  most  improved  steam-power  machinery.  Employment  is  found  for  a  staff  oi  skilled  workmen  and  the  products  include 
chip  soaps  for  mills,  hotels  and  laundries,  No.  1  wool  scour,  diamond  scouring  soap,  curriers'  soaps,  and  emulsions  for  softening  cotton  and 
wool.  The  "  Mascot "  soap  for  family  use  is  also  a  specialty.  The  productive  capacity  amounts  to  from  six  to  seven  tons^  a  day,  and  a 
heavy  stock  is  carried  to  meet  the  active  demand.  The  company  guarantee  that  there  is  no  filling  of  any  kind  in  any  of  their  soaps,  noth- 
ing being  in  their  productions  but  such  as  are  needed  for  washing  qualities,  all  soaps  being  made  under  the  personal  supervision  of  Mr. 
Carleton  himself. 


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gEORGE  H.  LEONARD  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Oils  and  Grease,  Nos.  201,  203,  205  and  207  Purchase  Street,  No.  41  India  Street.— 
One  of  the  conspicuous  staple  business  interests  of  Boston  is  the  trade  in  oils  and  greases,  and  a  prominent  house  engaged 
therein  is  that  of  Messrs.  George  H.  Leonard  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  201,  203,  205  and  207  Purchase  Street.  This  firm 
enjoy  an  international  reputation  as  manufacturers,  importers  and  dealers  in  Crescent  d6gras,  Sicily  sumac,  English  sod, 
palm,  olive,  Newfoundland  and  Labrador  cod  oils;  neat's-foot,  castor,  sperm,  blackfish,  straits,  refined  sole  and  rough  leather 
oils,  American  sod,  French  d6gras,  Fi-ench  velvet  black,  etc.,  making  a  specialty  of  oils,  dggras,  greases,  gambier,  extracts 
and  sumac.  The  foundation  of  the  business  was  laid  in  1837,  by  J.  M.  Blurdock  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  Slurdock  &  Bundy.  and  in  1861 
Mr.  George  H.  Leonard  became  a  partner,  under  the  firm  name  of  Murdock  &  Leonard.  In  1865  the  firm  name  became  George  H.  Leonard 
&  Co.,  changing  in  1868  to  Leonard,  Bundy  &  Co.,  and  back  to  George  H.  Leonard  &  Co.  in  1873.  In  1S87  they  bought  the  business,  lease  and 
good  will  of  the  firm  of  R.  G.  Norris  &  Co.,  and  moved  to  the  present  location.  The  premises  are  admirably  adapted  to  the  necessities  of  the 
business,  and  every  facility  which  experience  and  perfect  knowledge  of  the  business  can  suggest,  is  at  hand  and  properly  applied,  and  under 
its  present  direction  the  establishment  is  an  honor  to  its  managers  and  a  credit  to  the  city.  The  range  of  business  transacted  is  one  of  the 
most  extensive  of  any  in  this  line  of  trade,  being  practically  world-wide.  The  demands  and  requirements  of  tanners,  curriers,  woolen  and 
cotton  mills  are  promptly  met  throughout  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  in  France,  Germany,  England,  Canada  and  other  foreign  ports. 
This  firm  makes  a  specialty  of  importing  the  best  brands  and  finest  qualities  of  all  goods  in  their  line  and  orders  by  cable,  "  Crescent,  Bos- 
ton," by  telephone.  No.  1013,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  are  filled  with  the  greatest  dispatch  and  at  terms  and  prices  which  thoroughly  satisfy 
every  customer.  The  members  of  this  responsible  firm  are  Blessrs.  George  H.  Leonard,  Frank  W.  Marden  and  L.  P.  Leonard.  The  senior 
partner  has  been  continuously  engaged  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  oil  trade  in  this  city  since  1861.  Mr.  Marden  was  formerly  with  the 
firm  of  R.  G.  Norris,  and  Mr,  L.  P.  Leonard  has  been  in  this  firm  since  1873.  Thus  all  are  experienced  in  the  business  and  have  given  proof  of 
-their  ability  and  fitness  to  rank  as  leaders. in  the  great  American  oil  trade. 

gRADFORD,  THOMAS  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Jobbers  in  Dry  Goods,.  No.  48  Bedford  Street  and  No.  45  Avon 
Street.— The  "wholesale  trade  in  dry  goods  has  an  honorable  and  foremost  exponent  in  Boston  in  the  house  of  Bradford, 
Thomas  &  Co.,  whose  spacious  store  at*  No.  48  Bedford  Street,  has  a  frontage  of  75  feet,  and  runs  back  125  feet  to 
Avon  Street,  being  finely  lighted  from  both  sides,  This  widely-known  and  time-tried  concern  was  founded  in  1836  by 
Messrs.  Blanchard,  Converse  &  Co.,  and,  after  a  number  of  minor  changes,  tlie  firm  became  Taylor,  Thomas  &  Co., 
continuing  under  this  management  up  to  1881,  when  Mr.  Taylor  died  and  the  firm  of  Bradford,  Thomas  &  Co.  was 
organized,  the  copartners  being  Mr.  George  H.  Bradford,  and  Mr.  Charles  M.  Thomas,  the  latter  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  house,  and 
a  veteran  in  the  business.  Both  gentlemen  possess  an  expert  knowledge  of  the  trade  in  which  they  prosecute  such  a  flourishing  business, 
and  are  recognized  by  their  contemporaries  as  leading  representatives  of  this  branch  of  commerce.  They  employ  one  hundred  hands,  have 
seventeen  traveling  salesmen,  and  their  trade  territory  includes  every  section  of  the  United  States.  Messrs.  Bradford,  Thomas  &  Co.  are 
direct  importers  and  wholesale  jobbers  in  staple  dry  goods  of  every  variety,  carry  an  immense  stock  at  all  times  and  are  amply  prepared 
to  meet  all  demands  upon  the  most  satisfactory  basis. 

jHE  UNION  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS,  for  the  Deposit  of  Valuables,  and  the  Renting  of  Safes,  in  the  Union  Building,  No.  40 
State  Street.— Unsurmountable  difficulties  by  no  means  confront  expert  knaves  who  undertake  to  wreck  the  strongest  safes  in 
the  homes,  the  business  offices  and  the  banks  they  elect  to  plunder.  If  the  police  are  not  on  the  alert  their  exploits  are  suc- 
cessful, and  such,  not  infrequently,  is  the  case.  It  is  to  be  said,  however,  of  safe  deposit  vaults,  the  approved  treasuries  of 
the  day,  that  not  the  first  attempt  against  their  integrity  has  suggested  itself  for  experiment  during  the  thirty  odd  years  of 
their  existence.  Inspection  of  the  Union  Safe  Deposit  Vaults,  located  in  the  Union  Building,  No.  40  State  Street,  will  prove 
to  all  how  absolutely  this  citadel  of  safety  holds  one's  effects  beyond  the  reach  of  any  class  of  meddlers.  The  immovable  compartment 
safe,  of  which  you  have  the  only  keys,  has  the  environment  of  colossal  steel  vault  work  unparalleled,  as  well  as  bars  and  bolts,  combination 
locks.  Holmes'  electric  protection,  secret  safeguards,  attendants  polite  and  scrupulous,  inviolable  privacy,  thorough  discipline,  untiring  vigi- 
lance by  day  and  night,  experienced  management  and  police  service  constant  and  at  command.  The  ten  dollar  or  fifteen  dollar  safe  will  hold 
a  good  fortune  in  stocks  and  bonds.  It  will  retain  your  family  jewels,  relics  and  souvenirs,  valuable  papers,  surplus  earnings  and  your  will, 
and  to  it  you  have  the  freest  resort  upon  every  business  day  of  the  year  from  9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  These  vaults  were  originally  opened  to  the 
public  in  1868,  and  are  as  impregnable  to  both  fire  and  burglars  as  architectural  and  mechanical  skill  and  fidelity  can  combine  to  make  them. 
The  special  business  of  the  house  is  the  reception  of  deposits  of  any  articles  6t  value  not  too  bulky,  in  any  amount  whatever,  however  small 
or  large  and  for  any  time,  or  at  the  convenience  of  the  depositor  without  specifying  any  time,  offering  a  special  facility  to  those  keeping  no 
bank  account.  The  certificate  of  deposit  given  contains  a  full  description  of  the  items  of  the  deposit,  which  is  delivered  wholly  or  in  part 
whenever  called  for,  precisely  as  deposited,  the  depositor  having  the  right  of  access  to  it.  A  full  record  is  made  on  the  books,  giving  the 
details  of  every  deposit  and  of  its  reception  and  withdrawal,  verified  by  the  signature  of  the  depositor.  Deposits  of  money,  large  or  small, 
are  also  received  subject  to  check  at  sight.  In  the  essentials  of  safety,  comfort  and  convenience  to  patrons,  nothing  is  left  to  be  desired  in 
the  management  and  equipment  of  these  vaults,  while  it  is  the  policy  of  the  house  to  keep  pace  with  the  times,  and,  by  adding  every  improve- 
ment which  experience  may  suggest,  to  still  further  increase  the  security  here  afforded  to  the  public.  Mr.  Henry  Lee.  the  founder  and  man- 
ager of  this  valuable  enterprise,  and  Mr.  George  C.  Lee,  the  sub-manager,  are  well-known  Bostonians,  members  of  the  banking  firm  of  Lee, 
Higginson  &  Co.,  thoroughly  educated  to  their  calling  and  eminent  in  the  financial  world  as  sound,  successful  bankers  and  sagacious, 
responsible  business  men. 

|EORGE  WINTHROP  COFFIN.  Agent  Atlantic  Mutual  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  No.  29  State  Street.— The  Atlantic 
Mutual  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  whose  general  agent  at  this  point  is  Mr.  George  Winthrop  Coffin,  was  organized  in 
1843,  as  the  successor  to  the  Atlantic  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  which  had  been  in  operation  since  1825.  The  Boston 
agency  was  established  in  1856,  and  Mr.  Coffin  has  been  steadily  at  the  helm  throughout  all  these  years.  His  house  is  justly 
recognized  as  one  of  the  highest  standing  and  responsibility,  and  the  public  cannot  insure  their  risks,  whether  on  hulls, 
cargoes  or  freights,  currency,  bonds  or  stocks  in  transitu,  to  better  advantage  and  with  more  absolute  security  than  through 
this  agency.  All  the  Boston  banks,  bankers,  brokers,  importers  and  ship  owners  are  included  among  its  customers  and  it  does  the  largest 
business  in  the  United  States,  insuring  millions  of  dollars  worth  of  property  annijally  and  collecting  from  $4,000,000  to  $5,000,000  per  year  in 
premiums.  It  has  assets  amounting  to  $12,000,000;  a  surplus  for  policy-holders  of  $9,000,000,  and  is  by  far  the  largest  marine  insurance  com- 
pany in  the  world.  It  needs  no  commendation  at  our  hands.  The  president,  Mr.  John  D.  Jones,  has  filled  that  office  since  1843,  and  is  the 
oldest  and  best  informed  marine  underwriter  in  this  country.  Mr.  Coffin,  the  general  agent  in  Boston,  is  a  native  and  well-known  resident  of 
this  city,  universally  popular  and  respected.  Associated  with  him  is  Mr.  William  R.  Colby,  a  native  and  resident  of  Salem,  who  has  been 
connected  with  marine  insurance  since  1864  and  with  this  company  since  1867. 


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J.  PAGE,  Real  Estate  Agent  and  Broker,  Room  No.  31,  No.  83  DeTonshire  Street.— The  real  estate  market  of  Boston  is  one  of 
the  most  substantial,  active  and  flourishing  to  be  found  in  the  entire  country,  and  the  high  standard  to  which  it  has  been 
raised  must  be  credited  to  the  honorable  methods  and  public  spiritedness  of  our  real  estate  agents  and  brokers.  One  of  the 
oldest,  best  known  and  most  prominent  among  those  extensively  engaged  in  this  field  of  enterprise  is  Mr.  Charles  J.  Page, 
whose  office  is  centrally  located  at  No.  83  Devonshire  Street.  Mr.  Page  is  anative  of  Boston  and  has  been  a  resident  here  the 
greater  part  of  his  life.  Over  twenty  years  ago  he  estabhshed  business  as  an  insurance  agent  and  real  estate  broker.  In 
this  line  he  has  met  with  the  best  of  success  and  commands  a  large,  active  and  most  desirable  patronage.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  hand- 
ling property  in  Waban,  one  of  the  loveliest  of  all  of  the  villages  of  the  city  of  Newton,  which  is  conveniently  situated  on  the  "  Circuit  Road  " 
of  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad,  about  thirty  minutes  ride  from  Boston.  Some  of  the  most  desirable  building  lots  in  the  city  of  Newton 
can  be  obtained  on  favorable  terms  and  are  sold  subject  to  reasonable  restrictions.  This  part  of  Newton  is  growing  rapidly  and  attracts  the 
most  desirable  class  of  residents.  A  new  school-house  has  been  built,  city  water,  gas  and  electric  lights  have  been  introduced,  which,  com- 
bined with  the  natural  attractiveness  of  fine  old  shade  trees,  picturesque  scenery,  healthy  location  and  near  proximity  to  the  Charles  River, 
combine  to  make  Waban  the  most  attractive  suburban  residence  near  Boston.  Its  railroad  facilities  are  unsurpassed,  and  being  on  the  cir- 
cuit, trains  going  either  way  carry  passengers  to  Boston  at  short  intervals.  The  rapid  and  heavy  development  of  Waban  justifies  the  intelli- 
gent and  advanced  methods  by  which  its  attractions  have  been  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  best  people.  Mr.  Page  negotiates  loans  on  bonds 
or  mortgages,  buys  and  sells  mortgages  and  profitably  invests  capital  for  investors.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Real  Estate  and  Building  Com- 
pany which  owns  nearly  all  the  desirable  building  lots  in  the  thriving  town  of  Hyde  Park.  As  treasurer  of  the  Suffolk  Co-operative  Savings 
Bank,  facihties  are  offered  for  making  loans  on  real  estate  through  this  most  sensible  and  convenient  method.  Circulars  givingfuU  infor- 
mation can  be  had  from  him  on  application  in  person  or  by  postal  card.  He  is  in  every  way  thoroughly  identified  with  the  best  interests  and 
progress  of  the  community. 

E.  DAVIDSON,  Fire  Insurance,  Room  57,  No.  38  School  Street.— A  responsible,  reUable  insurance  agent  of  this  city,  and  one 
who  stands  high  in  public  confidence  is  Mr.  W.  E.  Davidson,  whose  office  is  eligibly  located  at  Room  57,  No.  38  School  Street. 
This  gentleman  is  prepared  to  place  policies  in  any  company  desired  and  possesses  unusually  fine  facilities  for  placing  large 
lines  of  insurance  on  mills,  factories,  school-houses,  business  blocks  and  general  merchandise  stocks  at  reasonable  rates. 
He  is  thoroughly  experienced  as  an  underwriter  and  adjuster,  and  his  connections  in  the  insurance  world  enable  him  to  give 
the  very  best  possible  indemnity  that  can  be  furnished  by  responsible  and  wealthy  corporations.  The  officers  and  managers 
of  the  leading  companies  have  entire  confidence  in  the  judgment  and  integrity  of  Mr.  Davidson,  which  enables  him  to  secure  equal  and  exact 
justice  to  all  parties  in  interest  when  a  loss  occurs.  He  is  doing  a  substantial  and  constantly  increasing  business  and  numbers  among  his 
e.xtensive  clientele  many  of  the  solid  citizens  and  leading  business  men  of  this  city  and  its  suburbs.  Mr,  Davidson  is  a  native  of  Massachu- 
setts and  a  resident  of  Maiden.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  entire  probity  of  character,  as  well  as  of  sagacity  and  ability,  who  is  worthy  of  every 
trust  and  confidence. 

I^^WNDERHAY  OIL  COMPANY,  Machinery  Oils,  Etc.,  No.  275  Franklin  Street.— Among  the  business  interests  which  have  been 
|v\*  '.|  largely  conducive  to  the  commercial  greatness  and  prosperity  of  Boston,  a  prominent  place  must  be  awarded  to  the  oil  trade; 
15^^  and  among  its  leading  representatives  is  the  Underhay  Oil  Co.,  of  No.  375  Franklin  Street.  They  are  extensive  wholesale 
dealers  in  cylinder,  engine,  spindle,  machinery,  screw-cutting  and  wool  oils  of  the  finest  quality;  and  are  sole  proprietors  of 
the  celebrated  "  Monarch  "  oils,  the  excellence  of  which  is  known  to  consumers  in  all  sections  of  the  country.  This  concern 
is  now  a  branch  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  ana  was  organized  in  January,  1891,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts, 
succeeding  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Underhay  &  Co.,  which  was  formed  in  1879.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  as  follows:  John  Underhay, 
president;  George  N.  Spear,  treasurer:  and  D.  J.  Goss,  general  manager,  all  of  whom  were  members  of  the  original  firm,  and  are  Boston, 
ians.  The  premises  occupied  by  tlie  company  comprise  the  ground  floor  and  basement,  75  x  75  feet  in  dimensions.  They  employ  twenty 
persons  in  this  establishment,  and  have  eight  traveling  salesmen,  their  business  extending  throughout  New  England  and  the  Provinces. 


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I  VLLY  &  COLLINS,  Importers,  Jobbers  and  Retailei's,  Hosiery.  Underwear  and  Fancy  Dry  Goods,  Nos.  502,  504,  506  VVashing- 
ton  Street,  and  Nos.  1  and  3  Bedford  Street.— There  is  probably  no  firm  in  their  line  in  Boston  more  widely  or  more  favorably 
known  than  that  of  Lally  &  Collins,  Nos.  502,  504  and  506  Washington  Street,  and  Nos.  1  and  3  Bedford  Street.  They  are  import: 
ers,  jobbers  and  retailers  in  hosiery,  underwear  and  fancy  dry  goods.  They  operate  an  underwear  factory  also  at  Wakefield, 
and  their  trade,  which  is  exceedingly  large,  extends  all  over  the  United  States.  The  house  is,  in  all  respects,  a  leading  and 
representative  one,  and  maintains  a  standing  in  commercial  circles  second  to  no  concern  of  the  kind  in  this  city.  This  flour- 
ishing business  was  established  about  thirteen  years  ago  by  Lally,  Leach  &  Collins,  and  under  the  firm  name  indicated  was  conducted  up  to 
1887,  when  the  present  style  was  adopted.  They  occupy  spacious  and  commodious  premises  as  office  and  salesrooms,  which  are  well 
appointed  and  excellently  arranged  for  the  storage  and  display  of  goods,  and  employ  an  efficient  staff  of  clerks  and  salesmen,  with  ten  rep- 
resentatives on  the  road,  besides.  A  vast  and  varied  assortment  is  constantly  carried  in  stock  here,  comprising  everything  comprehended  in 
hosiery,  underwear,  knit  goods,  and  light  and  fancy  dry  goods;  and  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner,  the 
proprietors  exercising  immediate  supervision  over  every  department,  while  rock-bottom  prices  are  quoted,  the  house  being  in  a  position  to 
offer  exceptional  inducements  to  the  trade.  Messrs.  Wm.  J.  Lally  and  W.  P.  Collins,  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  are  gentlemen  in 
the  prime  of  life;  and  Mr.  Lally  is  a  native  Bostonian,  while  Mr.  Collins  is  a  "Vermonter.  They  are  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  as  well  as 
thorough  experience,  being  raised  in  the  dry  goods  business;  and  are  active  members  of  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association. 


jAY  STATE  BRICK  COMPANY,  No.  5  Pemberton  Square,  H.  P.  Mallory,  Treasurer.— One  of  the  representative  industries  of 
Boston  and  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States,  which  has  gained  a  national  reputation  for  the  superiority  and  gen- 
eral excellence  of  its  products,  is  the  Bay  Stale  Brick  Company,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  5  Pemberton  Square,  with 
plants  at  North  Cambridge  and  Medford,  Mass.  This  is  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  tlie  United  States,  its  works  cover- 
ing an  area  of  350  acres,  with  a  capacity  of  60,000,000  to  75,000,000  of  bricks  per  year,  their  products  reaching  to  every  part  of 
the  country,  the  demand  increasing  every  year.  The  company  manufacture  only  sand-struck  brick,  of  a  very  fine  grade. 
This  brick  is  unexcelled  for  toughness,  resistance  and  the  non-absorption  of  moisture,  and  by  actual  test,  shows  a  better  quality  and  twice 
the  strength  of  any  other  brick  coming  into  the  market.  Another  recommendation  for  these  superior  bricks  is  that  nine  hundred  go  as  far 
as  one  thousand  ordinary  bricks,  laying  ten  per  cent,  more  than  the  ordinary,  which  is  a  saving  of  both  time,  labor  and  expense,  and 
they  are  general  favorites  with  contractors,  builders,  masons  and  the  trade  in  general.  These  bricks  were  used  in  the  arch  under  the  steeple 
of  Trinity  Church,  and  there  was  much  discussion  at  the  time  as  to  whether  the  brick  could  withstand  the  heavy  strain  brought  to  bear  upon 
it,  but  it  has  never  moved,  and  is  as  solid  to-day  as  when  it  was  erented.  Another  test  of  the  durability  of  these  bricks  was  shown  in  the 
recent  fire  in  the  Sears  Building;  the  party  wall,  composed  of  this  brick,  having  saved  Young's  Hotel  from  taking  fire.  In  fact,  these  bricks 
have  been  highly  commended  by  builders  everywhere,  and  it  would  be  hard  to  find  a  building  of  any  note  in  Boston  and  vicinity  that  is  not 
eitt',:?  entirely,  or  in  part,  composed  of  the  brick  of  this  company.  The  company  was  organized  in  1863.  and  incorporated  under  the  state 
laws  of  Massachusetts,  the  officers  being:  president,  S.  A.  Carlton;  treasurer,  H.  P.  Mallory.  Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Boston,  and 
prominently  known  in  financial  and  business  circles  and  have  long  been  identified  with  the  brick  manufacturing  industry.  The  works  of  the 
company  are  finely  equipped  and  employment  is  given  to  over  six  hundred  hands.  An  immense  stock  is  at  all  times  carried  and  orders  are 
promptly  filled  and  shipped  to  any  part  of  the  United  States.  Under  the  present  honorable  and  capable  management,  the  Bay  State  Brick 
Company  has  achieved  a  success  and  reputation  which  places  the  officers  of  the  company  among  the  leading  representatives  of  Boston's 
manufacturers  and  merchants. 


?]HARLES  W.  ALLEN,  Manufacturer  and  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Cane  and  Wood  Seat  Chairs,  Nos.  49,  53  and  57  Fulton  Street. — 
One  of  the  most  extensive  businesses  in  this  city,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of,  and  dealing  in  cane  and  wood  seat  chairs,  etc., 
is  that  of  Mr.  Charles  W.  Allen,  successor  to  Messrs.  Clifford  &  AJlen,  located  at  Nos.  49,  53  and  57  Fulton  Street.  This  house 
was  instituted  in  1860  by  Wm.  H.  S.  Hills,  who,  in  1879,  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Forbush  &  Clifford.  In  1883,  the  present 
sole  proprietor,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Allen,  joined  the  firm  in  association  with  Mr.  Clifford,  as  Clifford  &  Allen;  and  in  January, 
1891,  assumed  sole  control  of  affairs.  The  business  consists  chiefly  of  manufacturing  and  jobbing  of  furniture  and 
chairs  in  the  white,  which  are  finished  and  prepared  for  sale,  on  the  premises.  The  firm's  perspicuous  judgment  in  the  selection  of  their 
goods,  and  the  high  code  of  principles  under  which  business  is  conducted,  have  resulted  in  extending  wholesale  trade  to  all  the  principal 
commercial  centers  throughout  the  New  England  States— which  is  of  truly  large  proportions;  as  is  amply  testified  by  the  premises 
that  it  is  found  necessary  to' maintain.  These  consist  of  four  buildings  on  Fulton  Street,  and  two  on  Commercial  Street;  each  consisting  of 
four  floors,  each  having  a  superficial  area  of  25  x  60  feet.  The  arrangement  and  general  equipment  of  these,  with  every  conven- 
ience incidental  to  the  extensive  business  carried  on,  are  complete;  the  salesrooms,  are  replete  with  every  description  of  furniture  and 
chairs  known  to  the  trade,  and  are  fitted  for  the  most  advantageous  display  and  expeditious  handling  of  the  elegant  stock  carried.  This 
comprises  cane  and  wood-seat  chairs,  settees,  tables,  bureaus,  bedsteads  and  reed  chairs,  all  of  the  most  artistic  designs,  of  the  finest  quality 
and  workmanship,  and  as  durable  as  any  in  the  market.  The  business  in  its  many  ramifications  gives  regular  employment  to  thirty  skilled 
and  practical  assistants;  and  every  detail  of  the  enterprise  ig  watched  and  guarded  with  zealous  care  and  attention  by  the  experienced  prin- 
cipal, who  is  unremitting  in  his  endeavers  to  fully  merit  the  liberal  measure  of  confidence  and  enduring  support  that  the  firm  is  accorded 
throughout  the  entire  New  England  States.  Mr.  Allen  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  Furniture  Exchange,  is  still  a  young  man,  and  is  a 
native  of  this  state.  A  specialty  is  made  of  furnishing  churches,  vestries,  parlors  and  halls,  with  fine  settees,  chairs  and  kindred  furniture. 
Estimates  are  cheerfully  furnished  and  catalogues  sent  upon  application. 


VMUEL  I.  COY,  Gentlemen's  Caf^,  and  Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's  Dining  Rooms,  Nos.  243,  245,  247  and  249  Atlantic  Avenue. — 
The  modern  restaurant  is  a  leading  feature  among  the  institutions  conducing  to  our  comfort  and  convenience,  and  many 
of  them  are  under  the  personal  management  of  some  of  our  most  progressive  citizens.  Among  this  number  in  Boston 
we  note  a  high  degree  of  popularity  enjoyed  by  Mr.  Samuel  I.  Coy,  whose  well-known  restaurant  is  at  Nos.  243,  245, 
247  and  249  Atlantic  Avenue.  Mr.  Coy  is  an  experienced  caterer,  brought  up  to  the  business  of  ministering  to  the  "  inner 
man,"  and  in  his  present  venture  has  spared  neither  labor  nor  expense  in  the  effort  to  please  the  public  and  render  his  house 
popular  with,  and  the  regular  resort  of,  the  business  men  of  Boston,  and  of  such  transient  sojourners  as  appreciate  thegoodthingsof  life,  pre- 
pared in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  and  served  in  an  unexceptional  manner.  That  he  has  succeeded  is  evident  from  the  large  and  con- 
stantly increasing  patronage  extended,  and  the  general  air  of  prosperity  and  pleasant  bustle  that  pervades  the  entire  place.  Mr.  Coy  is  a 
native  of  East  Cambridge,  resides  in  Boston,  and  is  one  of  its  best  known  citizens.  He  has  been  identified  with  the  restaurant  business  since 
1856,  and  from  1865  to  1874  conducted  a  dining-room  at  Nos.  65-73  North  Market  Street.  In  1873,  with  a  partner,  the  firm  being  Brooks  & 
Coy,  he  opened  the  present  restaurant,  and  for  the  past  ten  years  has  been  sole  proprietor.  Guests  of  Mr.  Coy's  restaurant  are  provided 
with  first  class  meals,  from  4  a.  m.,  to  7.30  p.  m.,  served  promptly  by  polite  and  attentive  -waiters,  and  at  the  most  reasonable  prices. 


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I OHN  H,  AILMAN,  Optician,  No.  6  Brorafleld  Street.— The  profession  of  the  optician  and  oculist  is  one  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance in  this  country,  owing  to  the  steady  increasing  prevalence  of  the  many  diiSculties  arising  from  imperfectly  con- 
structed eyes.  The  leading  and  most  accomplished  optician  in  Boston  is  Mr.  John  H.  Ailman,  whose  office  and  store  are  at 
No.  6  Bromfield  Street.  Mr.  Ailman  was  boi-n  at  Newport,  p.  I.,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  the  e;reater  part  of  his  life,  and 
his  home  is  now  at  Jamaica  Plains.  He  established  business  here  twenty-nine  years  ago,  has  always  kept  on  Bromfield 
Street,  and  has  been  at  his  present  store  the  past  fifteen  yeai-s.  He  has  built  up  a  splendid  patronage,  his  fame  has  gone 
abroad,  and  he  receives  special  cases  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  He  is  an  expert  in  fitting  and  malting  glasses  for  the  various  complications 
of  defective  vision,  etc.,  inserts  artificial  eyes  which  exactly  resemble  the  natural  ones,  executes  order  work  and  repairing,  and  attends  to 
all  branches  of  the  business,  in  which  he  is  aided  by  four  skilled  assistants.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  compact  store  and  work- 
shop, excellently  equipped,  and  a  large  stock  is  carried  of  eye-glasses,  spectacles,  and  optical  goods  of  all  kinds,  all  of  fir.st-class  manufac- 
ture. It  is  the  only  place  in  the  city  exclusively  devoted  to  the  legitimate  optical  business  in  all  its  branches.  Orders  receive  Mr.  Ailman's 
personal  attention,  and  are  satisfactory  in  every  instance. 


5EORGE  L.  WADSWOETH,  Real  Estate,  Insurance  and  Mortgages,  Rogers  Building,  No.  209  iWashington  Street,  Room  21.— 
The  rapid  development  of  the  real  estate  market  of  Boston  and  the  steadily  enhancing  values  of  choice  property  within  easy 
reach  of  the  city,  render  the  financial  interests  involved  of  paramount  importance.  .No  form  of  investment  has  latterly 
become  so  popular  with  conservative  investors  as  eligibly  located  seashore  property,  and  among  those  gentlemen  in  Boston 
who  make  the  wants  of  that  class  of  purchasers  their' special  study  should  be  named  Mr.  George  L.  Wadsworth,  whose  city 
office  is  in  Rogers  Building,  No.  209  Washington  Street,  with  a  branch  oiHce  at  Winthrop,  Mass.  This  gentleman  has  been 
estabUshed  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  here  since  1886,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  handling  North  Shore  property,  both  as  a 
dealer,  agent  and  broker.  He  offers  for  sale  or  let  delightful  sites,  and  also  permanent  and  summer  houses  at  Ocean  Spray,  Crescent  Beach, 
Thornton  Park,  Beachmont,  Cottage  Hill,  Winthrop  Highlands,  Cottage  Park,  Point  Shirley,  Winthrop  Center,  Woodside  Park,  Bartlett  Park 
and  Sunny  Side.  Terms  are  cash  or  on  installments  as  may  be  desired  by  the  investor.  All  the  improvements  necessary  tor  the  health  and 
comfort  of  sojourners  have  been  made  at  these  beaches;  sewers  have  been  laid  the  entire  length  of  the  beach,  and  there  is  now  perfect 
drainage,  pure  running  water,  excellent  surf  bathing,  fine  drives  along  the  ocean  front,  electric  lights,  pure  air,  no  [saloons,  and  all  the 
advantages  of  the  seashore  within  twenty-flve  minutes  of  Boston.  For  those  who  delight  in  marine  and  landscape  scenery,  Winthrop  High- 
lands cannot  be  excelled.  It  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  seashore  resorts  on  the  Massachusetts  coast,  while  it  is  rapidly  increasing  in  value 
and  population.  Its  fine  residences,  broad  avenues  and  frequent  trains  to  Boston,  make  it  particularly  desirable  for  business  men,  who  wish 
to  spend  the  summer  at  the  beach  and  attend  to  business  daily.  Mr.  Wadsworth  has  some  two  hundred  cottages  at  Winthrop  to  rent  for 
next  season,  while  lots  can  be  purchased  of  him  at  most  reasonable  prices  and  on  extremely  easy  terms.  He  is  also  prepared  to  promptly 
place  the  largest  fire  insurance  risks,  in  reliable  companies  only,  quoting  the  lowest  rates  of  premium,  and  guaranteeing  a  speedy  and  Uberal 
adjustment  of  all  losses.  Mr.  Wadsworth  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  a  young  man  of  large  business  experience,  influential  connections  and 
sterling  enterprise,  vrith  whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


gODGMAN  RUBBER  COMPANY,  Rubber  Goods  Manufacturers,  No.  32  School  Street.  —The  many  uses  to  which  India  rubber 
can  be  put,  both  for  practical  utility  and  for  ornament,  have  led  many  capitalists  and  public-spirited  citizens  to  embark  In  its 
manufacture  into  all  the  .different  articles  of  which  it  is  susceptible  of  being 
transformed,  either  singly  or  in  combination  mth  other  articles,  and  many 
enormous  companies  and  firms  have  been  connected  with  the  view  of  mak- 
ing this  one  of  the  leading  enterprises  of  our  country.  One  of  the  old- 
established,  as  well  as  most  enterprising  houses  engaged  therein  is  that  conducted  by 
the  Hodgman  Rubber  Company,  whose  Boston  office  and  warerooms  are  located  at  No. 
32  School  Street.  The  foundation  of  this  business  was  laid  in  1838,  by  Mr.  Daniel  Hodg- 
man, in  New  York  City.  At  his  death  the  business  was  continued  by  his  sons  under  the 
firm  name  of  Hodgman  &  Company,  until  1886,  when  the  present  company  was  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000  and  with 
George  F.  Hodgman,  president  and  treasurer;  Charles  A.  Hodgman,  vice-president; 
George  B.  Hodgman,  secretary.  The  Boston  store  was  opened  in  1887,  and  has  been  contin- 
ually under  the  management  of  Mr.  H.  C.  Noyes,  who  has  a  foundation  understanding  of  all 
the  details  of  the  business  and  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  is  eminently  populai-  and 
successful  in  meeting  all  its  demands.  The  factories  of  the  company  are  situated  at  Tuck- 
ahoe  and  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  where  several  hundred  bands  are  constantly  employed  and 
■where  every  modern  facility  is  at  hand  for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production.  The 
company  make  a  leading  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  mackintoshes  and  rubber  cloth- 
ing of  all  kinds,  while  their  output  also  embraces  immense  quantities  of  general  rubber 
goods.  The  spacious  salesrooms  in  this  city  are  stocked  to  repletion  with  new,  novel  and 
elegant  goods,  and  the  business  is  brisk  and  lively  at  both  wholesale  and  retail.  Here  can 
be  found  everything  required  in  this  line,  from  a  rubber  ball  or  doll  to  the  handsomest  and 
most  durable  rubber  suits  for  either  sex,  while  each  article  is  made  in  many  styles  and  in 
all  sizes  and  manufactured  and  finished  in  the  most  artistic  and  workmanlike  manner. 
The  NewYork  stores  of  the  company  are  located  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Grand  Street 
and  at  No.  21  W.  Twenty-third  Street,  from  whence  goods  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the 
United  States.  The  trade  of  the  Boston  house  is  confined  to  New  England  and  is  large  and 
active  in  such  prominent  trade  centers  as  Boston,  Providence,  Lowell,  Worcester,  New 
Haven,  Hartford,  Springfield,  Manchester,  Concord,  Fall  River,  Lynn,  Lawrence,  Portland, 
Bangor.  Pawtucket,  Woonsocket,  New  Bedford,  Newport,  New  London,  Bridgeport,  Bur- 
lington, Rutland,  Brattleboro,  Nashua,  Fitchburg,  Holyoke,  Portsmouth,  St.  Albans,  Mont- 
pelier,  Augusta  and  Lewiston.  The  Messrs.  Hodgman  are  expert  and  practical  manufac- 
turers, of  high  repute  in  the  trade,  and  are  fortunate  in  their  manager  for  New  England. 
Mr.  Noyes  is  a  native'  of  Connecticut,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1871  and  was  connected  I 
with  Clapp,  Evans  &  Co.,  C.  M.  Clapp  &  Co.,  and  the  American  Rubber  Company,  previous 
to  accepting  his  present  post.  Orders  by  telephone.  No.  717,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive 
his  immediate  personal  attention,  and  all  interests  entrusted  to  his]  care  are  zealously 
watched  and  intelligently  promoted. 


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C.  WHITCOMB  &  CO.,  Eleotrotypers  and  Stereotypers,  Nos.  43  Arch  and  181  Devonshire  Streets.— The  year  of  1864  is  the 
date  of  the  foundation  of  the  firm  of  H.  C.  Whitcomb  &  Co.,  Eleotrotypers  and  Stereotypers,  and  the  connection  enjoyed  by 
the  house  is  of  extensive  magnitude,  embi-acing  within  its  spliere  the  entire  section  of  New  England.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  superior  work  and  to  the  house  belongs  the  honorable  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  country 
.  *  and  the  leader  in  introducing  improved  machinery  and  facilities  for  producing  the  best  work  in  the  quickest  possible  time. 
The  business  premises  comprise  two  floors,  the  same  displaying  the  perfection  of  appropriate  equipment  and  able 
management  and  cover  an  area  of  five  thousand  feet.  The  house  has  in  constant  operation  three  large  furnaces,  and  a  force  of  forty 
skilled  assistants  is  constantly  employed.  The  original  location  of  the  premises  was  a  small  room  about  15  s  20  feet  in  Harvard  Place,  after 
ward  removing  to  No.  15  Water  Street  and  then  to  No.  22  Blilk  Street,  each  time  to  get  greater  facilities ;  buc  seven  years  ago,  the  exigencies  of 
the  great  and  growing  business  demanded  the  occupation  of  still  more  commodious  quarters,  and  the  present  location  was  accordingly 
taken  up.  The  partnership  comprises  the  joint  endeavors  of  two  of  the  ablest  and  soundest  business  men  in  the  country— Mr.  H.  C.  Whit- 
comb, one  of  the  original  founders,  and  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Ware,  both  natives  of  Boston  and  practical  experts  at  their  calling.  The  historian  who 
has  set  himself  the  task  of  recording  the  conditions  of  and  statistics  relative  to  the  industrial  prosperity  of  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State, 
has  no  more  dehghtful  and  instructive  experience  than  that  afforded  by  an  examination  of  the  fortunes  of  a  reputable  house  Uke  this. 


B.  SWIFT,  Manufacturers'  Agent,  and  Commission  Merchant,  No.  56  Bedford  Street.— With  ten  years'  experience  in  the 
dry  goods  trade  at  his  command,  Mr.  J.  B.  Swift,  of  No.  56  Bedford  Street,  is  enabled  to  act  with  consummate  ability  as  a 
commission  merchant  and  manufacturers'  agent;  a  fact  which  is  amply  attested  by  the  very  extensive  trade  he  has  been 
enabled  to  accrue,  reaching  as  it  does,  among  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  located  in  the  principal  cities  throughout  the 
New  England  States.  For  the  past  four  years,  Mr.  Swift  has  been  established  as  a  commission  merchant,  while  he  also 
acts  as  the  duty  accredited  New  England  Agent  for  Messrs.  Cromwell  Brothers,  manufacturers  of  cotton  linings,  etc,  of 

New  York,  and  the  Brooklyn  Shield  Company,  manufacturers  of  Dress  Shields.    Mr.  Swift  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  still  a  young  man  and 

was  formerly  engaged  with  a  wholesale  dry  goods  house  in  this  city. 


I  HE  GREAT  ATLANTIC  &  PACIFIC  TEA  COMPANY,  Importing  Retailers  in  Teas,  Coffees,  Baking  Powder  and  Condensed 
Milk,  Edward  Weadick,  Manager,  No.  92  Court  Street.— The  Great  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Tea  Company  is  the  pioneer  in 
importing  and  supplying  direct  to  the  consumers  in  the  United  States,  teas  and  coffees,  and  they  now  have  upwards  of  two 
hundred  stores  established  in  all  the  principal  cities  and  towns  of  the  Union.  The  company's  headquarters  are  at  Nos.  35-37 
Vesey  Street,  New  York,  where  they  carry  millions  of  pounds  of  the  choicest  teas  and  coffees  which  they  have  imported  by 
the  shipload.  The  headquarters  in  Boston  are  at  No.  92  Court  Street.  The  store  is  handsomely  appointed,  and  equipped 
with  all  conveniences,  including  a  cash  railway  system,  and  two  large  coffee  grinders,  driven  by  a  gas  engine.  The  place  was  established  in 
1875,  and  has  from  the  start  been  conducted  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Edward  Weadick.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried  of  the.  finest  teas, 
coffees,  baking  powder,  sugar  and  condensed  milk,  all  fresh  and  reliable,  and  offered  at  the  lowest  prices.  Branch  stores  are  located  at  No. 
20  Eliot  Street,  near  Washington;  No.  1078  Tremont  Street,  corner  Sterling  Street;  No.  109  Meridan  Street,  East  Boston;  No.  305  West  Broad- 
way, second  door  from  D.  Street,  South  Boston ;  No.  326  Broadway,  between  Third  and  Fourth  Streets,  Chelsea.  Mr.  Weadick  is  an  able 
manager,  popularly  known  in  the  community,  and  in  him  the  Great  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Company  has  a  most  worthy  representative. 


jDMUND  W.  MILLER,  Manufacturer  of  Miller's  Reform  Boot,  No.  5J  Hamilton  Place.— In  the  manufacture  of  ladies'  boots 
the  dictates  of  fashion  are  most  generally  followed,  to  the  exclusion  of  common-sense  and  the  sacrifice  of  comfort.  There 
are  exceptions  to  all  rules,  however,  and  the  "  Miller  Reform  Boot "  is  at  once  elegant,  sensible,  comfortable  and  durable, 
being  made  on  strictly  anatomical  principles.  It  is  perfectly  easy  when  first  put  on,  and  the  painful  process  of  "breaking 
in  "  is  entirely  done  away  with.  The  only  manufacturer  of  these  ideal  boots  is  Mr.  Edmund  W.  Miller,  No.  51  Hamilton 
Place.  He  makes  the  finest  grade  only,  and  deals  exclusively  in  goods  of  his  own  manufacture.  His  trade  is  with  the  very 
best  and  most  desirable  class  of  patrons,  and  the  making  of  boots  to  order  is  a  specialty  that  receives  particular  attention.  His  factory,  in 
which  a  number  of  skilled  workmen  are  employed,  is  located  on  La  Grange  Street.  Mr.  Miller  ma<fe  all  the  sandals  —3,000  pairs— that  were 
used  in  the  Greek  play  presented  at  the  Boston  Theatre  a  few  years  ago.  The  business  of  this  house  was  established  in  1872  by  Robert  A. 
Miller,  whose  death  took  place  in  1884.  His  son,  Mr.  Edmund  W.  Miller,  has  since  been  the  sole  proprietor.  He  is  a  native  of  this  city  and 
was  brought  up  to  his  present  business. 


S.  CHURCHILL.  Ladies' Fine  Boots,  No.  129  Tremont  Street.— Devoting  his.  whole  energies  and  resources  to  the  making  of 
ladies'  fine  shoes,  Mr.  F.  S.  Churchill  is  enabled  to  cater  to  the  finest  class  of  trade  in  the  city.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished by  the  present  proprietor  fifteen  years  ago,  at  No.  25  Winter  Street,  whence  it  was  removed  to  the  present  location  two 
P  ,  years  ago.  The  whole  of  the  work  undertaken  consists  of  ladies'  fine  shoes  to  order,  which  are  in  all  respects  the  best  made; 
the  materials  used  being  of  the  most  superior  kind,  the  fit  guaranteed  perfect,  the  style  of  the  latest,  and  the  workmanship 
of  that  finished  description  that  is  only  executed  by  the  most  expert  hands.  The  prices  charged  range  from  $10.00  per  pair 
of  shoes  and  upwards  and  a  large  number  of  private  lasts  are  kept  on  hand  to  suit  the  precise  requirements  of  the  respective  customers.  The 
able  proprietor,  Mr.  P.  S.  Churchill,  is  himself  a  thoroughly  practical  manufacturer  of  long  and  varied  experience  and  devotes  his  close 
personal  attention  to  every  order  with  which  he  is  entrusted. 


L.  LAWRENCE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Poultry,  Game,  Etc.,  Stalls  Nos.  46  and  48  Faneuil  Hall  Mar- 
ket.— This  firm  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  in  the  line  indicated  in  Boston.  They  handle  only  choice  stock  in  poul- 
try, game,  smoked  tongue,  pig's  feet  and  tripe,  shipping  game  to  Europe,  and  receive  supplies  from  various  points 
throughout  the  counti'y.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  away  back  in  1826  by  Abner  Pierce,  and  later  passed 
into  the  hands  of  J.  Watkins,  who  was  succeeded  by  Joshua  Robbins,  who  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  Robbins  &  Hill,  the 
firm  name  subsequently  becoming  Robbins  &  Walker.  In  1843  the  present  senior  partner  acquired  an  interest  and  the  style 
changed  to  Robbins  &  Lawrence,  and  remained  so  up  to  1855,  when  they  were  succeeded  by  H.  L.  Lawrence,  who  was  succeeded  in  1860  by 
H.  L.  Lawrence  &  Co.,  by  whom  the  business  has  since  been  conducted  with  uninterrupted  success.  They  occupy  commodious  quarters  as 
warehouse  on  Ferry  Street  besides  the  two  stalls  in  the  market,  and  employ  a  dozen  or  more  in  help.  A  very  large  and  fine  stock  is  con- 
stantly kept  on  hand  here  and  also  in  cold  storage  blouses,  and  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line  indicated  are  promptly  attended  to,  special 
inducements  being  offered  to  hotels  and  steamships.  The  firm  is  composed  of  H.  L.  Lawrence,  J.  P.  Lawrence,  .and  F.  H.  Hosmer.  The 
Messrs.  Lawrence  are  prominent  members  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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J.ATCH  &  ROBERTS,  Fruit  and  Produce  Commission  Merchants,  No.  17  N.  Market  and  No.  IT  Clinton  Streets.— Boston,  as  the 
^i^Rk^^S  metropoHs  of  New  England  and  its  leading  supply  center  for  goods  of  every  description,  possesses  unexcelled  advantages  for 
*— "**^^*^  the  prosecution  of  the  fruit  and  produce  commission  trade  and  these  advantages  have  been  thoroughly  utilized  by  many  of 
the  most  progressive  of  our  citizens.  One  of  the  foremost  houses  engaged  in  the  industry  is  that  of  Messrs.  Patch  c.  Roberts; 
'  --•^V^^  whose  headquarters  are  at  No.  17  N.  Market  Street,  running  through  to  No.  17  Clinton  Street.  The  firm  have  an  A  No.  1  com- 
-"^  »^^  mercial  standing,  and  as  to  their  hability,  they  refer  to  the  president  of  the  Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank,  Boston;  Bradstreet's 
and  Dun's  agencies,  J.  N.  Adams,  No.  245  S.  Water  Street,  Chicago,  111.;  B.  S.  Schermerhorn  &  Co.,  Des Moines,  la.  This  business  was 
inaugurated  in  1881  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  A.  W.  Patch  and  C.  G.  Roberts,  who  have  had  mature  experience  in  the  produce  mar- 
ket, Mr.  Patchhaving  had  ten  years'  experience  with  the  well-known  house  of  A.  &  O.  W.  Mead  &  Co,,  holding  a  prominent  position  in  the  office 
of  that  firm,  while  Mr.  Roberts  was  identified  with  the  house  of  Bennett,  Rand  &  Co.,  as  head  salesman,  for  eleven  years.  Since  starting 
business  on  their  own  account  they  have  developed  influential  connections,  perfected  facilities  and  a  permanent,  first-class  trade  all  through- 
out New  England.  Occupying  a  spacious  store  and  basement,  and  employing  ten  hands,  the  firm  carry  on  an  active  trade  as  commission 
merchants  in  fruits  and  country  produce  of  all  kinds,  receiving  consignments  from  all  parts  of  the  Union.  Strawberries,  Mississippi,  Georgia 
and  "Virginia  frnits  and  vegetables,  Grapes,  Florida  oranges,  and  pine  apples,  the  firm  being  the  largest  receivers  in  New  England  of  pine 
apples  direct  from  the  growers.  During  the  spring,  summer  and  autumn  months  they  handle  thousands  of  barrels  of  Western  ice-packed 
poultry;  a  new  industry  largely  developed  by  this  house.  In  the  winter  season  the  principal  business  done  on  the  first  floor  is  selling  poultry 
and  game,  which  arrives  daily  from  nearly  all  the  Western  States.  The  basement  is  kept  exclusively  for  butter  and  eggs,  which  the  fii*m 
receive  in  large  amounts  from  the  North  and  West.  They  are  also  sole  agents  for  the  Gleason  Creamery,  also  the  Lake  Champlain  Cream- 
eiy,  both  of  Vermont,  and  whose  reputation  cannot  be  excelled.  Mr,  Patch  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  Mr.  Roberts  of  Maine  and  both 
have  long  resided  in  Boston.  They  are  prominent  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  Mr.  Roberts 
being  president  of  the  latter  institution,  and  in  all  the  walks  of  life  they  command  the  esteem  of  all  their  fellow  citizens. 


gURTON,  MANSFIELD  &  PIERCE,  Wholesale  Clothiers,  No.  32  Chauncy  Street.— About  the  most  notable  and  successful  firm 
that  has  come  into  prominence  in  the  wholesale  clothing  line  within  recent  years  is  that  of  Burton,  Mansfield  &  Pierce,  No.  32 
Chauncy  Street.  They  have  been  established  since  January,  1890,  and  have  built  up  an  exceedingly  large  and  flourishing 
business  throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  secret  of  their  prosperity  is  not  far  to  seek,  however.  Manufacturing  a 
very  superior  class  of  men's  and  boys'  clothing,  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  trade,  and  withal,  quoting  distinctly  low 
prices,  quality  of  goods  and  character  of  workmanship  considered,  they  have  been  enabled,  by  energy  and  sagacity,  to 
achieve  the  unequivocal  success  that  has  attended  their  well  directed  efforts.  The  firm  occupy  four  25  x  120  foot  floors,  with  ample  and  com- 
ple  facilities,  and  employ  on  the  premises  a  staff  of  fifty  or  more,  including  a  number  of  expert  cutters,  in  addition  to  several  hundred  hands 
outside,  all  the  cutting  being  done  in  the  establishment ;  while  nine  representatives  are  kept  on  the  road.  A  vast  and  varied  assortment  is 
constantly  carried  in  stock,  including  suits  in  all  sizes,  shapes  and  patterns,  both  in  finest  and  medium  grades;  and  %-^^rj  garment  leaving 
this  responsible  house  is  fully  warranted  as  to  make  and  material.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  G.  S.  Burton,  G.  S.  Mans- 
field and  Alfred  Pierce,  who  are  all  gentlemen  of  middle  age  and  natives  of  this  city.  They  are  all  men  of  thorough  experience  in  this  line,  as 
well  as  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  exercise  immediate  supervision  over  every  detail  of  the  business. 


|HOMAS  A.  ROWE,  Contractor  For  Public  Works,  Wharf  and  Bridge  Work,  Abutments  and  Sea  Walls,  Submarine  Work,  Etc. 
— No.  209  Washington  Street,  Room  No.  7.— As  a  contractor  for  public  works  a  prominent  position  in  the  industrial  world  is 
occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Rowe,  of  this  city,  whose  office  is  at  No.  209  Washington  Street.  The  business  controlled  by  him 
was  founded  some  twenty-two  years  ago  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Sylvester.'  In  1885  BIr.  Rowe  became  his  partner,  the  firm  title  of  Syl- 
vester &  Rowe  being  adopted,  and  in  1887,  on  the  death  of  the  former,  Mr.  Rowe  became  sole  proprietor.  Employing  a  large 
force  of  hands,  he  gives  special  attention  to  wharf  and  bridge  work,  abutments  and  sea  walls,  submarine  work,  etc.,  and  has 
the  best  of  facilities  for  carrying  through  all  contracts  expeditiously  and  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner.  Much  important  work  has  been 
done  by  Mr.  Rowe.  among  the  contracts  executed  being  that  on  the  Charles  River  for  the  Francis  estate,  the  Heath  estate  and  the  Charles 
River  Embankment  Company  dam  at  theCochituate  Lake  Outlet,  for  the  city  of  Boston;  water  works,  Winchester,  Mass.;  excavation  for  the 
Park  Department,  at  Brookline  and  for  the  Old  Colony  Steamboat  Company  at  Fall  River,  Mass.  Estimates  and  specifications  are  furnished 
at  short  notice,  while  first-class  work  is  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  Mr.  Rowe  is  a  native  of  Maine,  but  has  long  resided  Jin  Newton,  one  of 
Boston's  favorite  suburbs.  He  is  a  mason  by  trade,  a  skilled  workman  and  always  personally  superintends^the  labors  of  his  assistants. 
During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  Mr.  Rowe  served  for  a  year  with  the  Twenty-sixth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  taking  part  in 
many  engagements.    He  is  an  active  member  of  tlie  Masonic  Order  and  enjoys  the  fullest  esteem  of  all  his  fellow  citizens. 


jjONES,  McDUFFEE  &  STRATTON,  Fine  China,  Glass  and  Lamps,  No.  120  FranMin  [corner],  Nos.  51  to  59  Federal  Street.— 
The  largest  and  most  progressive  house  in  the  line  of  fine  china,  glass  and  lamps,  not  only  in  Boston  but  in  the  whole 
United  States  is  that  of  Messrs.  Jones,  McDuffee  &  Stratton.  The  foundation  of  this  immense  business  was  laid  in  1810,  by 
Otis  Norcross,  and,  after  some  changes,  the  present  firm  succeeded  to  the  control  in  1874.  The  business  premises  comprise 
seven  floors,  each  containing  5,500  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and  forming  one  of  the  most  attractive  business  emporiums  in 
the  city.  The  partners  bring  to  bear  ripe  experience  and  ample  resources  in  the  harmonious  gathering  together  of  such  a 
bewildering,  yet  charmingly  attractive  display  of  all  descriptions  of  plain  and  fancy  crockery,  fine  china,  glassware  and  lamps.  The  stock 
embraces  the  products  of  the  most  celebrated  makers  both  in  America  and  Europe,  and  the  firm  has  its  sources  of  supply  in  China,  Japan, 
England,  Germany,  Austria  and  France.  In  imported  china,  this  firm  shows  the  largest  and  most  serviceable  variety  in  America,  while  they 
also  display  the  rarest  assortments  of  French,  Bohemian  and  Belgian  glassware  ever  brought  to  this  city.  The  best  home  and  foreign 
markets  are  regularly  inspected  and  the  freshest  novelties  and  most  desirable  specialties  are  procured.  The  housewife,  the  hotel  proprietor 
and  the  restaurateur  can  here  select  from  hundreds  of  sample  sets  of  plain  and  heavy  wares  up  to  the  thinnest  ornamental  French  sets, 
resplendentin  their  delicate  tints  and  artistic  beauty.  Boote's  new  Antwerp  is  a  stock  pattern  with  this  firm.  It  would  be  impossible  to 
name  all  the  useful  and  beautiful  goods  here  exhibited.  Fancy  potteries,  statuettes  in  bisque,  Limoges  and  Sevres  ware,  Baccarat  glass  and 
porcelain,  hanging,  hall  and  student  lamps  are  here  to  be  found  in  vast  profusion.  A  specialty  is  made  of  art  pottery  and  fancy  goods, 
which  are  shown  in  rich  variety.  The  wholesale  trade  of  the  house  is  especially  heavy  and  influential,  extending  to  every  state  and  territory 
in  the  Union.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Jerome  Jones,  Louis  P.  McDuffee,  Solomon  P.  Stratton,  Franklin  S.  Williams 
and  Frederick  E.  Proctor.  Mr.  Jones  is  a  native  of  Athol,  Mass.,  and  came  into  this  house  in  1854,  becoming  a  partner  in  1867,  and  is  prom- 
inent in  commercial  and  financial  life.  Mr.  McDuffee  was  born  in  Derby,  Vt.,  and  has  been  in  the  house  for  twenty-five  years.  Mr.  Stratton  is 
a  native  Bostonian,  and  came  into  the  house  in  1863,  Mr.  Williams  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  house  for 
a  full  quarter  of  a  century.    Mr.  Proctor  was  born  in  Athol,  Mass.,  and  came  into  the  house  fifteen  years  ago. 


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_  B.  HOWARD,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchant,  No.  48  Summer  Street.— Although  the  trade  which  attaches  to  the  rehable 

iOju^^^^W  firm  of  Mr.  P.  B.  Howard,  commission  merchant  in  dry  goods,  of  No.  48  Summer  Street,  is  of  a  local  character,  it  is, 
«>.MHra^B>.  nevertheless,  of  considerable  magnitude,  and  comprises  a  patronage  among  jobbers,  clothing  manufacturers  and  large 
retail  dealers.  The  business  was  estabUshed  in  1869  by  Mr.  P.  B.  Howard,  who,  in  addition  to  his  flourishing  connection  as 
a  commission  merchant,  acts  as  the  duly  accredited  representative  for  European  mills  and  New  York  houses  in  woolens  and 
linings,  his  wide  range  of  practical  experience  in  the  trade  enabling  him  to  handle  only  the  finest  qualities  of  goods,  while 
his  energy,  perseverance  and  sound  ability  are  mainly  responsible  tor  the  very  satisfactory  business  he  has  succeeded  in  building  up  for  his 
worthy  principals.  Mr.  Howard  is  a  native  of  Boston,  now  of  middle  age,  and  learned  the  trade  in  a  woolen  mill.  He  is  esteemed  as  a  thor- 
ough business  man  and  for  his  inflexible  integrity  and  unsullied  record  as  a  merchant. 


C.  HAEDY  &  Co.,  Doors,  Sashes,  Blinds,  Glazed  Windows,  Nos.  59,  61,  63,  65  and  67  Charlestown  Street.— Perhaps  not  one 
among  Boston's  older  firms  engaged  in  the  handling  of  builders'  supplies  is  more  widely  or  favorably  known  than  that  of  A. 
C.  Hardy  &  Co.,  whose  capacious  "  Blue  Front  Store"  is  located  at  Nos.  59-67  Charlestown  Street,  opposite  Beverly  Street,  near 
Boston  and  Maine  depot,  extending  through  to  Lynn  Street.  They  are  dealers  in  doors,  sashes,  blinds,  glazed  windows  and 
*  moldings;  also  stair  rails,  balusters,  insigle  finish,  and  lumber  of  every  description,  and  the  trade,  which  is  exceedingly 
large,  extends  throughout  New  England  and  portions  of  New  York  State.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was  established  in 
1848  by  the  father  of  the  present  proprietor  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  New  England,  and  from  its  inception  has  been  a  highly  successful  ven- 
ture, the  business  growing  apace.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  two  stores  and  lofts,  each  40  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  are  well 
ordered  and  excellently  arranged,  and  a  large  number  of  help  are  employed.  An  extensive,  varifed  and  complete  stock  is  constantly  kept 
on  hand  here,  the  specialties  being  doors,  sashes,  blinds  and  glazed  windows,  while  special  attention  is  also  given  to  turning  out  special  sizes 
shapes,  etc.,  of  building  work  to  order  and  all  orders  by  telephone  No.  3063,  mail,  or  otherwise,  are  attended  to  in  the  most  expeditious  and 
reliable  manner.  The  prices  quoted  are  maintained  at  the  very  lowest  possible  figures,  the  most  hberal  inducements  being  oltered  to  build- 
.ers  and  contractors ;  and  relations  once  formed  with  this  responsible  firm  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connec- 
tlon.  Mr.  Hardy,  who  is  the  sole  proprietor,  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  a  native  of  this  state.  He  is  a  man  of  energy  and  enter- 
prise, thoroughly  reliable  in  his  dealings,  and  has  won  success  by  deserving  it. 


E.  MERRIMAN,  Dealer  in  Whalebone,  No.  S4  Lincoln  Street.— The  leading  headquarters  for  whalebone  in  Boston  is  the 
establishment  of  Mr.  F.  E.  Merriman,  located  at  No.  24  Lincoln  Street.  This  gentleman  is  an  extensive  dealer  in  whalebone, 
either  in  the  raw  material,  or  manufactured  into  whip-bone,  corset  bone,  dress-bone,  etc.,  manufacturing  his  own  goods, 
and  possessing  every  modern  facility  for  the  systematic  and  successful  prosecution  of  the  business  in  all  its  departments. 
'  He  established  his  business  here  over  twenty  years  ago,  early  giving  the  subject  a  thorough  investigation— which  resulted 
in  the  invention  by  him  of  numerous  special  tools— and  employing  every  means  and  method  to  improve  the  quality,  enhance 
the  value  and  cheapen  the  cost  of 

production.    As  a  result,  he  has  ..  ^  —    r    -  "  r     --   ~      "^"^^7-^ — -^-- 

produced  a  line  of  whalebone  un- 
•surpassed  in  this  or  any  other 
market,  and  has  developed  the 
leading  trade  therein  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country.  He  has  the 
best  possible  connections  with  lead- 
ing sources  of  supply,  securing 
the  raw  material  in  vast  quanti- 
ties, and  at  the  most  advantageous 
rates,  and  jemploying  only  skilled 
and  expert  hands  in  its  manufac- 
ture into  whip  bone,  corset  bone, 
dress  bone,  and  other  articles  for 
which  he  has  become  so  widely 
noted.     The  goods  go  to  all  parts 

of  the  United  States  and  to  foreign  countries,  and  are  preferred  by  dealers  and  consumers  wherever  introduced  to  any  other  make  on  account 
of  their  great  reliability,  durability  and  uniform  excellence.  Orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  with  promptness  and  care,  at  prices 
which  ai'e  rarely,  if  ever,  duplicated  elsewhere.  Mr.  Merriman  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  and  is  still  in  the  active  prime 
of  life.  He  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of  his  patrons,  is  enterprising  and  progressive  in  his  methods  of 
manufacture,  rehable  and  responsible  in  all  his  dealings,  and  of  excellent  repute  and  standing  in  business  and  trade  circles. 


jERBERT  C.  CHURCH,  Banker  and  Broker,  No.  53  Congress  Street.— A  widely  known  house  in  connection  with  the  Boston 
stock  and  bond  market  is  that  of  Mr.  Herbert  C.  Church.  He  deals  largely  in  corporation  and  municipal  bonds;  also  handles 
real  estate  mortgages,  and  buys  and  sells  bonds,  stocks  and  securities  on  commission.  He  established  himself  in  business 
originally  in  New  York,  in  1880,  and  in  1886  engaged  with  the  banking  firm  of  Cordley  &  Co.,  in  this  city,  withdrawing  there- 
from in  1889  and  opening  his  present  office.  His  career  has  been  marked  by  that  energy,  tact  and;  keen  appreciation  of 
opportunity  so  essential  to  permanent  success  in  the  "  city."  Through  his  extended  and  influential  connections  he  possesses 
exceptional  facilities,  not  only  for  the  prompt  fulfillment  of  his  own  engagements,  but  also  for  the  successful  negotiation  of  operations 
requiring  large  suras  of  money  tor  others.  He  is  likewise  prominent  as  eastern  agent  tor  the  International  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.  This  company  has  a  cash  capital  of  $1,000,000.  and  offers  investors  guaranteed  short  time  paper.debenture  bonds,  national 
bank  stocks,  real  estate  first  mortgages,  corporation  and  municipal  bonds,  and  other  choice  investment  securities.  Special  attention  is 
called  to  their  short  time  paper,  payment  of  which  is  fully  guaranteed  at  maturity  by  this  company,  and  payable  in  Boston  or  New  Y'ork 
funds  without  charge  for  exchange.  This  paper  is  amply  secured  by  collateral  or  by  names  of  banks  or  individuals  of  undoubted  credit  and 
with  the  strong  endorsement  and  guarantee  of  this  company  is  especially  desirable  for  national  banks  and  others  desiring  short  time  invest- 
ments promptly  paid  at  maturity.  Mr.  Church  is  in  a  position  to  offer  opportunities  tor  the  purchase  of  government  and  other  guaranteed 
dividend-paying  bonds  and  stocks  which  are  unsurpassed  by  any  of  his  contemporaries  in  the  city,  and  his  house  is  cordially  commended  to 
all  capitalists  who  desu-e  a  good  and  safe  income,  with  absolute  security  for  their  investments.  Mr.  Church  is  a  native  of  New  York,  and 
through  merit  and  promptness  in  attending  to  his  patrons'  interests  he  has  attained  a  leading  position  in  this  important  branch  of  the  stock 
market. 


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|HE  NEW  ENSIiAND  NATIONAL  BANK,  Equitable  Building,  No.  150  Devonsliire  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  and  strongest 
fiduciary  institutions  of  Boston  is  the  New  England  National  Bank,  whose  banking  rooms  are  eligibly  located  in  the  Equitable 
Building,  No.  150  Devonshire  Street.  It  was  originally  incorporated  in  1813,  as  the  New  England  Bank,  being  reorganized 
under  the  national  banking  laws  in  1865,  and  has  steadily  maintained  a  high  position  in  the  financial  world,  doing  a  sate  and 
flourishing  business  throughout  all  these  years.  Its  capital  of  $1,000,000  has  been  kept  at  the  same  figure  from  its  inception, 
and  this  is  now  strengthened  by  a  surplus  of  $600,000,  with  undivided  profits  of  $120,144.31,  while  its  individual  deposits 
amount  to  over  $2,500,000.  It  does  a  remunerative  general  business,  discounting  the  best  class  of  commercial  paper,  loaning  on  proper  col- 
lateral, buying  and  selling  exchange,  and  making  collections  on  all  points  through  its  chain  of  correspondents.  The  bank  has  ever  retained 
the  confidence  of  leading  commercial  and  financial  circles,  and  numbers  among  its  permanent  patrons  many  of  our  largest  manufacturers, 
merchants,  importers  and  capitalists.  The  statement  of  its  condition  made  November  30,  1891,  is  the  following:  resources:  loans  and  dis- 
counts, $3,328,018.57;  stocks  and  bonds,  $78,400. ;  due'from  banks,  $386,779.87;  redemption  fund,  $2,350;  expenses  and  taxes  paid,  $12,975.15; 
cash,  $527,840.19;  total,  $4,336,263,78.  Liabilities:  capital  stock,  $1,000,000;  surplus  fund,  $600,000;  undivided  profits,  $120,144.31;  dividends 
unpaid,  $4,355.50;  circulation,  $45,000;  deposits,  $2,566,763.97;  total,  $4,336,263,78.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  New  England  National  are 
as  follows,  to  wit:  presidejit,  Charles  W.  Jones;  cashier,  Charles  F.  Swan.  Directors:  Samuel  Atherton,  retired  merchant;  John  T.  Bradlee, 
retired  merchant;  John  D.  W,  Joy,  wholesale  dry  goods  dealer;  Charles  W.  Jones,  cotton  manufacturer;  William  6.  iVIeans,  treasurer  Man- 
chester Locomotive  Works;  J.  Herbert  Sawyer,  cotton  manufacturer.  These  are  able  and  representative  business  men,  whose  names  are 
synonymous  with  stability  and  integrity,  and  whose  presence  on  the  board  of  the  New  England  National  Banh  affords  the  best  possible  guar- 
antee of  its  continued  prosperity  and  usefulness.  President  Jones  brings  special  qualifications  to  bear  upon  his  position,  and  there  is  no 
more  able,  prudent  and  reliable  financier  than  he.  In  Sir,  Swan  the  bank  has  a  cashier  of  expert  judgment  and  vast  practical  experience, 
who  has  been  connected  with  the  institution  since  1846,  cashier  since  1873,  and  unremitting  in  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  bank  and 
deservedly  popular  with  its  patrons. 


F.  CORNE,  Importer  of  Paper  Stock,  No.  104  State  Street.— Mr.  Come  is  an  importer  of  paper  stock  from  Europe,  and 
established  his  business  ten  years  ago.  He  handles  only  high-grade  goods,  his  operations  being,  nevertheless,  of  extensive 
magnitude.  Although  his  transactions  are  mainly  in  New  England  he  has  a  connection  extending  throughout  the  entire 
country;  his  clients  being,  mainly,  the  better  class  paper  makers.  Mr.  Corne  is  a  practical  expert  at  his  calling,  and,  prior 
to  entering  upon  his  presenl  business,  he  was  engaged  in  banking.  He  possesses,  in  marked  significance,  a  comprehensive 
range  of  unusual  commercial  accomplishments  and  merits  the  respect  of  the  whole  trade.  A  treatise  upon  the  commer- 
cial prosperity  of  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State,  to  be  operative  must  be  perfect,  and  such,  assuredly,  it  would  not  be,  did  its  pages  contain 
no  reference  to  Mr.  Corne  and  his  prosperous  calling. 


;EGGS  &  COBB,  Tanners  and  Curriers,  No.  82  Summer  Street  and  No.  295  Devonshire  Street.— This  is  a  leading  house  in  its 
special  branch  of  the  trade  in  Boston  and  enjoys  a  national  reputation  as  manufacturer  of  oil  grain,  buff,  glove  and  pebble 
grain  crimping  and  shoe  splits,  with  tannery  at  Winchester,  Mass.,  and  currying  shop  at  Woburn,  Mass.,  and  with  head- 
quarters at  the  address  given  above.  This  firm  started  in  business  in  1879.  with  a  capital  of  $5,000,  and  have  continued  to 
lengthen  and  strengthen  their  stakes,  extend  their  commercial  relations,  increase  their  facilities  for  doing  business,  and 
expand  their  popularity  with  the  trade,  until  they  have  invested  $450,000  in  the  enterprise  and  reached  a  pre-eminence  in  the 
industry  of  which  they  have  every  reason  to  be  proud.  They  have  lately  taken  the  Moseley  tannery  at  Winchester,  which  is  over  three 
hundred  per  cent,  larger  than  the  one  already  operated,  and  now  have  a  tanning  capacity  of  fifteen  hundred  sides  per  day,  employing  one 
hundred  and  twenty -five  men;  while  the  currying  shop  at  Woburn  gives  employment  to  one  hundred  more.  The  pi'oductions  of  this  flour- 
ishing firm  are  goods  of  exceptional  merit,  being  recognized  as^the  ne  plus  ultra  in  glove,  oil  grain  and  shoe  splits,  and  are  in  extensive  and 
growing  demand  throughout  the  entire  country,  particularly  so  among  the  New  England  shoe  manufactories.  A  full  and  fine  line  of  stock  is 
kept  constantly  on  hand,  from  which  the  largest  orders  are  promptly  filled.  The  firm  is  composed  of  William  Beggs  and  Elisha  W.  Cobb, 
the  foimders  of  the  business,  and  Alex,  Moseley  as  special  partner,  Mr.  Beggs  is  known  and  honored  in  the  trade  as  the  inventor  of  the 
improved  attachment  to  the  Union  splitting  machine,  and  is  the  practical  tanner  of  the  firm,  having  personal  charge  of  the  tannery  and  fac- 
tory. Mr.  Cobb  is  the  business  manager  at  tlie  Boston  office  and  a  practical  leather  man.  Mr.  Mosele.v  became  a  special  partner  December 
1, 1890,  and  was  formerly  connected  with  Loring  &  Avery.    All  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth,  and  enjoy  the  highest  repute. 


^LFRED  CLAPP  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Lumber  Dealers,  Rooms  814-^15  Exchange  Building,  No.  ,53  State  Street.— The  growth  of 
the  lumber  trade  of  Boston  has  kept  pace  with  the  advancement  of  its  industrial  resources,  and  in  no  other  single  branch  of 
,re  greater  facilities  offered  our  people  than  in  obtaining  supplies  of  lumber  of  all  kinds  upon  the  most  advanta- 
geous terms.  This  fact  is  the  result'of  the  enterprise  of  the  wholesale  lumber  dealers  and  shippers,  who  have  placed  this 
city  among  the  leading  markets  of  the  country  for  this  staple.  One  of  the  leading  houses  in  the  trade  is  that  of  Alf  r«d  Clapp 
cS;  Co.,  of  which  Mr.  Clapp  is  the  sole  proprietor,  and  whose  offices  are  in  Rooms  814-815  Exchange  Building,  No,  53  State  Street. 
The  business  was  established  eight  years  ago,  and  has  been  conducted  with  annually  increasing  success  and  influence,  its  operations  now 
extending  generally  throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  firm  deal  in  all  kinds  of  eastern,  western,  northern  and  southern  lumber, 
both  hard  and  soft  woods.  Supplies  are  received  direct  from  the  lumber  mills.  A  very  large  trade  is  met,  the  annual  sales  running  from 
15,000,000  to  30,000,000  feet  per  year.  The  reputation  of  this  house  in  the  trade  for  enterprise  and  liberality  is  not  excelled  by  any  contempo- 
raneous concern,  while  the  resources  and  facilities  at  command  make  it  one  of  the  most  desirable  establishments  in  the  city  with  which  to 
form  pleasant  and  profitable  relations.  Mr.  Clapp  is  a  native  of  Boston,  an  active  member  of  the  Bay  State  Lumber  Dealers'  Association, 
and  sustains  an  excellent  status  in  business  circles. 


jRED  I.  CLAYTON,  Military  and  Civic  Tailor,  No.  8  City  Hall  Avenue.— A  popular  and  prominent  representative  of  the  tailor's 
art  is  Mr.  Fred.  I.  Clayton,  whose  establishment  is  eligibly  located  at  No.  8  City  Hall  Avenue.  He  has  been  engaged  in  this 
business  since  1868,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  exquisite  (aste,  judgment  and  integrity,  by  the  exercise  of  which  he  has  built  up  a 
large  and  permanent  trade  among  our  wealthy  and  refined  citizens.  His  establishment  comprises  a  store  of  two  floors,  of 
ample  dimensions,  which  are  commodious  and  elegantly  fitted  up  and  contain  at  all  times  a  complete  assortment  of 
the  finest  imported  goods  from  which  the  most  critical  and  fastidious  can  easily  suit  himself,  while  the  fit  and  finish  of  the 
house  are  too  well  known  as  perfection  to  need  any  further  comment.  The  facilities  of  the  house  for  the  pi'ompt  fulfillment  of  all  orders  is 
unexcelled.  From  eight  to  twelve  assistants  are  employed  in  the  store  and  shop,  and  all  garments  are  made  up  outside.  Mr.  Clayton  is  him- 
self a  practical  tailor  and  cutter  and  gives  to  the  business  his  personal  supervision.  A  specialty  is  made  of  manufacturing  uniforms  in  the 
best  and  most  satisfactoi-y  manner,  while  the  most  reasonable  prices  at  all  times  5)revail.  Mr.  Clayton  has  been  eminently  successful  in  this 
business  and  has  an  inHuential  patronage  in  this  city  and  throughout  New  England.  His  high  pereonal  character  is  a  sufficient  assurance  of 
the  reliable  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  filled. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


189 


Boston  Common — Beacon  Street  Mall. 

pHN  L.  STEVENSON  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Wines,  Spirits  and  Cigars,  Sole  Agents  of  Due  De  Mon  tebello  Cham- 
pagne, Nos.  2  and  4  Faneuil  Hall  Square.— For  the  period  of  thirty  years  intervening  between  the  year  1863  and  the  present 
time,  the  name  of  Messrs.  John  L.  Stevenson  &  Co.,  has  been  conspicuously  prominent  as  one  of  the  representative  houses  of 
its  class  in  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State.  The  business  is  that  of  importers  of  and  dealers  in  wines,  spirits  and  cigars,  and 
the  premises  occupied  by  the  concern  are  located  at  Nos.  2  and  4  Faneuil  Hall  Square.  The  house  engages  both  at  retail  and 
wholesale,  the  specialty  being  the  latter.  It  has  transactions  in  both  free  and  bonded  goods  and  handles  the  very  highest 
qualities  thereof.  The  house  formerly  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cigars,  their  private  brand  being  the  "  Smuggler,"  and  they  are  sole 
agents  for  the  celebrated  "  Due  de  Montebello  "  champagne.  The  premises  are  excellent  in  the  matter  of  location  and  equipment  and  com- 
prise five  floors,  each  covering  a  substantial  area,  the  first  being  arranged  and  appointed  as  a  retail  department.  Messrs.  John  L.  Stevenson 
and  Charles  D.  White  constitute  the  personnel  of  the  partnership,  each  of  which  gentlemen  is  an  able,  conscientious  and  enterprising  business 
man.  Mr.  Stevenson  is  a  middle  aged  gentleman  commanding  great  respect,  and  is  the  president  of  the  Massachusetts  Wine  and  Spirit 
Association.  Mr.  White  has  been  connected  with  the  house  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  and  is  a  native  of  Boston.  Boston's  prosper- 
ity to  be  reflected  completely  upon  the  pages  of  a  work  of  the  character  of  the  one  under  preparation,  must  comprise  within  its  represen- 
tative elements  the  name  of  this  reputable  house. 


TJHARLES  KIMBALL  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  in  Fruit  and  Produce,  Corner  Atlantic  Avenue  and  Clinton  Street.— A 
prominent  leader  in  its  special  field  of  commercial  activity,  the  house  of  Charles  Kimball  &  Co.,  commission  merchants  iu 
fruits  and  produce,  is  fully  entitled  to  special  mention  in  any  work  bearing  upon  the  mercantile  progress  of  Boston.  This 
establishment  was  founded  in  184.5  by  Mr.  Charles  Kimball,  who  adopted  the  trade  name  of  Charles  Kimball  &  Co.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  prominent  figure  in  the  fruit  and  produce  market,  and  his  death,  which  occurred  in  18S5,  was  generally 
regretted.  He  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Newton  A.  Hoak  and  James  Misochi,  who  had  been  his  partners  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  they  still  retain  the  original  firm  style.  Mr.  Hoak  is  a  native  of  Maine,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  twenty-two  years.  Mr. 
Misochi  was  born  in  this  city.  Both  are  members  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and  are  popularly  known  as  progressive,  enterprising, 
business  men.  The  firm's  office  and  salesroom  are  at  the  corner  of  Atlantic  Avenue  and  Clinton  Street,  while  their  warehouse,  a  five-story, 
25  X  100  feet  building,  is  on  Commercial  Wharf.  Employing  a  staff  of  twenty-five  hands,  and  having  perfected  facilities,  they  carry  on  a  very 
heavy  trade  as  commission  merchants  in  fruits  and  produce  of  all  kinds,  receiving  consignments  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  A 
leading  specialty  is  made  of  potatoes,  and  consignments  of  this  vegetable  are  also  received  from  England,  Ireland  and  Scotland,  and  Prince 
Edwards  Island.  The  firm  make  shipments  to  all  sections  of  the  Union.  Consignments  are  always  solicited,  and  their  record  assures  the 
highest  market  prices  and  promptest  returns  in  every  instance. 


190  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

iNUFACTUREES  NATIONAL  BANK,  Corner  Summer  and  Devonshire  Streets.— Boston  is  to  be  cordially  congratulated  upon 
the  soundness  and  solvency  of  its  banks  and  iiscal  institutions,  prominent  among  which  is  the  Manufacturers  National  Bank, 
occupying  its  own  elegant  building  at  the  corner  of  Summer  aud  Devonshire  streets.  The  banking  rooms  are  locatedon  the 
ground  tioor,  and  are  so  admirably  arranged  for  tlie  rapid  transaction  of  a  large  volume  of  business  that  of  the  hundreds 
daily  doing  business  with  the  institution,  all  are  promptly  attended  to,  and  there  is  no  detention.  As  through  the  handsome 
portal  one  enters  the  establishment,  its  immensity  is  the  first  impression  conveyed  to  the  mind.  So  simple  are  all  the  arrange- 
ments that  the  stranger  can  easily  find  his  way  to  any  of  the  numerous  departments,  while  despite  the  turmoil  of  business,  a  quiet  elegance 
pervades  the  place,  and  one  feels  intuitively  that  he  is  in  one  of  the  best  managed  institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  The  Manufacturers 
National  Bank  was  incorporated  in  187.3,  and  exists  to-day,  like  a  financial  Gibraltar,  with  title  and  nature  of  business  unchanged.  Its  capi- 
tal stock  is  $500,000,  and  its  officers  and  directors  are  as  follows:  viz..  President,  Weston  Lewis;  cashier,  Francis  E.  Seaver.  Directors:  Nathan 
P.  Coburn,  Benj.  W.  Munroe,  Henry  H.  Proctor,  Geo.  B.  Nichols,  A.  Shuman,  Otis  Shepard,  H.  Staples  Potter,  John  Wales,  Wm.  A.  Gaston 
and  Weston  Lewis.  The  bank  transacts  a  general  business  in  deposits,  loans,  collections  and  exchange;  discounting  much  of  the  choicest 
commercial  paper  in  the  city,  loaning  largely  on  approved  collateral,  and  effecting  collections  on  all  points  tlirough  its  chain  of  corre- 
spondents, which  includes  the  National  Park  and  First  National  Banks,  of  New  York;  the  Tradesmen's  National  Bank, of  Philadelphia; 
and  the  First  National  Bank,  of  Chicago.  The  management  is  characterized  by  the  soundest  methods  and  the  utmost  efforts  to  secure 
every  legitimate  advantage  to  customers,  and  the  bank  is  one  of  the  most  popular  depositories  and  mediums  of  exchange  in  the  city 
to-day.  Its -resources  are  as  great  as  its  business  is  widespread  and  its  connections  influential.  It  allows  interest  on  trust  funds  and 
special  accounts,  issues  certificates  of  deposit  bearing  interest,  makes  telegraphic  transfers  of  money,  and  extends  every  faciUty 
to  its  customers,  consistent  with  sound  banking.  Its  statement,  made  November  2,  1891,  shows  net  profits  of  $100,081.93;  deposits, 
$3,290,452.60;  loans  and  discounts,  $1,601,290.01;  total  resources,  $3,971,534.43.  The  bank  is  a  steady  dividend-payer,  while  the  above  figures 
are  an  eloquent  commentary  on  the  popularity  of  the  institution  and  its  great  earning  power.  The  president.  Mr.  Lewis,  is  one  of  Boston's 
best  known  business  men,  for  years  at  the  head  of  the  great  wholesale  dry  goods  house  of  Lewis,  Brown  &  Co.,  and  for  two  and  one-halt  years 
chairman  of  the  State  Board  of  Arbitration,  and  a  born  financier.  The  cashier,  Mr.  Seaver,  has  been  in  the  banking  business  since  1857,  and 
has  filled  his  present  position  since  1873,  bringing  to  bear  ample  experience  and  a  foundation  understanding  of  financial  methods  and  the 
science  of  banking;  while  the  board  of  directors  comprises  much  of  the  solid  business  element  of  this  busy  metropolis. 

P.  MARTIN,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Vapor  Stoves,  Torches,  Soldering  Stoves,  Gasolene  and  Kerosene  Lamps,  No.  861 
Federal  Street.— The  use  of  kerosene  oil  for  heating  and  cooking  purposes  has  become  so  general  that  the  market  is  filled 
with  oil  stoves  of  many  kinds  and  while  they  may  do  the  ordinary  work  of  a  cook  stove  tolerably  well,  there  is  always  one 
fault,  and  that  is  the  tendency  to  smoke  and  fill  the  house  with  a  disagreeable  odor,  caused  by  imperfect  combustion, 
i  •  This  objection  is  obviated  by  the  vapor  stoves  now  in  general  use.  A  prominent  house  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  vapor  stoves,  torches,  soldering  stoves,  gasolene,  and  kerosene  lamps  is  that  of  Mr.  G.  P.  Martin,  located  at  No.  261 
Federal  Street,  This  prosperous  business  was  established  in  1881  and  has  since  been  conducted  with  gratifying  success.  The  premises 
occupied  consist  of  a  store  with  workshop  in  the  rear,  both  of  ample  dimensions  and  fitted  np  with  everything  necessary  for  the  successful 
prosecution  of  the  business.  A  large  stock  of  vapor  stoves,  all  kinds  of  gas  stoves,  torches,  soldering  stoves,  gasolene  and  kerosene  lamps  is 
kept  constantly  on  hand.  A  corps  of  competent  assistants  is  employed  and  all  orders  receive  prompt  attention,  a  specialty  being  made  of 
cleaning  and  repairing  all  kinds  of  vapor  stoves,  torches,  etc.  The  best  qualiy  of  Naptha  and  Gasohne  is  at  all  times  for  sale  at  market 
prices,  in  large  or  small  quantities.  A  large  trade  in  this  city  and  its  suburbs  has  been  established.  Mr.  G.  P.  Martin,  the  proprietor,  is  a 
middle  aged  gentleman,  a  native  of  Boston,  who  has  always  followed  this  line,  is'a  thoroughly  practical  workman,  and  gives  to  the  btisiness 
his  personal  attention. 

^  DERRY  &  CO.,  Sea  Wall  Builders,  No.  68  Devonshire  Street.— This  business  was  established  in  1854,  by  Mr.  C.  T.  Derry, 
who  was  a  practical  master  mason,  quarryman  and  granite  contractor,  and  he  soon  developed  a  widespread  and  influen- 
tial patronage.  In  1868  he  admitted  to  partnership  Mr.  C.  H.  Edwards,  who  retired  in  1880,  and  Mr.  James  Burr  came  into 
the  firm.  Their  business  has  since  been  local,  suburban  and  country-wide,  as  dealers  in  granite,  bridge  abutments,  etc., 
and  as  sea  wall  and  wharf  builders,  making  a  specialty  of  removing  and  rebuilding  old  sea  wall,  and  also  furnishing  light- 
ers for  transporting  freight  or  heavy  merchandise  to  all  parts  of  the  harbor.  Having  had  an  unequaled  experience  in  the 
execution  o£  the  heaviest  contracts  in  the  building  of  sea  walls,  piers  and  bridge  abutments,  they  are  still  called  upon  to  perform  the  most 
important  commissions  in  their  line,  both  for  the  United  States  Government,  railway  and  other  corporations  and  private  parties  throughout 
the  country.  During  the  war  they  handled  all  the  twenty-five  ton  guns  and  their  appurtenances  for  the  government,  landing  them  at  all  the 
various  forts  from  New  York  Harbor  north;  while  their  first  contract  was  performed  in  1856  for  William  Evans,  contractor  with  the  city  of 
Boston,  for  a  wall  on  Albany  Street,  over  a  mile  in  length,  thirteen  feet  wide  at  the  bottom,  tour  feet  wide  at  the  top,  and  fourteen  feet  high. 
They  built  a  large  part  of  the  splendid  Long  Wharf ;  the  wharf  and  piling  for  the  Standard  Sugar  Refinery  at  South  Boston ;  the  wharf 
for  the  Franklin  Coal  Company  at  South  Boston,  owned  by  Francis  B.  Hayes;  the  great  sea  wall  on  Beacon  Street,  3500  feet  long; 
the  freight  and  passenger  depots  of  the  Boston  and  Providence  railroad ;  the  sea  wall  at  Mystic  River,  one-halt  mile  long,  twenty-one 
feet  high,  twelve  feet  wide  at  tlie  bottom  and  four  feet  at  the  top;  a  large  part  of  the  rip-rap  at  the  pumping  station  on  Moon  Island; 
furnished  stone  for  the  foundation  of  Washington  Market;  the  bridges  at  Dedham  and  Hyde  Park,  for  the  Boston  and  Providence 
railroad;  1700  feet  of  heavy  sea  wall  for  the  Boston  Gas 'Light  Company,  and  the  foundation  for  their  works  at  Commercial  Point;  500 
feet  of  sea  wall  for  the  Bradley  Fertilizer  Company,  at  Weymouth;  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  dock  ;and  elevator  for  the  Fitcbburg  Railroad, 
at  which  three  of  the  largest  foreign  steamship  lines  running  into  Boston  discharge;  the  foundation  for  the  South  Boston  Iron  Foundry 
and  the  foundation  for  the  Chapin  Block  in  this  city.  Their  heaviest  contract  and  the  largest  one  of  the  kind  ever  let  was  the 
building  of  a  sea  wall  tor  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  4000  feet  long,  thirty  feet  wide  at  the  base,  three  feet  wide  at  the  top,  built 
in  seven  feet  of  water  at  low  tide,  and  requiring  one  hundred  thousand  tons  of  stone.  They  own  and  operate  seven  lighters,  and 
employ  some  twenty  vessels  in  the  work  of  transporting  their  stone  from  their  quarries  at  Rockport  and  Quincy  to  this  city.  This  firm  have 
built  more  sea  walls  than  all  other  contractors  in  Boston  combined.  Captain  Derry,  the  honored  founder  of  this  business,  is  a  native  of 
Quincy,  Mass.,  and  moved  to  Sharon  twenty-seven'years  ago  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  there.  He  has  been  engaged  upon  masonry 
work  for  upwards  of  forty  years,  and  is  the  leading  authority  upon  this  branch  of  constructive  enterprise  in  this  section  of  the  country.  He 
is  a  large  owner  of  real  estate  in  Sharon  and  vicinity;  was  the  founder  of  the  company  that  erected  the  Massapoiag  Hotel  on  his  property, 
situated  on  the  banks  of 'the  beautiful  Massapoiag  Lake;  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Mechanics'  Exchange  in  this  city.  Mr. 
Burr  is  also  a  native  of  Quincy,  and  prominent  in  its  business  and  political  circles.  He  was  engaged  in  the  lightering  industry  for  twenty 
years  previousito  becoming  a  member  of  this  firm,  and  is  an  expert  therein;  and  represented  the  city  of  Quincy  in  the  First  Council,  and  is 
an  active  and  influential  memberof  the  Mechanics'  Exchange.  The  firm  do  a  business  of  from  $20,000  to  $50,000  per  year,  and  have  never 
given  a  note,  but  have  at  all  times  paid  strictly  cash. 


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|UND,  JEWELL  &  WELCH,  Solicitors  of  Patents,  No.  34  School  Street.— One  of  the  most  eminent  and  successful  firms  in 
Boston  engaged  in  the  practice  of  patent  law  is  that  of  Messrs.  Lund,  Jewell  &  Welch,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  34  School 
Street.  This  firm  are  widely  known  as  solicitors  of  American  and  foreign  patents  andias  counsellors  in  patent  causes.  The 
business  so  successfully  conducted  by  them  was  originally  established  in  1867,  by  Rodney  Luud,  an  attorney-at-law  of  large 
experience,  who  practiced  before  the  courts  of  Boston  and  the  United  States  in  this  city  until;  1873,  when  he  formed  a  part- 
nership under  the  name  and  style  of  Burbank  &  Lund.  In  1885  Mr.  Charles  H.  Welch  became  a  partner  with  Mr.  Lund,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Lund  &  Welch  and  in  May,  1890,  Mr.  William  E.  Jewell  was  admitted  to  partnership.  As  thus  constituted,  the  firm  of  Lund, 
Jewell  &  Welch  have  gained  a  national  reputation  as  able,  scientilic  and  successful  solicitors,  and  experienced,  clear-headed  and  reliable 
counsellors  in  patent  law.  Their  practice  comprises  close  and  careful  attention  to  the  preparation  and  prosecution  of  applications  for  letters 
patent,  design  patents,  reissues,  trade-marks,  labels  and  copyrights;  including  the  making  out  and  filing  of  specifications,  drawings,  caveatS' 
assignments,  and  all  other  necessary  papers :  the  making  of  preliminary  examinations  as  to  the  patentability  of  an  invention  or  discovery ,- 
and  investigations  as  to  the  scope  and  validity  of  patents;  arguing  cases  in  interference,  upon  appeal^and  before  the  courts;  and  all  other 
items  of  service  necessary  to  the  complete  success  of  the  application  up  to  the  time  the  patent  is  granted  and  issued  by  the  office.  No  attor- 
neys are  better  known  at  the  patent  office  in  Washington,  and  none  can  secure  fairer  treatment  or  more  prompt  considei'ation  of  their  cases. 
Their  papers  filed  in  the  interest  of  their  clients  are  models  of  accuracy,  wisdom  and  perfect  understanding  of  the  case  in  hand.  Their  facili- 
ties for  securing  both  American  and  foreign  patents  are  not  surpassed,  and  rarely  equalled  by  any  practitioners  in  the  country.  Their  clients 
come  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  including  many  prominent  inventors  and  manufacturing  corporations  in  Massachusetts  and  New 
England,  all  of  whom  bear'testimony  to  the  zeal  and  success  that  characterize  all  transactions  of  this  Arm.  A  branch  office  is  operated  in 
Lynn,  Mass.,  and  Gen.  Ellis  Spear,  who  was  Commissioner  of  Patents  under  President  Hayes,  is  the  Washington  correspondent  of  the  firm. 
Fees  are  moderate  and  uniform,  and  the  interests  of  every  client  are  closely  watched  and  intelligently  promoted.  Mr.  Lvmd  is  a  native  of 
Vermont,  and  studied  law  at  Bradford  in  that  State,  with  Robert  McK.  Ormsby,  Esq.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Bar  Association,  and 
has  had  an  experience  of  forty  years  in  the  practice  of  patent  and  common  law.  Mr.  Welch  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education, 
studied  his  profession  at  the  Boston  Law  School  and  in  the  office  of  Charles  A.  Drew,  Esq.,  and  was  also  with  Messrs.  Burbank  &  Lund 
previous  to  1885.  Mr.  Jewell  was  born  in  Stratton,  N.  H.,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  and  studied  with  Hon.  B.  W.  Harris  at  East 
Bridgewater,  Mass. ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1860,  and  became  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Harris  &  Jewell,  besides  practicing  tor  a  time 
at  Randolph  and  in  this  city,  previous  to  joining  the  present  firm.  These  gentlemen  all  enjoy  a  standing  in  legal  circles  which  place  them  far 
above  the  requirements  of  any  praise  which  these  pages  could  bestow. 


Noi'theastern  Department,  C.  E.  Roberts,  Manager,  Office  No.  35  Pemberton  Square. — 
The  insuring  of  steam  boilers  is  a  most  important  branch  of  the  insurance  system,  and 
a  valuable  factor  in  protecting  both^life  and  property.  The  only  exclusive  boiler 
insurance  company  in  the  world,  and  the  only  one  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States,  is 
that  of  the  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection  and  Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford, 
Conn.  This  company  was  organised  and  incorporated  in  1866,  with  a  perpetual  char- 
ter, ample  capital,  and  the  following  prominently  known  gentlemen  are  its  officers: 
President,  J.  M.  Allen;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  J.  B.  Pierce;  Vice-President,  W.  B. 
Eranklin ;  Second  Vice-President,  F.  B.  Allen.  The  affairs  of  the  company  have  been 
ably  directed,  and  a  most  substantial  success  scored.  This  is  shown  by  the  following 
abstract  from  the  statement  presented  January  1,  1891:  Assets,  Cash  in  Office  and 
Bank,  $56,592.89;  Premiums  in  course  of  collection,  $127,992.00;  Loaned  on  Bond  and 
Mortgage,  first  liens,  $423,470.00;  Bonds  and  Stocks,  market  value,  $767,363.24;  Real 
Estate,  $4,461.23;  Interest  accrued,  but  not  due,  $28,602.14;  Total  Assets,  $1,408,481.50. 
Liabilities,  Premium  Reserve,  $820,184.49;  Reserve  for  claims  not  due,  $16,650.86;  Cap- 
ital Stock,  $500,000.00;  Net  Surplus,  $71,646.15;  Surplus  as  regards  Policy-Holders, 
$571,646.15;  Total  Liabilities,  including  Capital  and  Surplus,  $1,408,481.50.  The  com- 
pany imposes  no  arbitraiy  conditions;  it  is  interested  in  no  patented  boilers  or  boiler  appliances,  nor  is  it  interested  in  numerous  insurance 
schemes,  entirely  foreign  to  the  business  of  steam  boiler  inspection  and  insurance,  but  on  the  receipt  of  the  proposal  for  insurance,  the 
boilers,  tanks,  or  other  appliances  carrying  steam  pressure  are  thoroughly  inspected  and  classified,  and  are  accepted  at  a  proper  rate  per 
cent.,  unless  they  are  found,  on  inspection,  absolutely  unsafe;  in  which  case  the  applicant  is  furnished  with  a  written  statement  of  their  con- 
dition. The  policy  of  insurance  which  the  company  issues  covers  damage  to  boilers,  buildings,  stock  and  machineiy;  also  from  loss  of  life, 
permanent  total  disability  and  accident  to  persons,  arising  from  explosion,  and  is  a  guaranty  that  the  work  of  inspection  has  been  thoroughly 
done.  No  inspection  can  be  so  careful  and  complete  as  one  where  the  party  making  it  has  a  pecuniary  interest.  The  northeastern  depart- 
ment of  the  company  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  35  Pemberton  Square,  this  city,  the  manager  being  Mr.  C.  E.  Roberts,  the  assistant  manager, 
Mr,  W.  H.  Allen,  both  natives  of  Boston,  and  popularly  known  in  business  circles.  The  territory  represented  by  them  includes  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  Rhode  Island  and  three-fom'ths  of  Massachusetts.  Twenty-five  assistants  are  employed,  twelve  of  them  being  boiler  inspectors. 
The  rates  for  risks  are  reasonable  in  character,  while  all  losses  that  occur  are  promptly  paid. 


I!.  BAILEY  &  CO.,  Perfumers,  Nos.  130  and  133  Lincoln  Street.— This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1884,  by  the  present  proprie- 
tor, Mr.  T.  B.  Bailey,  prior  to  which  he  had  for  twenty-five  years  conducted  a  retail  drug  business  at  Milf  ord,  Mass.,  his  native 
town.  He  has  built  up  a  lai-ge,  prosperous  trade,  and  ships  his  goods  to  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Bailey  is 
assisted  in  the  business  by  his  son,  Mr.  F,  I.  Bailey,  who  has  charge  of  the  laboratory.  He  is  an  expert  chemist,  and  thor- 
oughly skilled  in  the  production  of  perfumes.  Tlie  premises  occupied  have  an  area  of  25  x  75  feet,  and  are  equipped  with  all 
requisite  appliances.  Employment  is  found  for  fifteen  hands.  Choice  perfumes  of  all  kinds  are  made,  the  leading  varie- 
ties, and  their  prices,  per  pint,  being  as  follows:  Carnation  Pink,  $3.00;  Clematis,  $3.00;  Damask  Rose,  $3,00;  Ess  Boquet,  $3.00;  Heliotrope. 
$3.00;  Italian  Bouquet,  $3.00;  Jasmine,  $3.00;  Jockey  Club,  $3.00;  Japanese  Bouquet,  $3.00;  Mignonette,  $3.00;  Moss  Rose,  $3.00;  Night  B. 
Cereus,  $3.00;  New  Mown  Hay,  $3.00;  Orange  Blossom,  $3.00;  Ocean  Spray,  $3.00;  Opoponax,  $3.00;  Pond  Lily,  $3.00;  Patchouli,  $3.00;  Rose 
Geranium,  $3.00;  Sweet  Briar,  $3.00;  Sweet  Pea,  $3.00;  Stephanotis,  $3.00;  Tuberose,  $3.00;  Tea  Rose,  $8.00:  West  End,  $3.00;  Wild  Olive, 
$3.00;  White  Rose.  $3.00;  Specialties;  Amoroma,  $4.00;  Arbutus,  $4,00;  Crab  Apple  Blossom,  $4.00;  English  Lilac,  $4.00;  Florida  Flower 
$4.00;  Heliovine,  $4.00;  Lily  of  the  Valley,  $4.00;  Olivine,  $4.00;  White  Heliotrope,  ,$4.00;  White  Lilac,  $4.00;  Wood  Violet,  $4.00;  Tlang 
Ylang,  $4.00;  Extra  Special;  Frangipanni,  $6.00;  Musk,  $6.00.  The  firm  also  manufacture  Bailey's  Ideal  Sachets,  silk  and  satin  holders, 
fancy  bottles  filled,  cologne,  toilet  water,  fragrant  dentrifice,  small  bottle  perfumes  in  boxes,  Bailey's  baby  perfumes,  special  triple  extracts, 
souvenir  couplets,  Venetian  cologne,  German  Imperial  cologne.  Pond  Lily  face  powder,  toilet  powder,  and  a  choice  line  of  flavoring, 
extracts.    All  the  goods  are  of  strictly  first-class  quality,  a  heavy  stock  is  carried,  and  all  orders  received  are  filled  without  delay. 


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ILKINSON  &  .TINKHAM,  Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors,  Manufacturers  and  Fitters  o£  All  Kinds  o£  Electrical  Appar- 
atus, No,  24  Beach  Street.— This  estabhshment  was  founded  in  1863  by  Mr.  James  Willdnson,  at  No.  38  Chardon  Street,  and 
the  business  was  conducted  under  his  sole  ownership  up  to  1890,  when  Mr.  Lemuel  B.  Tinkman  became  his  partner,  and  the 
present  firm  title  was  adopted.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  skiUed  practical  electricians  and  locksmiths,  and  they  em  • 
ploy  twenty-five  experienced  assistants.  The  premises  occupied  are  equipped  with  all  requisite  machinery,  driven  by  steam- 
power,  and  Messrs.  Wilkinson  &  Tinkham  here  manufacture  electrical  apparatus  o£  every  description,  every  article  turned 

out  being  of  the  most  finished  workmanship. 

As  electrical  engineers  and  contractors  they 

give  particular  attention  to    the  placing  of 

annunciators,  burglar  alarms,  electric  lighting, 

electric  transmission  of  power,  and  wiring  of 

buildings.  Mr.  Wilkinson  is  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, but  has  resided  in  Boston  the  greater 

part  of  his  life.    He  is  a  valued  member  of 

the  Order  of  United  Workmen.  Mr.  Tink- 
ham was  born  in  Mattapoisett,  Mass.,   is   a 

young  man    of  excellent  business  capacity, 

and  it  was  through  his   inventive  ingenuity 

that    the  electric    door-opener    and  bell-pull 

attachment    was   evolved,   cut    of    which    is 

here    shown,— the   door-opener    being    now 

used  almost  exclusively  on  all  the  apartment  houses  in  this  city  and  vicinity.    Mr.  Tinkham  is  an  active  member  of  the  Independent  Order 

of  Odd  Fellows,  and  also  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  popularly  known  in  the  community. 


iiRIOB.  INGALLS  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Fresh  Fish,  No.  134  Commerce  Street.— The  com- 

\w^^^MB  prehensive  list  of  reputable  members  of  the  Boston  wholesale  fish  trade,  do^s  not  embrace  the  name  of  a  more  flourishing 
e\SmlS^m^    concern,  nor  one  more  emphatically  entitled  to  prominent  notice  upon  the  pages  of  this  treatise  upon  the  city's  expansion 

and  prosperity,  than  that  of  Blessrs.  Prior,  Ingalls  &  Co.  of  No.  124  Commerce  Street.  The  foundation  of  the  house  took 
LA    place  during  the  currency  of  the  year  1884,  the  authors  of  its  prosperity  being  the  members  of  the  partnership  as  at  present 

existing.  The  business  involves  transactions,  both  as  wholesale  dealers  and  upon  commission,  every  conceivable  variety  of 
fresh  and  salt-water  fish  being  handled  in  season.  The  area  covered  by  the  operations  of  the  house  embraces  within  its  limits  the  whole  of 
New  England,  and  extends  throughout  New  York  State,  the  West  and  Canada.  The  business  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  Prior,  Ingalls  & 
Co.,  monopolize  the  whole  of  a  floor,  covering  an  area  of  2000  feet,  and  are  well  managed  and  equipped  with  every  convenience 
necessary  to  the  conduct  of  a  large  and  expanding  volume  of  business  transactions;  a  staff  of  six  able  and  courteous  assistants  being 
constantly  maintained.  The  partnership  embodies  the  joint  energies  of  two  of  the  soundest  and  most  estimable  business  men  in  the  section 
— Mr.  George  P.  Prior  and  Mr.  Geo.  M.  Ingalls.  The  former  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Duxbury,  Mass.,  and  he  has  had  over  forty  honored 
years  of  constant  and  active  experience  in  this  business.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age  and  was  for  some  time  employed  in  a  promi- 
nent position  in  the  sea-faring  profession.  Mr.  Ingalls  is  a  native  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  prior  to  becoming  a  partner  in  the  business,  he 
was  allied  with  Mr.  P.  H.  Prior,  holding  a  responsible  position  in  that  gentleman's  employ 


SEHLBACH  &  CO.,  Sole  Importers  of  Artificial  Alizarines  and  Aniline  Colo.s,  Manufactured  by  Farbentabriken,  Vormals 
Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld  '&  Barmen,  Germany,  No.  16  Hamilton  Street.— A  house  that  occupies  tlie  leadership  in  the 
United  States  in  its  special  field  of  enterprise  is  that  of  E.  Sehlbach  &  Co.,  whose  headquarters  are  at  No.  48  Cedar  Street, 
New  York,  while  they  have  branch  houses  at  No.  U  North  Front  Street,  Philadelphia;  No.  161  Kinzie  Street,  Chicago,  and  aj 
j  *  No.  16  Hamilton  Street,  this  city.  The  business  of  this  concern  was  founded  upwards  of  twenty  years  ago,  and  the  Boston 
branch  was  opened  in  1871.  The  »members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Ernst  Sehlbach,  William  Diestel  and  Dawson  Miles.  The 
two  first-named  gentlemen  reside  in  New  York,  while  Mr.  Miles  is  in  charge  of  afl^airs  in  this  city,  where  he  is  well  and  popularly  known. 
The  firm  are  selling  agents  of  the  Hudson  Elver  Aniline  Color  Works,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ,  and  sole  United  States  agents  for  the  celebrated 
German  aniline  colors  manufactured  by  Farbenfabriken,  Vormals,  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld  &  Barmen,  Germany.  The  trade  supplied 
extends  to  all  sections  of  the  United  States,  and  the  house  everywhere  sustains  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  superior  character  of  its  goods, 
as  well  as  for  the  hberal  methods  which  mark  all  its  dealings.  The  premises  occupied  in  this  city  comprise  two  spacious  floors,  50  x  100  feet 
in  dimensions,  and  systematically  appointed  throughout.  The  stock  carried  is  valued  at  $50,000;  it  embraces  a  complete  assortment  of  arti, 
ficial  alizarines  and  aniline  colors  for  use  in  cotton  mills,  paper  and  woolen  mills,  print  works  and  silk  mills,  also  chemicals  and  supplies  for 
tanners,  dyers,  scourers,  ink  makers,  etc.  The  trade  supplied  from  here  includes  aU  New  England.  The  sales  are  active  and  large  shipments 
are  made  daily.  Mr.  Miles  gives  his  personal  attention  to  all  orders,  and  customers  are  thus  assured  of  having  their  interests  advanced  in 
the  most  suostantial  manner. 


j  EO.  H.  CLARK,  Designer  and  Manufacturer  of  Boot,  Shoe  and  Slipper  Patterns,  and  Model  Lasts,  No.  16  South  Street.— The 
most  expert  and  successful  designer  and  manufacturer  of  boot,  shoe  and  shpper  patterns  and  of  model  lasts  in  Boston,  is 
undoubtedly  Mr.  Geo,  H.  Clark.  This  gentleman  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  shoe  industry  while  a  young  man, 
and  for  the  past  eighteen  years  has  applied  himself  to  the  designing  of  shoe  patterns  and  the  invention  and  perfection  of 
shoe  machinery  and  lasts.  He  early  achieved  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  excellence,  practical  utility  and  substantial 
character  of  all  his  productions,  and  has  now  built  up  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and  eminently  creditable  in 
character.  He  makes  a  constant  study  of  the  progress  in  methods,  discoveries  and  appliances  available  in  his  business  and  the  results  are 
seen  in  his  large,  first-class  and  influential  patronage.  He  exercises  close  personal  supervision  over  every  detail ;  his  designs  and  patterns 
are  always  accurate,  and  his  work  is  perfection  itself.  The  finest  patterns  for  boots,  shoes,  slippers  and  model  lasts  are  now  being  turned  out 
at  his  establishment.  His  shoe  patterns  and  lasts  are  in  permanent  and  increasing  demand  by  leading  shoe  manufacturers  in  Boston,  Lynn, 
Haverhill,  Brockton,  Campello,  Woburn,  Salem,  Beverly,  Marblehead,  Natick,  Marlboro,  Hudson,  Spencer,  Milford,  Stoneham,  Stoughton, 
Weymouth,  Rockland  and  other  shoe  centers  in  Massachusetts;  also,  in  New  Hampshire,  Maine,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  Illinois  and 
other  States  of  the  Union.  Orders  are  filled  promptly,  and  prices  are  always  satisfactory,  Mr.  Clark  is  a  native  of  Beverly,  Mass.,  and  is 
especially  prominent  as  the  inventor  of  the  Clark  Re-lasting  and  Shoe  Treeing  Process,  He  is  also  part  inventor  of  Carrick's  Seamless  Shoe, 
and  is  widely  honored  and  esteemed  for  his  genius,  enterprise  and  sterling  traits  of  character. 


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^ASE,  DUDLEY  &  BATTELLE,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants^  No.  54  Bedford  and  No.  51  Avon  Streets.— Prominent 
among  the  dry  goods  commission  merchants  of  Boston  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Case,  Dudley  &  Battelle,  whose  fine  establish- 
ment is  located  at  No.  54  Bedford  and  No.  51  Avon  Streets.  This  representative  house  was  founded  many  years  ago,  by 
Messrs.  Wentworth,  Case  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Case,  Leland  &  Co.,  the  present  firm  being  organized  in  1887. 
The  business  premises  comprise  three  floors,  50  s  150  feet  each,  and  every  facility  is  at  hand  for  conducting  all  operations  under 
the  most  favorable  auspices,  and  upon  the  largest  scale.  The  firm  are  deservedly  prominent  as  selling  agents  for  the  following 
woolen  mills,  to  wit:  C.  J.  Amidon  &  Son,  Chas.  Greenwood.  Ashuelot  Manufacturing  Company,  Wilson  &  Horton,  The  Sabine  L.  Sayles 
Company,  Fort  Ann  Woolen  Company,  Geneva  Worsted  Mills,  Thos.  Kiston,  and  Ed.  D.  Thayer  Jr.;  also,  the  hosiery  mills  of  Herbert 
Bailey,  Ipswich  Mills,  Gilmanton  Mill,  Sulloway  Mills  and  A.  W.  Sulloway;  and  the  cotton  mills  of  Washington  Manufacturing  Company, 
Gloucester  Gingham  Mills,  and  G.  P.  Crozier's  Sons,  Sam'l  G.  Levis  &  Son,  F.  J.  Goodspeed  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  ginghams.  The 
products  of  all  these  famous  concerns  are  represented  in  the  stock  carried  by  this  firm,  and  serve  to  give  them  a  prestige  and  popularity  in 
trade  circles  that  could  not  be  acquired  in  any  other  way.  The  entire  Boston  and  New  England  trade' is  supplied  from  this  agency,  and  all 
orders  by  mail  or  telegraph  are  promptly  filled  at  the  lowest  possible  prices.  Representing  these  great  manufacturing  concerns  in  this 
important  territoxy,  the  business  transacted  by  this  firm  is  naturally  one  of  immense  magnitude,  and  forms  an  important  factor  in  the 
commercial  activity  of  this  busy  metropolis.  A  branch  house  is  also  operated  at  Nos,  53  and  55  Worth  Street,  New  York.  The  individual 
members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  J.  B.  Case,  J.  L.  Dudley  and  Eugene  Battelle.  Messrs.  Case  and  Battelle  reside  in  Boston,  while  Mr.  Dudley 
is  the  resident  partner  in  New  York.  Messrs.  Battelle  and  Dudley  were  members  of  the  old  firm  of  Case,  Leland  &  Co.,  as  was  also  Mr.  Case, 
and  all  are  experienced,  reliable  and  sagacious  merchants. 


M,  HILLSON,  Manufacturer  of  Plain, 
Stamped  and  Japanned  Tinware,  Kitchen 
Furnishing  Goods,  Etc.,  Nos.  247,  249  and  25t 
North  Street.— A  leading  house  in  Boston 
in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  plain,  stamped 
and  japanned  tinware  is  that  of  which  Mr. 
H.  M.  Hillson  is  proprietor.  The  business  was  originally 
established  in  a  small  shop  at  No.  66  Salem  Street,  and  as  the 
business  increased,  the  shop  was  enlarged  and  occupied  until 
1888,  when  the  present  commodious  premises  were  procured. 
Six  floors,  each  50  x  50  feet  in  dimensions,  are  now  required. 
The  great  advantages  enjoyed  by  this  house  are  duly  appre- 
ciated by  its  customers,  to  whom  prices  are  quoted  that, 
considering  the  high  standard  of  work,  can  scarcely  be  met 
elsewhere.  The  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  con- 
stant employment  of  thirty-four  skilled  hands  in  the  house, 
and  a  corps  of  experienced  salesmen  on  the  road;  while  the 
trade  is  distributed  throughout  the  New  England  States. 
The  articles  manufactured  comprise  plain,  stamped  and 
japanned  tinware,kitchen  furnishing  goods,  and  wooden  ware. 
Mr.  H.  M.  Hillson,  the  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Poland,  but 
has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  twenty-three  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  K.  of  P.  and  the  F.  and  A.  M. 


BACIGALUPO&  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  m  Foreisrn  and  Domestic  Fruits,  No,  lU  Merchants  Row.— A 
prominent  and  popular  house  engaged  in  the  wholesale  commission  business  is  that  of  Mes^^rs  N.  Bacigalupo  &  Co.,  located 
at  No.  lU  Merchants  Row,  near  the  corner  of  State  Street.  The  busmess  i\as  established  by  the  present  proprietors  in  1887, 
^  and  by  industry  and  excellent  management  they  have  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  business,  and  have  become  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  and  representative  firms  in  the  trade.  They  are  extensive  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic 
fruits,  making  specialties  of  all  brands  of  Virginia  peanuts,  Aspinwall  and  Jamaica  bananas,  Philippe,  Canaud,  and  other 
fine  brands  of  sardines.  They  also  have  constantly  on  hand  fine  brands  of  olive  oil  of  their  own  importation.  Their  establishment  is  head- 
quarters for  figs  in  one-fourth  and  one-half  pound  boxes.  They  also  keep  a  fine  stock  of  Florida  oranges,  lemons,  pine  apples,  pears, 
peaches,  cherries,  grapes,  dates,  maple  sugar,  Brazil  nuts,  Grenobles,  French  walnuts,  California  fruits,  pecans,  chestnuts,  and  Naple  wal- 
nuts. Every  facility  is  provided  for  conducting  business  on  a  large  scale,  and  every  attention  is  paid  to  those  favoring  the  firm  with  their 
patronage.  Consignments  are  received  and  quickly  disposed  of,  to  the  best  advantage,  and  prompt  returns  are  made.  Mr.  N.  Bacigalupo  is  a 
native  of  Italy,  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  for  eighteen  years,  and  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  business  man  of  abiUty  and  probity. 


^ONVERSE,  STANTOt^  &  CULLEN,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants,  No.  63  Franklin  Street.— Distinctly  notable  among  thg 
representative  dry  goods  commission  houses  of  Boston  is  that  of  Converse,  Stanton  &  Cullen,  No.  62  Franklin  Street.  The 
firm  have  branches  also  at  Nos.  83  and  85  Worth  Street,  New  York;  No.  200  Monroe  Street.  Chicago;  and  No.  626  Chestnut 
Street,  Philadelphia,  and  their  trade,  which  extends  all  over  the  United  States,  is  exceedingly  large.  They  handle  woolen  and 
cotton  fabrics,  and  are  selling  agents  for  the  Blackstone  Woolen  Company,  Dundee  Woolen  Company,  Hinsdale  Bros.,  H.  A. 
Kimball,  W.  A.  Walton  &  Co.,  Piscataquis  Mills,  Kent  Woolen  Company.  Theodore  L.  Pomeroy,  Howard  &  Maguire,  B.  W. 
Titus  &  Sons,  Dexter  Woolen  Mills,  New  London  Steam  Woolen  Company  and  the  J.  L.  and  T.  D.  Peck  Manufacturing  Company,  Valley 
Woolen  Mill,  SangervilleWooolen  Mills;  also  for  the  following  cotton  goods  manufacturers:  King  Philip  Mills,  Harris  Mills,  Central  Mills 
Company,  Pocasset  Mills,  Vaile  Mills,  Lonsdale  Go's.  Hollands  Johnson  Gingham  Co.,  and  others.  This  widely  known  and  noteworthy  house 
was  established  in  1868,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Converse,  Stanton  &  Davis  was  conducted  up  to  1885,  when  the  present  style  was 
adopted.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Edmund  W.  Converse,  Walter  Stanton,  Thomas  H.  Cullen  and  E.  W.  Converse.  Jr.,  the 
last  named,  who  is  son  of  the  senior  partner,  acquiring  an  interest  about  four  years  ago.  They  all  are  men  of  thorough  business  ex- 
perience, as  well  as  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  are  members  of  the  Boston  Merchant's  Association.  Mr.  Converse,  the  elder,  who  is  a 
Vermonter  by  birth,  but  a  prominent  factor  in  the  dry  goods  trade  in  this  city  since  1842,  was  formerly  of  Blanchard,  Converse  &  Co.,  Con- 
verse, Harding  &  Co.  and  Converse,  Taylor  &  Co.  He  is  also  president  of  the  National  Tube  Works,  a  director  of  the  National  City  Bank  and 
of  the  Mexican  R.  R. 


194  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

A.  MARTIN,  Real  Estate,  Business  Broker  and  Insurance,  Room  No.  7,  No.  180  Washington  Street.— The  foundation  of  the 
business  conducted  by  Mr.  E.  A,  Mai-tin  tooli  place  in  1884,  the  gentleman  himself  being  the  author  of  the  concern's  pros- 
perity, the  original  location  ot  the  premises  being  No.  14  State  Street,  his  removal  to  the  present  premises  occurring  in 
1888.  The  business  is  that  of  a  real  estate,  business  broker  and  insurance  agent;  the  operations  ot  Mr.  Martin  comprising 
'  •  the  purchase,  sale  and  exchange  of  houses,  farms,  lodging  and  boarding-houses,  dining  saloons,  grocery,  provision,  cigar, 
confectionery,  f  rule,  variety  and  drug  stores,  express  routes  and  business  chances  of  all  kinds.  The  gentleman  engages 
extensively  in  the  negotiation  of  mortgages,  he  having  constantly  on  hand  a  large  capital  in  sums  to  suit  clients,  for  advances  upon  realty; 
the  mortgage  department  of  the  business  constituting  Mr.  Martin's  specialty.  He  undertakes  the  management  of  estates  and  the  collection 
of  rents,  his  charges  for  such  work  being  reason  itself.  His  endeavors  embrace  the  handhng  of  local  property  and  his  connection  is  situated 
in  the  city  and  suburbs.  Mr.  Martin  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  his  residence  in  Boston  covering  a  period  commencing  with  the  year 
1884. 

G.  LANGDON,  Watches  and  Clocks,  No.  89  Court  Street.— For  excellent  values  in  the  hue  of  watches  and  clocks,  or  for  low 
prices  and  easy  terms  of  purchase,  no  estaWishment  of  the  kind  in  Boston  compares  with  the  time-honored  one  of  Mr.  W. 
G.  Langdon,  No.  89  Court  Street.  Mr.  Langdon  originally  started  in  business  as  a  silversmith  in  Charlestown  in  1831.  In  the 
following  year  he  came  to  Boston,  and  started  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  watch  cases,  which  he  carried  on  with  gi-eat 
success  for  a  period  of  twenty-six  years,  during  the  whole  of  which  time  he  was  located  on  Court  Avenue.  The  building  he 
occupied  having  been  torn  down  to  make  place  for  a  large  structure,  he  removed  to  Elm  Street,  and  thence  to  Washington 
Street.  He  has  been  at  his  present  ehgible  location  for  eight  years.  Mr.  Langdon,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  watch  and 
clock  maker,  manufactures  and  sells  old-style  moon  and  hall  clocks— chimes  and  plain— brass  and  moon  dials,  watchmen's  clocks,  etc. 
A  specialty  is  made  of  the  type  of  hall  timepiece  known  as  "Grandfather's  Clock."  All  parts  of  old-style  clocks  and  cases  are  made  to  order, 
and  a  full  line  of  Columbus  watches,  in  gold  and  silver  cases,  is  kept  constantly  in  stock.  Mr.  Langdon,  who  was  born  in  this  State  in  1811. 
has  ever  been  one  of  our  most  patriotic  and  public-spirited  citizens.  In  1861  he  furnished  two  companies  of  Sharpshooters,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Capt.  "  Jack  "  Saunders  and  Capt.  Wentworth  with  their  rifles  and  guns.  He  was  one  of  the  first  petitioners  for  the  bringing  ot 
water  into  the  city,  and  the  only  one  now  living.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  a  large  circle  of  business  and  social  acquaintances,  who  esteem  him  for  his  business  ability  and  strict  integrity. 

ILLEN,  LANE  &  CO.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Agents,  No.  266  Devonshire  Street.— The  growth 
of  the  dry  goods  commission  trade  of  Boston  has  kept  pace  with  the  advancement  of  its  industrial  resources,  and  in  no  other 
single  branch  of  commerce  is  a  better  status  maintained.  One  of  the  leading  representative  houses  engaged  in  this  line  is 
that  of  Messrs.  Allen,  Lane  &  Co.,  dry  goods,  woolens,  commission  merchants  and  manufacturers'  agents,  whose  headquar- 
ters are  at  No.  266  Devonshire  Street.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Fred.  D.  Allen  and  Jonathan  A.  Lane,  two  of  our 
oldest  and  most  highly  regarded  merchants  and  citizens.  Mr.  Allen  has  been  interested  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  trade  for 
more  than  half  a  century.  He  is  a  native  of  Mansfield,  Mass.,  a  director  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  and  treasurer  for  several 
mill  companies.  In  1855  the  present  firm  of  Allen,  Lane  &  Co.  was  formed,  as  wholesale  dry  goods  merchants,  continuing  thus  until  1866, 
when  they  became  commission  merchants  and  manufacturers'  agents.  The  firm  are  interested  in  a  number  of  mills,  and  are  agents  for 
twelve,  among  them  being  the  George  River  Mills,  Devonshire  Mills,  Cordaville  Woolen  Company,  Rockfall  Woolen  Company,  Woodside 
Mills,  Monadmack  Blanket  Mills,  etc.  The  goods  handled  are  principally  woolens,  blankets,  and  horse  blankets.  All  are  the  products  of 
New  England  mills,  and  the  goods  are  superior  in  every  respect.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  of  the  most  permanent,  desirable  character,  extend- 
ing to  all  sections  of  the  United  States,  and  the  splendid  resources  and  influential  connections  of  the  firm  enable  them  to  meet  all  demands 
upon  the  most  favorable  terms.  The  policy  upon  which  this  business  is  conducted  is  such  as  to  meet  with  the  commendation  of  the  trade; 
and  those  forming  relations  with  the  house  may  feel  assured  of  receiving  that  liberal  treatment  which  has  always  characterized  its  dealings, 

I  HE  WHITMAN  &  BARNES  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Mower  Knives,  Reaper  Sickles,  Sections,  Etc.,  Reuben  Ford, 
Manager  of  Boston  Branch,  No.  32  South  Market  Street.— There  are  certain  enterprises  represented  in  Boston  which  cannot 
be  regarded  as  of  secondary  importance  to  the  continued  growth  and  prosperity  of  this  city  in  a  commercial  sense,  and 
among  the  number  is  that  of  the  Whitman  &  Barnes  Manufacturing  Company,  who  have  become  famous  throughout  the 
world  as  manufacturers  of  mower  knives,  reaper  sickles,  sections  and  spring  keys  and  cotters,  and  who  are  represented  in 
Boston  by  Mr.  Reuben  Ford.  The  trade  of  this  giant  corporation  is  practically  universal,  and  its  field  is  the  world.  In  fact, 
their  reputation  is  so  well  known,  and  their  goods  have  so  wide  a  sale,  that  the  management  can  exclaim  with  mighty  England,  that  the  sun 
never  sets  upon  the  products  ot  then-  industry.  The  managers  have  for  years  paid  close  and  undivided  attention  to  the  excellence  of  their 
wares  rather  than  to  amount  of  sales  or  monetary  returns,  and,  as  a  result,  their  trade  has  grown  from  year  to  year  until  the  company  has 
reached  a  pre-eminence  in  their  industry  of  which  they  have  every  reason  to  be  proud.  Endowed  with  a  genius  for  invention  and  an  ambi- 
tion to  excel,  the  founders  and  promoters  of  this  enterprise  have  devoted  themselves  with  ardor  to  the  production  of  a  class  of  specialties 
which  should  not  only  vie  in  e.xcellence  with  both  domestic  and  imported  productions,  but  should,  when  once  inti-oduced  and  tested,  be  pre- 
ferred by  the  dealer  and  consumer  to  all  other  similar  goods.  That  they  have  succeeded  in  this  laudable  endeavor,  there  is  no  longer  any 
doubt,  as  the  superiority  they  have  attained  is  such  as  to  have  created  a  permanent  and  constantly  increasing  demand  from  all  parts  of  the 
civilized  world,  as  well  as  from  leading  dealers  in  the  largest  cities.  The  resources  of  the  company  are  ample  and  abundant,  their  facilities 
are  complete  and  perfect,  while  the  quality  of  their  goods  can  be  implicitly  relied  upon.  The  company  are  about  to  add  at  their  Akron  factory, 
the  manufacture  of  twist  drills,  reamers,  milling  cutters,  taps  and  dies,  and  other  small  machinists'  tools.  At  their  Canton  factory  they  will 
make  a  specialty  of  all  kinds  of  drop  forgings,  as  heretofore,  and  of  threshing  machine  teeth  and  bicycle  forgings.  In  addition  to  their  pres- 
ent line  of  manufacture  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  they  will  add  the  manufacture  of  small  engines,  having  bought  the  patterns  ot  an  engine  that 
will  be  superior  to  any  other  of  its  kind  on  the  market.  The  business  of  all  the  various  stores  of  the  company  are  constantly  increasing.  A 
new  store  is  being  opened  in  San  Francisco,  and  others  are  in  prospect.  At  these  stores  everything  necessary  to  the  operation  of  agricul- 
tural implements  is  carried  and  sold,  while  they  have  constantly  in  motion  a  large  force  of  traveling  men,  which  put  the  company  in  close 
personal  communication  with  every  nook  and  corner  of  this  and  other  countries.  The  company  has  one  of  the  finest  business  organizations 
in  this  country,  and  while  prices  of  all  kinds  of  goods  are  greatly  reduced,  they  are  content  to  put  up  with  small  profits  and  to  receive  their 
emolument  in  increased  sales.  The  officers  and  directors  of  the  company  are  as  follows,  viz. :  A.  L.  Conger,  president,  Akron,  O;  George 
Barnes,  chairman,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Geo.  E.  Dana,  vice-president,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Charles  E.  Sheldon,  general  manager,  Akron,  O. ;  I.  C. 
Alden,  treasurer,  Akron,  O. ;  W.  W.  Cox,  assistant  treasurer,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  James  Barnes,  secretary.  Canton,  O. ;  Wm.  H.  Gifford,  gen- 
eral legal  counsel,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  who,  with  Geo.  A.  Barnes,  of  Canton,  0.,  and  Kenyon  B.  Conger,  of  Akron,  O.,  compose  the  list  of  direc- 
tors. Mr.  Reuben  Ford,  the  manager  of  the  Boston  Branch,  is  a  gentleman  of  large  business  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling 
personal  worth,  with  whom  it  will  be  found  both  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,   COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


195 


RANK  F.  HODGES  &  CO.,  Manu- 
facturers of  Straw  Goods,  Office 
and  Factory,  No.  115  Chauncy 
Street;  New  York  Office,  No.  5T3 
Broadway. — The  manufacture  of 
straw  goods  has  a  leading  expo- 
ii,;iit  in  Boston  in  the  house  of  Frank  F.  Hodges 
&  Co.,  whose  office,  salesroom  and  works  are  at 
No.  115  Chauncy  Street,  and  who  have  a  branch 
office  at  No.  573  Broadway,  New  York.  This 
successful  enterprise  was  founded  in  1878  by  Mr. 
Fiank  F.  Hodses,  -who  has  had  twenty  years' 
experience  in  his  vocation,  having  formerly  been 
engaged  in  the  same  line  in  New  York.  Four 
yeai-s  ago  he  admitted  to  partnership  Mr.  W.  E. 
Sleeper,  who  had  been  in  his  employ  since  18T8, 
aud  had  tlieretore  gained  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  business.  Mr.  Hodges  is  a  native  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Mr.  Sleeper  of  Vermont,  and  both  reside 
in  Boston,  wliere  tliey  are  popularly  known.  The 
New  York  branch,  opened  in  1878,  is  in  charge  of 
an  efficient  i-epresentative,  a  trustworthy  and  ex- 
perienced business  man.  The  oremises  occupied 
for  the  purposes  of  the  industry  comprise  a  flve- 
story  building,  30  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
fitted  up  with  one  hundred  sewing  machines,  and 
the  most  approved  facilities  for  the  prosecution 
of  the  business.  Steam  power  is  used .  Employ- 
ment is  found  tor  two  hundred  and  fifty  operatives 
and  the  factory  has  a  productive  capacity  of  from 
two  hundred  and  fifty  to  three  hundred  dozen  per 
day.  The  straw  goods  made  here  are  excellently 
finished  and  are  in  high  favor  with  the  trade. 
Sales  are  made  direct  to  jobbers,  while  special 
advantages  are  oflEered  in  quality  and  terms. 


jICHARDS  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Tin  Plates,  Sheet  Iron  and  Metals,  No.  60  Union  and  No.  47  Friend  Streets. 
— The  date  of  the  foundation  of  this  time-honored  and  substantial  importing  house  was  the  beginning  of  the  century,  Mr. 
Uil  H  '^'^K  I^euben  Richards  having  established  himself  in  1813  at  South  Market  Street.  He  pursued  his  journey  upon  the  highroad 
5J[  I  |1k  of  commercial  success,  single-handed,  until  the  year  1S54,  when  he  admitted  into  partnersliip  his  son,  Mr.  R.  A.  Richards, 
the  existing  senior  partner  of  the  concern.  The  founder  of  the  house,  a  few  years  after  the  admission  of  his  son,  retired 
from  the  concern,  and  in  1884,  Mr.  R.  A.  Richards  formed  a  business  alliance  with  his  son,  Mr.  R.  F.  Richards,  "who  is  now  the 
junior  member  of  the  partnersliip.  Messrs.  Richards  &  Co.  are  importers  of  and  dealers  in  metals.  They  import  sheet  iron  from  Russia 
and  England  and  tin  plates  from  the  latter  country.  The  house  also  handles  in  heavy  volume,  sheet  iron  from  American  mills,  the  business 
comprising  no  transactions  in  manufactured  goods,  excepting  solder,  of  which  the  house  liandles  large  quantities.  The  house  handles 
metals  of  all  kinds,  in  bars,  sheets,  pigs,  ingots,  etc.,  and  transacts  a  heavy  jobbing  trade  extending  throughout  all  the  eastern,  and  many  of 
the  western  States,  but  devoting  special  attention  to  the  northeastern  section.  In  the  year  1861,  Mr.  R.  A.  Richards  built  a  large  store  at 
No.  44  Nortn  Street,  where  the  business  was  located  for  a  number  of  years,  subsequently  being  transferred  to  a  more  commodious 
warehouse,  also  built  by  Mr.  Richards,  at  No.  102  Milk  Street.  The  requirements  of  the  business,  however,  outgrowing  the  capacity  of  the 
last  named  premises,  the  house  in  1877  took  up  its  quarters  at  the  present  convenient  and  commodious  location.  The  house  now  rents  three 
large  buildings,  letting  one  of  them  and  occupying  the  other  two.  Their  premises  now  consist  of  five  floors,  each  covering  an  area  of  3,300 
square  feet.  A  corps  of  twelve  efficient  assistants  is  employed  by  the  house  and  its  business  upon  the  road  is  attended  to  by  four  energetic 
traveling  salesmen.  The  senior  partner  of  the  concern  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  he  has  been  connected  with  the  business  from  leaving 
school.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  admirable  mercantile  and  personal  attainments,  enjoying  the  unqualified  esteem  of  the  community.  His  able 
son,  Mr.  R.  F.  Richards,  possesses  in  marked  significance,  all  the  excellent  qualities  of  his  father.  He,  too,  is  a  native  of  the  capital  of  the 
Bay  State,  and  his  business  career  commenced  at  the  close  of  his  education  in  the  house  where  his  family  for  three  generations  have  prose- 
cuted honorable  endeavor. 


W.  PATTEE  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  70  Devonshire  Street,  Telephone  No.  7.S3.— The  popular  house  of  H.  'W.  Pattee 
&  Co.,  bankers  and  brokers,  "was  established  three  years  ago,  by  the  existing  partners,  and  already  such  has  been  the 
unremitting  character  of  their  perseverance  and  enterprise  that  we  find  the  house  enioying  a  large  and  expanding  connec- 
tion, and  possessing  a  reputation  of  extremely  enviable  character.  The  business  is  of  the  general  banking  and  brokerage 
order,  the  same  embracing  the  purchase  and  sale,  upon  commission,  of  stocks,  bonds,  grain,  petroleum^  etc..  for  cash  or 
carried  on  a  margin  of  one  to  five  per  cent.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  house  are  eligibly  located  and  excellently 
appointed.  They  are  equipped  with  excellent  ticker  service  and  telephone  connection,  the  number  being  752,  and  the  house  controls  pri- 
vate wires  to  New  York  and  Chicago.  The  sole  controller  of  the  house  is  Mr.  H.  W.  Pattee,  a  youn&  man  of  many  years  experience,  and  a 
[lerfect  master  of  the  intricacies  of  his  calling.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  E.  Carter  &  Co.,  and  is  a  native  of  Bos- 
ton. They  solicit  correspondence  from  New  England,  Mr.  Pattee  giving  his  personal  attention  to  the  same,  with  gratuitous  intormation 
;  the  various  exchanges  in  New  York,  Chicago  and  Boston. 


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F.  OBER,  Artist,  No.  423  Washington  Street.— The  signal  prosperity  which  has  awaited  upon  the  business  of  photography 
during  the  past  quarter  of  a  century,  is  as  near  akin  to  the  phenomenal  as  to  render  the  distinction  insignificant.  It  has 
grown  from  the  crudest  and  most  primitive  of  conditions  to  a  vast  and  flourishing  industry  in  which  are  embarked  millions 
of  capital,  and  are  monopolized  the  energies  of  a  large  proportion  of  the  community.    In  this  connection,  mention  may  here  ' 

•  appropriately  be  made  of  the  name  of  Mrs.  C.  F.  Ober,  one  of  the  most  flourishing  members  of  the  calling  as  practiced 
within  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State,  and  one  of  the  most  successful  lady  photographers  in  the  State.  The  address  of 
the  artist  is  No.  425  Washington  Street,  and  the  date  of  the  foundation  of  the  concern  occurred  so  remotely  as  1850,  the  name  of  the  foun- 
der of  the  business  bemg  unknown.  The  control  subsequently  devolved  upon  Mr.  S.  Wing,  then  Mr.  W.  L.  Tower;  Mrs.  Ober  assuminpr 
entire  possession  in  1891.  The  business  embraces  the  undertaking  of  all  departments  of  the  photographic  art;  Mrs.  Ober  also  engaging  in 
enlarging,  crayon,  pastel  and  India  ink  work,  landscape  and  mercantile  photography  forming  subjects  of  particular  attention.  Over  on.i 
hundred  sittings  are  made  weekly  and  since  June  last  over  thirty-seven  hundred  photographs  have  been  taken,  Mrs.  Ober  keeping  on  hand 
about  thirty  thousand  negatives.  The  business  is  constantly  increasing  and  the  patronage  of  the  studio  is  of  high  character,  being  drawn 
from  the  superior  element  of  the  city.  The  premises  comprise  a  well-appointed  suite  of  apartments,  the  same  being  used  as  an  operating 
chamber  and  reception-rooms.  They  are  situated  upon  the  first,  third,  and  fourth  floors  of  the  building,  and  are  equipped  with  all  facilities: 
a  large  and  efficient  staff  of  assistants  being  employed.  Mrs.  Ober  is  a  practical  photographer  of  many  years'  experience,  and  an  artist  of  a 
high  order  of  ability,    She  was  formerly  with  Mr.  Tower,  her  predecessor  in  the  business,  for  a  lengthy  period. 

G.  BAKER, Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Oysters,  Clams,  Quahaugs,  Etc.,  No.  126  Atlantic  Avenue.— The  dealing  in  this 
most  delicious  of  shell  flsh,  is  attended  with  much  responsibility,  and  it  requires  those  who  understand  both  the  nature  of 
the  oyster,  and  the  feeling  of  the  market,  to  handle  the  bivalves  with  any  degree  of  success.  A  very  popular  and  successful 
dealer  in  this  line,  is  Mr.  M.  G.  Baker,  whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  126  Atlantic  Avenue.    The  business  was  founded 

'  by  Mr.  M.  G.  Baker,  in  1881,  and  has  from  that  time  on,  been  conducted  with  gratifying  success.  Mr.  Baker  has  been 
engaged  in  the  trade  for  thirty-five  years;  was  formerly  with  J.  Y.  Baker&Co.  He  deals  in  Virginia,  Providence,  Warren 
River,  and  other  oysters.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  one  floor  25  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  admirably  fitted  up  for  the  business.  Mr. 
Baker  carries  in  stock,  the  choicest  oysters  known  to  the  market.  The  trade  extends  all  over  New  England,  while  a  large  relaU  trade  is 
enjoyed  in  the  city.  A  corps  of  competent  assistants  is  regularly  employed,  and  all  orders  receive  prompt  attention.  Mr.  Baker  is  a  native 
of  Cape  Cod,  and  a  resident  of  Melrose  and  one  of  the  leading  men  in  the  trade. 


O.  POWLIS,  New  England  Agent,  Room  No.  16,  No.  .36  Bromfleld  Street.— Mr.  J.  O.  Powlis,  whose  office  and  salesroom  is  at 
Room  No.  16,  No.  36  Bromfleld  Street,  is  New  England  agent  for  a  number  of  excellent  specialties.  He  has  been  established 
for  the  past  three  years,  and  has,  during  that  time,  built  up  a  large  trade  throughout  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire, 
Maine,  and  the  other  New  England  States.  Mr.  Powlis  is  agent  for  the  Blue  Grass  Cordage  Company,  of  Kentucky.  He 
also  handles,  as  manufacturers'  agent,  twine,  stationery,  and  novelties  in  fancy  goods.  Among  the  other  articles 
handled  by  him,  are  the  Eureka  Pen  Cleaners,  with  ink  wells;  manufactured  by  A.  Demarest  &  Son,  No.  240  Broadway, 
New  York;  the  Original  Diamond  Hammock,  the  Nursery  Hammock,  Doll's  Hammock,  the  Diamond  School  Bag,  the  Registering  Savings 
Bank,  the  Trick  Savings  Bank,  the  Combination  Desk  Pad  and  Memorandum  Calendar,  the  Dart  Needle,  etc.  Mr.  Powlis  has  descriptive 
circulars  of  these  specialties,  which  he  gladly  furnishes  to  all  who  wish  them.  The  goods  always  prove  popular  wherever  introduced,  and 
dealers  find  them  very  profitable  to  handle.  Mr.  Powlis  is  a  native  of  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  Ave  years. 
He  is  an  energetic  business  man,  gives  careful  attention  to  the  requirements  of  his  patrons,  and  sustains  an  excellent  reputation  wherever 
known. 


A.  MASON  &  CO.,  Commission  Dealers  in  Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Apples,  Poultry,  Game,  Etc.,  No.  114  S. 
Market  Street,  Clinton  Market.— Though  but  a  comparatively  short  time  established,  W.  A.  Mason  &  Co.,  commission  deal- 
ers in  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  beans,  potatoes,  apples,  poultry,  game,  etc.,  at  No.  114  S.  Market  Street,  Clinton  Market,  where 
they  removed  Sept.  16,  1891,  from  No.  13  Commercial  Street,  have  built  up  a  flourishing  business.  They  make  a  specialty 
of  supplying  hotels,  restaurants  and  steamships;  and  their  trade,  which  is  very  large,  gives  evidence  of  steady  increase.  The 
secret  of  this  firm's  prosperity  is  not  far  to  seek  however.  Handling  only  strictly  flrst-class  goods,  prompt  in  fiUing  orders, 
and  withal  thoroughly  reliable  in  their  dealings,  they  have  been  enabled,  by  close  attention  to  business,  to  acquire  the  substantial  patronage 
they  deservedly  enjoy.  Mr.  JIason,  who  is  the  sole  member,  (the  "  company  "  being  nominal),  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  Ufe  and  a  native 
of  North  Attleboro,  Mass.  He  is  a  man  of  thorough  experience  in  the  produce  line,  as  well  as  of  energy  and  sagacity;  and  prior  to  going  into 
business  on  his  own  account  here,  in  1890,  had  been  employed  in  the  market  for  a  number  of  years.  He  occupies  commodious  and  well- 
appointed  quarters,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  stores  in  the  market,  embracing  the  best  ice-chest  in  the  city,  and  employing  several  assistants 
and  two  delivery  teams,  exercising  immediate  supervision  himself  over  every  detail.  A  large  and  carefully  assorted  stock  is  constantly  kept 
on  hand,  and  all  orders  for  anything  in  the  line  above  indicated  are  attended  to  in  the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner,  while  prompt 
returns  are  made  on  consignments  in  every  instance;  and  all  interests  placed  with  Mr.  Mason  are  certain  to  be  judiciously  handled.  Mr. 
Mason  handles  the  butter  from  one  creamery  in  Vermont,  which  turns  out  six  tons  weekly,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  butter,  poultry  and 
game. 

J  R.INK  T.  REED,  Manufacturers'  Agent  for  Fine  Shirts,  Collars  and  Cuffs,  No.  26  Chauney  Street.— Mr.  Frank  T.  Reed  has 
been  established  in  the  city  of  Boston  as  a  manufacturers'  agent  tor  a  period  of  eight  years,  and  already  the  gentleman  has 
succeeded  in  establishing  a  most  enviable  reputation  by  dint  of  the  exercise  of  that  indomitable  perseverance  so  essentially 
a  part  of  his  character.  Mr.  Reed  is  located  at  No.  26  Chauney  Street,  the  suitability  of  the  situation  being  apparent 
even  to  one  but  slightly  familiar  with  the  city.  He  represents  Joseph  Fowler  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  fine  shirts,  collars  and 
cuffs,  which  house  has  its  factories  and  laundry  in  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  wilh  offices  at  No.  721  Broadway,  New  York  and  No.  1002 
Market  Street,  Philadelphia,  and  he  is  also  agent  in  New  England  for  the  firm  of  Steiner  &  Son,  of  New  York,  manufacturers  of  the  "  Univer- 
sal "  brand  of  men's  night  shirts,  whose  factories  are  located  at  Peekskifl,  N.  Y.,  also  at  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.  His  connection  is  located 
throughout  the  section  and  extends  to  the  provinces,  the  clientage  being  composed  of  the  better  class  retaflers  and  jobbers;  the  sales  being 
made  by  sample.  Messrs.  Fowler  &  Co.  are  one  of  the  oldest  and  largest  houses  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States,  employing  over  one 
thousand  hands,  and  manufacturing  over  three  hundred  styles  of  fine  shirts;  ranging  in  price  from  $4.50  to  $75.00  per  dozen,  the  capacity 
of  the  factory  equals  750  dozen  shirts  and  2,000  dozen  collars  and  cuffs  a  week.  The  house  manufactures  no  less  than  eighty-two  styles  of 
white  shirts  and  six  hundred  styles  of  negligfi  ditto;  and  among  the  many  excellent  qualities  it  produces,  mention  is  due  the  celebrated 
"  Glen  "  shirt.  Mr.  Reed  is  a  young  man  and  a  native  of  Boston,  with  the  prosperity  of  which  city  he  has  been  identifled  many  years.  He  is 
one  of  the  representative  business  men  of  the  city  and  as  such  he  merits  a  position  of  undoubted  prominence  upon  the  pages  of  this  treatise, 
and  the  unqualified  esteem  of  the  entire  community. 


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IRIDGHAM  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Fine  Woolens,  No.  30  Franklin  Street.— Prominent  among  Boston's  representative  wholesale 
woolen  goods  firms  is  that  of  Bridgham  &  Co.,  No.  30  Franklin  Street.  The  house  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  line  indicated 
in  this  city,  and  its  business  connections  are  widespread.  They  are  importers  and  jobbers  of  fine  woolens,  making  a  specialty 
ot  handling  high-grade  fabrics,  and  their  trade,  which  is  of  a  most  substantial  character,  extends  all  over  New  England,  and 
practically  throughout  the  whole  of  the  United  States.  Tliis  widely  and  favorably  known  house  was  originally  established 
about  thirty-five  years  ago  by  the  present  senior  member  of  the  firm,  and  as  Little,  Bridgham  &  Barrows  was  conducted  for 
some  time,  when  they  were  succeeded  by  Bridgham  &  Beals,  who  were  in  turn  succeeded  by  Kendall,  Bridgham  &  Co.  In  1869  Mr.  Bridgham 
withdrew,  and  the  copartnership  of  Bridgham,  Jones  &  Co.  was  formed  and  continued  up  to  1874,  when  George  W.  Jones  was  removed  by 
death.  The  style  became  Bridgham  &  Co.,  on  admission  of  R.  C.  Bridgham,  who  continued  in  the  firm  with  the  exception  of  a  few  years, 
until  1889.  In  1890  F.  C.  Bridgham  and  F.  W.  Lord  were  admitted  to  the  firm,  both  of  whom  had  been  with  the  house  a  number  of  years,  and 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business.  The  premises  occupied  as  office  and  salesrooms  are  spacious,  commodious  and  tastefully  appointed, 
and  an  efficient  staff  ot  clerks  and  salesmen  are  employed  here,  in  addition  to  half  a  dozen  representatives  on  the  road.  An  extensive  and 
splendid  assortment  of  goods  is  constantly  carried  in  stock,  and  embraces  all  the  newest  designs  and  latest  novelties  in  fine  imported  and 
domestic  woolens,  including  fancy  cassimeres,  cloths,  serges,  cheeks,  stripes,  plaids,  diagonals,  vestings,  trouserings  and  fashionable  suitings 
in  a  great  variety  of  pretty  patterns.  All  orders  are  attended  to  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner,  and  the  prices  quoted  are  in- 
variably maintained  at  the  very  lowest  figures  consistent  with  quality  ot  goods;  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade;  and  relations 
once  formed  with  this  rehable  house  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  a  permanent  business  connection.  Mr.  Bridgham,  the  elder,  is  a 
gentleman  of  full  middle  age,  and  a  native  of  Maine,  but  long  a  respected  resident  of  this  city  and  suburb,  being  one  of  NewtonviHe's  most 
solid  citizens.  He  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity,  as  well  as  of  energy  and  business  ability,  deservedly  esteemed,  both  in  commer- 
cial circles  and  in  private  life,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  and  a  director  of  the  West  Newton  Bank. 


BEACH  &  CLARRIDGE,  Concentrated  Extracts,  True  Fruit  Juices,  Syrups,  Finest  Essential  and  Fruit  Oils,  Chemicals,  Etc. ,  Etc. 
Nos.  41  and  43  India  Street.— A  line  of  business  that  requiresjgreat  skill  in  chemistry  and  the  use  of  the  most  scientific  appara- 
tus is  successfully  carried  on  by  Messrs.  Beach  &  Clarridge,  Nos.  41  and  43  India  Street.— They  are  the  fountain  head  of 
soda  water  supplies,  manufacturing  and  distilling  essential  oils  and  concentrated  extracts,  and  expressing  true  fruit  juices 
and  finest  fruit  oils.  The  standard  of  merit  has  been  maintained  by  them  from  the  start^they  make  no  bid  for  favor  on 
any  other  ground— so  that  the  brand  "  B.  and  C."  is  a  guarantee  of  purity.  They  are  the  originators  and  proprietors  ot  some 
of  the  most  popular  drinks  that  have  ever  been  drawn  at  the  soda  fountain,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  Blood  Orange,  Peach  Cream, 
Crab  Apple,  Neura-Cura,  White  Violet  and  Bermuda  Banana.  Their  novelties  are  eagerly  sought  for  by  the  trade  at  the  opening  of  every 
season.  They  occupy  seven  floors  for  manufacturing  and  general  business  purposes.  Their  traveUng  men  visit  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  and  their  agencies  are  established  in  the  leading  cities.  The  sales  are  principally  to  druggists  and  confectioners  who 
run  soda  fountains,  and  to  bottlers  ot  carbonated  drinks.  Altogether,  the  success  ot  this  firm  is  without  a  parallel  in  the  history  of  temper- 
ance beverages;  and  it  is  due  only  to  untiring,  conscientious  effort  toward  the  production  ot  ttie  best  goods.  The  firm  was  organized  and  the 
business  established  in  January,  1885.  Mr.  H.  Cleveland  Beach  was  born  in  Hebron,  Conn.,  and  was  formerly  a  travehng  salesman.  Mr. 
George  F.  Clarridge  is  a  native  of  Charlestown  and  a  successful  manufacturing  chemist,  having  had  seventeen  years'  experience  in  this  line 
of  business  before  forming  the  present  partnership. 


HE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY,  Office,  No.  19  Federal  Street.  Wharves  at  Neponset,  and  No.  470  Albany  Street, 
Mills  at  Neponset.— Commanding  unsurpassed  facilities  for  transportation  by  rail  and  water,  the  lumber  trade  of  Boston 
has  grown  to  be  one  of  its  most  important  industries,  as  evinced  by  the  numerous  substantial  firms  engaged  in  the  various 
branches  of  the  trade.  One  of  the  foremost  houses  of  the  kind,  is  that  of  the  A.  T.  Stearns  Lumber  Company,  whose  office  is 
at  No.  19  Federal  Street,  next  to  the  Equitable  Building.  The  taciUties  of  this  concern  for  supplying  dealers  and  consumers 
with  first-class  lumber  and  building  materials,  are  such  as  can  only  apply  to  those  thoroughly  understanding  the  business, 
and  who  are  enterprising  enough  to  take  advantage  of  every  convenience  whereby  all  orders  may  be  promptly  filled,  and  with  good  satis- 
faction to  customers.  The  business  was  founded  over  forty  years  ago,  by  Mr.  A.  T.  Stearns,  who  is  a  veteran  in  the  lumber  trade  in  Massa- 
chusetts, and  has  done  much  to  establish  it  upon  its  present  satisfactory  status.  In  1883  the  business  was  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  this  State,  with  a  capital  ot  $150,000.  The  president  is  Mr.  A.  T.  Stearns;  the  treasurer,  Mr.  James  F.  Dunbar,  a  business  man  of  ample 
experience  and  ability.  The  company's  planing  mills  are  at  Neponset,  their  wharves  at  Neponset  and  at  No.  470  Albany  Street  this  city. 
The  mills  are  equipped  with  the  most  approved  modern  machinery,  driven  by  powerful  steam  engines,  and  employment  is  found  for  a  force 
of  one  hundred  hands.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried,  the  company  dealing  both  at  wholesale  and  retail  in  hard  pine  timber,  flooring  and  step- 
ping, rift  flooring,  kiln  dried  lumber,  gutters,  conductors  and  mouldings  and  making  a  specialty  of  cypress  lumber  and  shingles,  and  itshould 
be  known  that  President  Stearns  was  the  first  to  introduce  cypress  lumber  and  shingles  into  general  use  in  New  England ;  beginning  ten 
years  ago.  Orders,  small  or  large,  they  endeavor  to  fill  promptly  at  lowest  market  quotations.  In  a  brief  account  of  this  house,  such  as 
this  must  of  necessity  be,  we  are  unable  to  enter  into  all  the  details  of  the  extensive  business,  but  to  those  interested,  who  may  as  yet  be 
unacquainted  with  the  advantages  the  A.  T.  Stearns  Lumber  Company  place  at  the  command  of  the  trade,  we  may  say  that  the  business 
is  conducted  upon  a  policy  that  entitles  it  to  the  fullest  confidence,  and  that  has  for  Its  aim  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all  who  may  avail  them- 
selves of  the  benefits  which  it  stands  ready  to  accord  the  trade  in  general. 


D.  WHITTEMORE,  Real  Estate,  Mortgages  and  Insurance,  Rogers  Building,  No.  209  Washington  Street.— There  is  no  feat- 
ure of  progress  in  the  country  of  equal  importance  with  that  of  real  estate,  which  has  long  been  and  ever  will  continue  to 
be  the  principal  form  of  permanent  and  absolutely  safe  investment.  Choice  and  eligibly  located  parcels  of  property  are 
now,  more  than  ever,  being  sought  for  by  conservative  capitalists,  and  in  their  investments  they  rely  greatly  upon  the 
•  advice,  experience,  and  superior  knowledge  of  our  principal  agents  and  brokers.  Prominent  cmong  this  number  in  Bos- 
ton is  Mr.  S.  D.  Whittemore,  whose  offices  are  located  at  No.  209  Washington  Street,  in  the  Rogers  Building.  This  gentle- 
man has  been  established  in  the  business  for  a  period  of  over  twenty  years,  and  gives  his  attention  to  real  estate,  mortgages  and  insurance. 
He  is  considered  a  reliable  authority  on  values,  present  and  prospective,  and  his  advice  on  all  questions  relative  to  realty  in  this  section  is 
appreciated  and  valued  by  a  large  and  intelligent  class  of  customers.  He  devotes  special  attention  to  the  management  or  estates,  and 
some  of  the  largest  estates  in  this  city  are  placed  entirely  in  his  care,  while  their  owners  go  to  enjoy  travel  and  European  life  for  years  at  a 
time.  He  is  prepared  to  buy,  sell,  let,  exchange  and  appraise  all  classes  of  realty,  and  every  ward  in  the  city  is  represented  upon  his  books 
as  well  as  a  choice  line  of  suburban  property.  Rents  are  collected,  titles  examined,  deeds,  mortgages  and  leasee  are  drawn,  and  unsurpassed 
facilities  are  possessed  for  the  prompt  negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage.  Insurance  is  placed  in  the  best  companies  at  the  lowest 
rates,  and  a  speedy  and  liberal  adjustment  of  all  losses  is  guaranteed.  Mr.  Whittemoi-e  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Blaine  and  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  1861. 


198  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

jOME  SAVINGS  BANK,  No.  186  Tremont  Street. —The  enormous  accretion  o£  capital  as  represented  by  such  institutions  as  the 
Home  Savings  Banlj,  at  No.  186  Tremont  Street,  abundantly  demonstrates  the  thrift  and  prosperity  o£  the  people  of  this  city. 
The  bank  named  bears  favorable  comparison  as  regards  size,  management  and  stability  with  any  other  in  the  country.  It 
M  as  duly  incorporated  March  17,  1869,  and  opened  for  business  in  February,  1870.  Deposits  of  from  five  cents  to  one  thousand 
dollars  are  received,  and  interest  is  allowed  on  deposits  of  three  dollars  and  upwards  and  upon  the  interest  accumulating; 
thereon,  until  the  principal  with  the  interest  amounts  to  sixteen  hundred  dollars,  after  which  the  interest  must  be  drawn 
semi-annually.  The  bank  is  open  for  deposits  and  drafts  from  nine  to  two  o'clock  daily,  and  on  Saturdays,  for  deposits,  till  8  p.  m.,  except 
durino-  July  and  August.  A  very  large  business  is  done  here  smoothly  and  efficiently,  and  the  bank's  enviable  record  and  magnificent  finan- 
cial showing  reflects  the  highest  credit  on  the  officers  and  trustees,  who  are  as  follows,  viz. :  President,  Charles  H.  Allen ;  vice-presidents, 
Charles  J.  Bishop,  George  O.  Carpenter,  George  A.  Miner,  John  W.  Leighton,  Jerome  Jones,  Samuel  Atherton;  trustees,  Charles  V.  Whitten, 
Louis  Weissbein,  Thomas  F.  Temple,  William  P.  Hunt,  Joel  Goldthwait,  Charles  W.  Bradstreet,  Henry  D.  Hyde,  Alonzo  S.  Weed,  Albert  T. 
Whiting.  Charles  M.  Clapp,  Henry  Baldwin,  Newton  Talbot,  Weston  Lewis,  Wilham  H.  Thomes,  Charles  J.  Hayden,  David  W.  Farquhar 
George  L.  Damon,  Freeman  M.  Josselyn,  James  H.  Freeland,  Henry  Frost,  George  K.  Guild,  James  G.  Haynes,  A.  L.  Fessenden,  Eufus  6.  F. 
Candage,  Henry  C.  Morse,  Ira  G.  Hersey,  Edward  P.  Mason,  Homer  Bogers,  Stephen  W.  Reynolds,  Edwin  Robinson,  George  A.  Fernald, 
Wilham  G.  Benedict,  Charles  B.  Perkins,  Frederick  A.  Turner,  Henry  C.  Jackson,  Levi  L.  Willcutt;  investing  committee,  Charles  H.  Allen, 
Neirton  Talbot,  John  W,  Leighton,  Thomas  F.  Temple,  Albert  T.  Whiting,  Henry  C.  Jackson;  treasurer,  William  E.  Hooper.  These  are  all 
familiar  names,  those  of  representative  citizens,  whose  standing  in  the  community  is  alone  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  the  ability  and  integrity 
•of  the  bank's  management.  On  October  1,  1891,  the  bank  had  open  accounts  with  19,000  depositors,  and  the  amount  standing  to  their  credit 
-was  $4  097,248.48,  or  an  average  amount  of  $334.67  to  each  depositor,  while  its  guarantee  fund  and  undivided  earnings  amounted  to  $205,613.98 
with  total  assets  of  $4,376,438.68.  We  cannot  but  draw  attention  to  this  model  institution  as  one  that  fully  deserves  the  patronage  of  the  pub- 
lic, and  which  has,  by  its  care  in  making  investments,  avoided  all  losses,  while  paying  handsome  interest  and  keeping  within  the  strict 
letter  of  the  law,  as  regards  investments,  and  is  deservedly  recognized  as  one  of  the  financial  bulwarks  of  Boston,  ever  a  source  of  pride  and 
profit  to  her  citizens.  President  Allen  has  filled  that  position  since  1880,  and  is  also  president  of  the  Central  National  Bank,  a  trustee  of  the 
Boston  Sinking  Fund,  and  prominent  as  a  financier  and  executor  of  important  trusts.  Treasurer  Hooper  has  been  in  the  bank  since  1870,  and 
was  elected  to  his  present  responsible  office  in  1883.  He  is  agent  for  Knauth,  Naehod  &  Nuhne,  for  foreign  drafts,  and  is  an  expert,  accom- 
plished and  popular  bank  official,  while  the  board  of  trustees  comprises  much  of  the  solid  business  element  of  the  city. 

rjMITH,  WHITING,  CONNOR  &  CO.,  Clothing,  No  87  Summer  Street.— Boston's  supremacy  in  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  is 
assured  by  the  possession  of  such  an  eminent  and  progressive  house  as  that  of  Messrs.  Smith,  Whiting,  Connor  &  Co.,  whose 
sound  judgment,  marked  executive  ability  and  perfected  facilities,  have  secured  for  the  fine  clothing  of  their  manufacture 
the  national  reputation  of  being  fully  the  equal  of  custom-made.  The  industry  centered  in  their  splendid  warerooms  at  No.  87 
Summer  Street  was  founded  in  1867,  by  Messrs.  Goddard,  Smith  &  Atwood,  who  were  succeeded  respectively  by  the  firms  of  God- 
dard,  Smith,  &  Cheney;  Smith,  Richardson  &  Corson;  Smith,  Richardson  &  Bates,  and  Smith,  Bates  &  Co.,  until  1887,  when  the 
present  firm  was  organized  by  Messrs.  John  O.  Smith,  George  Whiting,  Charles  P.  Connor  and  George  S.  Smith.  From  the  start  these  gentlemen 
were  animated  with  the  laudable  ambition  to  excel— to  lift  tlie  wholesale  manufacture  of  fine  clothing  out  of  the  rut  into  which  it  had  fallen ;  and 
their  efforts  have  been  crowned  with  a  legitimate  and  lasting  success,  their  enlightened  policy  practically  revolutionizing  the  trade  and  securing 
for  their  goods  the  eager  demand  of  the  most  celebrated  retail  clothiers  in  Boston,  New  England  and  New  Yerk.  The  firm  occupy  five  floors, 
containing  5,000  square  feet  each,  splendidly  lighted,  conveniently  arranged  and  handsomely  fitted  up.  The  management  exercises  sound 
judgment  and  the  greatest  enterprise  in  the  selection  of  their  woolens  and  suitings,  bringing  ample  resources  to  bear,  and  being  among  the  fii-st 
to  secure  the  newest  shades,  patterns  and  textures  in  both  American  and  foreign  fabrics,  while  their  styles  are  always  the  leaders,  correct, 
elegant  and  fashionable.  The  business  has  attained  proportions  of  great  and  gratifying  magnitude,  growing  up  on  the  sound  basis  of  the 
best  clothing  of  every  grade  at  the  lowest  prices  consistent  with  honest  workmanship.  A  corps  of  twelve  expert  salesmen  sell  the  trade  in 
such  w  ell-known  centers  as  Worcester,  Springfield,  Lowell,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Fall  River,  New  Bedford,  Salem,  Taunton,  Palmer, 
Northampton,  Holyoke,  Pittsfield,  Plymouth,  Amherst  and  Williamstown,  in  Massachusetts ;  Providence,  Newport,  Pawtucket,  Woonsocket, 
and  Westerly,  in  Rhode  Island;  Hartford,  New  Haven,  Norwich,  Bridgeport,  Meriden,  New  London  and  New  Britain,  in  Connecticut;  Port- 
land, Lewiston,  Bangor,  Augusta,  Bath  and  Biddef  ord,  in  Maine ;  Manchester,  Concord,  Nashua,  Portsmouth,  Dover  and  Hanover  in  New 
Hampshire;  Burlington,  Rutland,  St.  Albans,  Montpelier,  Barre  and  Brattleboro,  in  Vermont;  New  York  City,  Albany,  Troy,  Syracuse, 
Rochester,  Buffalo,  Elmira.  Binghamton,  Auburn,  OsWego,  Watertown,  Utica,  Rome  and  Schenectady,  in  New  York.  The  largest  orders  are 
filled  without  delay,  and  terms  are  made  invariably  satisfactoi-y  to  the  trade.  Mr.  John  O.  Smith  is  a  native  of  Maine,  who  embarked  in  the 
clothing  trade  in  1851,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  this  house  in  '67.  Mr.  Whiting  was  born  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  while  Mr.  Connor  is  a 
native  Bostonian,  and  both  became  partners  in  1887,  as  did  also  Mr.  George  S.  Smith,  a  son  of  the  senior  partner.  All  are  members  of  the 
Boston  Merchants  Association,  and  are  winning  a  creditable  success  by  honestly  deserving  it. 

|HE  BERLITZ  SCHOOL  OF  LANGUAGES,  No.  154  Tremont  Street.— The  Berlitz  Schools  of  Languages  stand  admittedly  at 
the  head  of  all  institutions  of  this  kind  in  America  or  Europe.  The  first  of  these  institutions  was  established  in  1878  in  Bos- 
ton by  Prof.  M.  D.  Berlitz,  and  its  unprecedented  success  gradually  led  to  the  opening  of  branches  in  a  number  of  American 
cities.  The  fame  of  these  schools  soon  found  its  way  to  Europe  and  caused  some  of  its  most  renowned  educators  to  induce 
Prof.  Berhtz  to  extend  his  work  also  to  the  principal  cities  of  that  continent,  where  now  the  superiority  of  the  Berlitz  method 
has  been  fully  recognized.  The  Boston  school  is  located  at  No.  154  Tremont  Street,  (Mason  &  Hamlin  building),  and  has  as 
assistant  local  directors  in  charge,  Messrs.  A.  Gonard  and  W.  Gehrmann,  with  a  full  corps  of  instructors.  The  peculiar  organization  and  the 
extension  of  these  schools,  so  intimately  connected  with  one  another,  assure  to  the  students  numerous  advantages  afforded  by  no  c 
school  and  certainly  by  no  private  teacher.  The  Berlitz  schools  employ  a  special  method  and  text-books,  which  represent  the  labor  of  years 
and  are  continually  improved  by  the  practical  experience  of  the  school  faculty.  The  method  is  so  arranged  that  the  most  useful  is  always 
taught  first,  and  the  students  acquire  a  knowledge  of  conversation  in  the  very  shortest  period.  Each  teacher  instructs  only  in  his  mother 
tongue,  and  this,  together  with  the  fact  that  only  teachers  of  superior  education  and  entirely  pure  pronunciation  are  engaged,  offers  to 
students  the  guarantee  of  the  best  instruction.  Object  teaching  is  used  in  the  Berlitz  method  to  a  greater  extent  than  in  any  other  system. 
Not  only  are  the  essentials  of  all  parts  of  speech  so  arranged  as  to  be  clearly  explained  by  object  lessons,  but  also  the  important  points  of 
inflection  and  syntax.  All  lessons  are  in  shape  of  conversation.  Thus  tl)e  student  is  constantly  drilled  in  speaking  and  understanding,  and 
very  soon  is  far  enough  advanced  to  express  easily  his  ideas.  Every  student  receives  instruction  from  a  number  of  diiferent  teachers,  so  as 
to  become  accustomed  to  different  voices  and  gestures,  and  more  or  less  vocabularies,  The  directors,  well  known  as  successful  instructors, 
visit  all  lessons  and  see  for  themselves  that  everything  is  done  to  insure  the  very  best  of  instruction.  Besides  receiving  their  regular  lessons, 
all  students  who  take  more  than  one  lesson  weekly  are  admitted  without  extra  charge  to  a  number  of  lectures,  readings  and  comedies. 
Students  who  change  their  domicile  can  finish  their  term  of  lessons  in  any  branch  of  this  institution  whether  in  America  or  Europe. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


199 


W.  TURNER  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  o£  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Fixtures,  Piano  and  Table  Lamps,  No. 
89  Brorafleld  Street.— The  history  of  the  progress  and  development  of  the  arts  and  manufactures  in  the  United  States  pre- 
sents few  parallels  to  the  notable  advance  made  in  brass  and  bronze  work  in  this  country  within  the'past  two  decades. 
And  while  on  this  subject,  it  may  not  appear  invidious  to  single  out  for  special  complimentary  meution  the  N.  W.  Turner 
Company,  who  are  well  and  widely  known  as  manufacturers  of  gas  and  electric  light  fixtures.  This  representative  house 
was  established  many  years  ago,  by  the  Boston  Gas  Light  Company,  who  were  succeeded  in  1851  by  Mr.  N.  W.  Turner,  who 
had  been  foreman  of  the  company  for  several  years.  He  continued  the  business  with  marked  ability  and  steadily  increasing  success  until 
1886,  when  he  retired,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  grandson,  Mr.  N.  W.  Turner  Knott,  under  the  present  name  and  style.  He  manufactures 
chandeliers,  electroliers,  piano,  banquet  and  table  lamps,  and  artistic  gas  and  electric  light  fixtures  of  every  description,  and  in  a  great 
variety  of  exquisite  designs  and  of  superb  workmanship,  and  all  his  productions  command  a  wide  sale.  All  the  articles  made  by  this  house 
are  noted  for  general  superiority,  and  are  rarely  equalled  in  any  feature  of  merit  by  anything  of  the  kind  on  the  market.  This  house  has 
supplied  such  well-known  buildings  as  the  Adams  House,  the  Providence  Railway  Depot,  the  New  England  Life  Insurance  Building,  the  Union 
Church  on  Columbus  Avenue,  and  many  others  in  Boston  and  vicinity,  with  lamp  and  electric  light  fixtures.  The  store  is  spacious  in  size  and 
one  of  the  attractive  features  of  this  popular  thoroughfare.  Here  are  displayed  a  stock  of  goods  which  is  at  once  large,  rich  and  elegant,  and 
both  dealers  and  consumers  are  supplied  to  the  full  extent  of  their  wants  on  terms  and  prices  which  are  the  lowest  compatible  with  quality  of 
material  and  character  of  workmanship,  the  most  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade.  Gas  fitting  and  jobbing  in  all  their  branches 
receive  skillful  attention,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  some  twenty-five  skilled  hands,  Mr.  Knott  is  a  native  Bostonian,  trained  in 
this  line  of  industry  from  his  youth  up,  and  a  young  man  of  wide  acquaintance,  eminent  popularity  and  high  repute  in  social,  commercial 
and  trade  circles. 


BNRY  H.  TUTTLE  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Fine  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  435  Washington  Street,  Corner  Winter. — The 
evolution  in  foot  wear  is  a  distinctly  notable  feature  of  the  progressive  age  in  which  we  live.  Compared  with  the  clumsy 
and  unshapely  productions  worn  a  generation  ago,  the  neat  fitting  and  elegant  boots  and  shoes  offered  for  sale  in  our 
leading  establishments  to-day  are  truly  models  of  art  and  excellence.  And  in  this  connection,  attention  ia  naturally  directed 
in  a  review  of  Boston's  representative  business  houses  to  the  spacious  and  well  appointed  store  of  Henry  T.  Tuttle  &  Co  , 
eligibly  located  at  No.  435  Washington  Street  corner  Wmter  wheiecai     1  1  1         f \  p    i  i  f Iv  fme  assoitment  ot 

everything,  in  the  line  indicated.    This  is  par  excellence  a  leadmg  and  ^ 

high-class  retail  footwear  emporium — one  of  the  oldest  as  well  as  _^      -^^  — 

largest  and  finest  in  the  city — and  for  forty  odd  years  has  main 

tained  an  enduring  hold  on  popular  favor.    The  firm,  who  are  im 

porters    and  dealers,  are    sole  agents    for  the  justly  famed      K 

water-proof  English  boots,  and  are  agents  also  for  Henry  Werth  of 

Paris,  and  Dr.  Jager's  sanitary  system  footwear;  while  they  handle 

English  Waukenfast    and  other  high    grade    imported  boots  and 

shoes.    Every  pair  sold  here  is  warranted  to  be  absolutely  as  rep 

resented,  style,  make  and  material  being  guaranteed,  and  perfect  ' 

fit  is  assured,  patrons  being  certain  of  getting  satisfaction  m  this 

admirably  conducted  house.    The  ladies'  department,  which  faces 

on  Winter  Street,  is  40  x  60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  the  gentlemen  s 

department,  which  faces  on  Washington  Street,  is  .30  x  80  feet     The 

establishment  is  very  handsomely  fitted  up  and  tastefully  arranged 

and  is  provided  with  every  convenience.    The  staff  employed  here  ' 

number  thirty,  and  the  proprietors  exercise  close  personal  super 

vision  over  the  entire  business.    The  stock,  which  is  of  a  most  ex  i 

tensive  and  comprehensive  character,  includes  ladies',  misses    gents 

boys',  and  youths'  boots  and  shoes  in  every  shape,  size,  width  and  | 

variety,   both  in  finest  and  medium  grades,  also    dainty  slippeis 

novelties  in  house  wear,  rubbers,  etc.,   and  boots    and  shoes  are  I 

made  to  order,   likewise,  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  at  short  ~ 

notice.    The  prices  prevailing,  too,  are  extremely  moderate,  quality  '^^ 

of  goods  and  character  of  workmanship   considered,  and  the  pa 

tronage  of  the  firm,  which  is  at  once  large  and  infiuential,  extends 

throughout  New  England.    The  business  was  established  about  the 

year  1851  by  John  Reed,  who  was  succeeded  in  1863  by  H.  H.  Tuttle 

who  conducted  it  alone  up  to  1866,  when  the  present  firm  name  w  as 

adopted  and  Benj.  F.  Redfern,  now  the  senior  partner,  acquired  an  interest     In  1883  "Mr  Tuttle  was  lemoved  by  death  and  tl  e  following 

year  Mr.  Redfern  associated  with  him  in  partnership  Messrs.  J.  B.  Hoi  ton  and  C.  E.  Hiss,  all  thiee  having  been  connected  with  the  house 

for  many  years;  and  through  their  efficient  management  the  business  is  carried  on  with  eminent  success. 


-,-J^=?«^TLEY  &  BOYNTON,  Produce  Commission  Merchants,  No.  63  Commercial  Street  and  Nos.  58  and  60  Clinton  Street.— The  pro- 
iilBw  Ji  ^"'^^  commission  industry  ot  Boston  is  one  of  the  city's  most  important  commercial  features,  and  very  extensive  transactions 
«lB?*i«  are  carried  on  in  this  line.  One  ot  the  oldest  and  foremost  ot  the  establishments  en.gaged  in  the  trade,  is  that  of  Messrs. 
Utley  &  Boynton,  who  occupy  premises  at  No.  63  Commercial  Street  and  Nos.  58  and  60  Clinton  Street.  This  house  was 
founded  in  1850,  by  Messrs.  John  Utley  and  Morris  B.  Boynton,  the  former  a  native  of  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  the  latter  of 
Vermont.  Both  were  able  business  men,  energetic  and  experienced,  and  they  quickly  built  up  a  large,  first-class  trade 
throughout  New  England.  In  1876,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Utley,  son  of  Mr.  John  Utley,  entered  the  house,  and  in  1880  became  a  member  of  the  fii-m. 
Ill  JIarch,  1891,  Mr.  Lewis  A.  Rogers  was  admitted  to  partnership,  and  in  the  latter  year  Messrs.  John  Utley  and  Morris  B.  Boynton  died, 
after  having  been  partners  for  over  forty  years,  during  which  they  ever  sustained  an  e.xcellent  reputation  as  honorable  business  men.  Messrs. 
Charles  H.  Utley  and  Lewis  A.  Rogers  continue  the  establishment  under  the  original  firm  title,  which  has  become  so  well  known  to  the  trade. 
Mr.  Utley  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  also  an  ex-director  of  the  latter  institution.  Mr.  Rogers  was 
born  in  Maine,  but  has  long  resided  in  this  city.  Both  gentlemen  possess  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  produce  commission  trade,  and  main- 
tain their  establishment  at  the  highest  point  of  efdciency.  The  firm  employ  ten  assistants,  and  make  a  specialty  of  handling  butter  and 
cheese,  selHng  more  butter  than  any  other  house  in  the  trade  in  New  England.  A  heavy  stock  is  always  carried,  and  orders  of  any  magni- 
tude are  promptly  filled  at  lowest  market  prices. 


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[OHN  A.  LOWELL  &  CO.,  Engraving  and  Printing  of  Every  Description,  No.  147  Franklin  Street.— The  finest  work  accom- 
plished in  this  line  in  Boston  is  that  which  bears  the  imprint  of  the  firm  of  John  A.  Lowell  &  Co.,  who  make  a  specialty  of 
fine  art  work  for  commercial  purposes,  such  as  the  finest  steel-plate  calendars,  bonds,  certificates  of  stock,  letter  and  biU- 
heads,  business  cards,  checks,  wedding  and  party  invitations,  visiting  cards,  and  a  general  line  of  steel,  copper  and  litho- 
graph work.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1861,  by  Mr.  John  A.  Lowell,  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expert  steel 
engraver;  and  in  1886  the  present  Arm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Charles  O.  Stearns  to  partnership.  It  is  in  design- 
ing where  many  engravers  fail  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  cultured  patron ;  they  have  neither  the  conception  of  the  ideal,  nor  the  graces  of  the 
true  artist,  and  so  with  commonplace,  tawdry  designs  they  cannot  fail  to  tire  the  public.  Messrs.  Lowell  &  Co.,  have  achieved  the  highest  of 
reputations  for  the  exquisite  beauty  of  their  designs,  which  have  no  equal  at  home  or  abroad,  and  are  in  constant  request  in  such  important 
classes  of  ornamental  work  as  wedding  cards  and  invitations,  menus,  crests,  monograms  and  fine  bank  printing.  Their  reputation  has  long 
ago  extended  far  beyond  the  confines  of  the  United  States,  and  they  are  in  frequent  receipt  of  orders  from  the  leading  houses  of  Great 
Britian,  France,  Austria,  Switzerland,  Germany,  South  America,  Australia,  Canada  and  Mesico.  The  business  premises  of  the  firm  com- 
prise three  floors,  50  x  100  feet  each,  and  the  equipment  includes  thirty  hand  and  seven  power  presses,  and  employment  is  given  to  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  skilled  and  expert  assistants.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  deservedly  popular  and  respected,  and  are  consistently  maintaining 
a  well-merited  prestige  for  the  elegance  and  superiority  of  all  work  emanating  from  their  establishment.  The  firm  has  recently  secured  and 
issued  editions  of  steel  plate  printing  from  the  largest  steel  plates  ever  engraved.  The  work  is  of  a  pictorial  character,  engraved  and  printed 
by  them.  The  prints  may  be  found  adorning  the  counting-rooms  and  homes  of  many  of  the  leading  manufacturers  and  merchants  through- 
out the  country. 

J.  HAYES  &  SONS,  Muuioipal  Bonds,  No.  7  E.xchange  Place.— Among  the  noteworthy  firms  engaged  in  financial  operations 
in  Boston  may  be  mentioned  that  of  W.  J.  Hayes  &  Sons,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  7  Exchange  Place.  They  are 
bankers  and  brokers,  with  headquarters  at  Cleveland,  O.,  and  altogether,  they  have  a  large  and  fiourishing  business.  This 
firm  was  established  in  Cleveland  in  1882,  and  the  Boston  office,  of  which  C.  E.  Denison  is  manager,  was  opened  in  1889.  A 
general  banking  business,  in  which  the  handling  of  municipal  securities  is  made  a  specialty,  is  done  at  their  Cleveland 
office,  while  at  Boston  their  business  is  confined  to  the  buying  and  selling  of  bonds  issued  by  cities,  counties,  towns,  school 
districts,  water  companies  and  street  railway  companies.  They  handle  large  amounts  of  conservative  bonds,  suitable  for  the  investment 
of  savings  banks  and  trust  funds,  and  solicit  the  correspondence  or  a  call  from  those  desiring  such  investments. 

tIUSHING,  OLMSTED  &  SNOW,  Men's,  Youths'  and  Boys'  Clothing,  Nos.  74,  76  and  78  Summer  Street.— Boston's  supremacy  in 
the  wholesale  clothing  trade  is  assured  by  the  possession  of  such  an  eminent  and  enterprising  house  as  that  of  Messrs.  Gush- 
ing, Olmsted  &  Snow,  whose  sound  judgment,  marked  executive  capacity  and  perfectedfacilities  have  secured  for  the  fine 
clothing  of  their  manufacture  the  national  reputation  of  being  fully  the  equal  of  custom  made  in  every  respect.  The 
immense  industry  centered  at  Nos.  74,  76  and  78  Summer  Street,  was  founded  in  1846,  by  Andrew  Carney,  and  after  some 
changes  the  present  firm  succeeded  to  the  control  in  1876.  The  building  occupied  for  the  business  contains  five  floors  and  a 
basement,  50  x  100  feet  each,  and  the  concern  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  largest,  strongest  and  most  successful  of  its  kind  in  Boston,  and  one 
from  which  the  leaders  of  the  New  York  clothing  trade  can  secure  valued  suggestions.  This  firm  make  the  finest  clothing  put  on  the  market, 
—in  every  respect  the  equal  of  custom  work.  They  also  manufacture  a  medium  grade  of  goods,  and  are  enabled  to  meet  promptly  the 
requirements  of  all  classes  of  buyers.  They  exercise  sound  Judgment  and  the  greatest  enterprise  in  the  selection  of  their  woolens  and  suit- 
ings, bringing  ample  resources  to  bear  and  being  the  first  to  secure  aU  the  newest  shades,  patterns  and  textures  in  American  and  foreign 
fabrics,  while  their  styles  are  always  the  leaders;  correct,  elegant  and  fashionable.  Their  cutters  are  all  trained  experts  from  fine  custom 
shops,  and  all  goods  are  critically  examined  and  made  up  in  the  most  thorough  manner  by  experienced  workmen,  of  whom  the  firm  employ 
no  less  than  one  hundred,  all  busy  in  producing  the  men's,  youths'  and  boys'  clothing  that  is  first  sought  for  by  shrewd  and  careful  buyers  all 
over  New  England  and  the  West.  A  corps  of  fifteen  talented  salesmen  is  employed  in  representing  the  house  to  the  trade.  The  business 
has  attained  proportions  of  great  and  gratifying  magnitude  on  the  sound  basis  of  the  best  clothing  of  every  grade  at  the  lowest  prices  com- 
mensurate with  honest  workmanship.  The  individual  members  of  this  representative  firm  are  Messrs.  Sidney  Cushiug,  Charles  H.  Olmsted 
and  Lovell  S.  Snow.  Mr.  Gushing  is  a  native  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  a  director  of  the  Traders'  National  Bank,  and  a  member  of  the  Wholesale 
Clothing  Manufacturers'  Association  and  of  various  social  clubs.  Mr.  Olmsted  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  Mr.  Snow  in  Newton,  Mass. 
All  are  experienced  merchants  and  valued  factors  in  guiding  the  immense  business  of  this  famous  house. 

|OLLIS  &  SNOW,  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance,  No.  35  Kilby  Street,  (Corner  of  Exchange  Place).— This  is  one  of  the  most  expe- 
rienced and  successful  insui-ance  firms  in  Boston.  The  agency  was  established  in  1868,  by  Messrs.  Ellison,  Hollis  &  Co.,  who 
i  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Hollis  &  Snow  in  1877.  The  junior  partner,  Mr.  E.  G.  Snow,  retired  in  1885,  since  which  date  Mr.  J. 
Edward  Hollis  has  continued  the  business  without  change  in  the  firm  name.  He  is  now  general  agent  for  Massachusetts  for 
the  Citizens,  of  New  York;  is  special  agent  in  eastern  Massachusetts  for  the  Home,  of  New  York;  and  is  also  local  agent  for 
the  Phoenix,  of  Hartford ;  the  National,  of  New  York:  the  Atlas  Assurance  Company  of  London  and  Union  Assurance  Society 
of  London.  Representing  as  he  does  over  $15,000,000  in  assets,  Mr.  Hollis  is  in  a  position  to  promptly  place  the  largest  risks,  distributing  the 
same  in  the  most  judicious  and  satisfactory  manner,  quoting  the  lowest  rates  of  premium  compatible  with  security,  and  guaranteeing  a  speedy 
'and  liberal  adjustment  of  alUosses.  Mr.  Hollis  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  at  an  early  age  became  a  clerk  in  the 
Home  agency  in  this  city.  He  has  thus  spent  his  life  in  the  business,  is  still  in  the  prime  of  manhood,  a  member  of  the  New  England 
Insurance  Exchange,  and  ex-president  of  the  Boston  Board  of  Underwriters. 

HEPARD  &  SAMUEL,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Brooms,  Wooden  and  Willow  Ware,  Nos.  .36  and  38  Commercial  Street  and  Nos. 
15  and  17  Fulton  Street.— This  representative  house  was  founded  in  1848,  by  R.  Warner  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the 
present  firm  in  1&89.  The  business  premises  comprise  two  spacious  buildings,  five  stories  each,  running  through  the  block, 
where  is  carried  oue  of  the  largest  and  most  complete  stock  of  wooden  and  willow  ware  in  Boston.  The  business  is  conducted 
at  both  wholesale  and  retail  and  both  dealers  and  consumers  are  supplied  in  quantities  to  suit  at  the  shortest  possible  notice  and 
at  terms  and  prices  which  are  rarely,  if  ever  duplicated  elsewhere.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  brooms;  while  the  firm's 
stock  also  includes  a  full  and  complete  line  of  wooden  and  willow  ware  of  every  description,  and  for  every  purpose.  Contracting  direct  with 
the  most  reputable  manufacturers  for  special  lines  in  large  quantities,  and  seUing  extensively  to  jobbers  and  exporters,  this  house  is  in  a 
position  to  challenge  comparison  as  to  quality  of  goods,  and  defy  competition  as  to  price.  Both  as  to  style,  durability  and  finish,  the  special- 
ties of  this  firm  commend  themselves  to  the  confidence  of  close  and  critical  buyers,  and  the  trade  enjoyed  is  of  a  character  eminently  credit- 
able to  the  management.  This  firm  are  agents  for  the  celebrated  Indurated  Fibre  Ware,  and  carry  a  full  line  in  stock.  Orders  by  telephone. 
No.  2395,  by  telegi-aph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention.  The  co-partners,  Messrs,  Oscar  A.  Shepard  and  Henry  Samuel  are 
both  native  Bostonians,  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  of  large  experience  in  this  special  branch  of  commerce.  Mr.  Shepard  is  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Arcanum;  and  Mr.  Samuel  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  the  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  both  were  formerly  with  the  house  of  O.  F.  Howe  tor 
several  years. 


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"I  I MPSON  BROTHERS,  Rook  Asphalt  Floors,  No.  166  Devonshire  Street.— Exhaustive  and  expensive  experiments  have  been  made 
with  various  kinds  of  asphalt,  with  the  result  that  it  has  been  determined  that  so  tar  as  any  kind  of  flooring  is  concerned 
the  famous  Swiss  and  French  rock  asphalts  are  superior  to  all  other  materials  for  smoothness,  hardness,  dryness  and  fire 
and  water-proof  qualities.  These  asphalts  are  supplied  in  this  city  by  Messrs.  Simpson  Brothers,  whose  offices  are  located 
at  No.  166  Devonshire  Street,  Room  No.  58.  This  firm  began  the  importation  of  Neuchatel  and  Seyssel  rock  asphalt  in  1870, 
and  they  have  since  become  the  popular  article  for  the  floors  of  basements,  kitchens,  laundries,  stables,  water-closets, 
dwelling  house  cellars,  breweries,  manufactories,  warehouses,  hospitals,  court-yards,  walks,  driveways,  etc.    They  are  odoi-less,  non -absorb' 


ent,  free  from  mold  or  dust,  impervious  to  sewer  gases, 
the  natural  rock  asphalt,  free  from  coal  tar  and  aU  arti- 
use  within  a  few  hours  after  being  laid.  They  have  in 
and  are  prepared  to  promptly  fill  orders  for  any  work  in 
ecuted  in  this  city  may  be  named  those  for  R.  H.  White 
ing,  the  new  Exchange  Buildmg.  the  new  Hancock  Build- 


and  for  sanitary  purposes  invaluable.  This  fli'm  use  only 
flcial  substances;  it  hardens  immediately,  and  is  ready  for 
their  employ  foreign  experts  of  long  experience  in  Europe 
this  line.  Among  the  many  important  commissions  ex- 
&  Co.,  E.  H.  Stearns  &  Co.,  Edison  Electric  Light  Build- 
ing, Shreve,  Crump    &  Low's  Building,  the  Hollander 


Building,  Houghton  &  Button's  Building,  Young's  Hotel,  American  House,  United  States  Hotel,  Masonic  Temple,  Boston  Daily  Advertiser, 
Standard    Sugar  Refinery,  Continental  Sugar  Refinery,  The  Institute  of  Technology,  Harvard  Medical    School,  Mutual    Life  Building, 


F.  L.  Ames'  Buildings,  Moses  Kimball's  Buildings,  PfafE's 
Brewery,  McCormick's  Brewery,  Tremont  Stables,  Har- 
Grove  Farm  Co.,  Boston  Bicycle  Club,  Marston's  Dining 
Charitable  Mechanics  Association,  and  most  of  the  sohool- 
portant  work  in  other  parts  of  the  country.  Architects, 
the  merits  of  this  rock  asphalt,  samples  of  which  are 
mates  for  cheaper  asphalts  are  also  furnished,  if  desired. 


Brewery,  King's  Brewery,  Roessle's  Brewery,  Burkhardt's 
vard  Veterinary  Stables,  Arlington  Club  Stable,  Oak 
Rooms,  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Institute  Skating  Rink, 
houses  and  engine-houses  in  this  city,  besides  much  im- 
buildersand  property-owners  generally  should  investigate 
shown  and  prices  quoted  at  the  offices  of  the  firm.  Esti- 
Orders  by  telephone  No.  1155,  by  telegraph  or  mail  re- 


ceive immediate  attention  in  all  cases,  and  the  interests  of  patrons  are  carefuUy  watched  and  intelligently  promoted.    The  Messrs.  Simpson 
are  natives  of  Sulhvan,  Me.,  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  expert,  practical  and  reliable  in  all  their  methods  and  dealings. 


lOHN  MACK,  Plain  and  Ornamental  Plasterer,  No.  32  Chapman  Place.— Among  the  industries  devoted  to  the  interior  finish  of 
houses,  that  of  the  plasterer  is  one  of  first  importance,  and  all  work  in  this  line  should  ever  be  given  to  a  competent  man  to 
perform,  else  the  results  will  prove  most  unsatisfactory.  One  of  the  most  prominent  and  oldest  of  those  engaged  in  this 
industry  in  Boston  is  Mr.  John  Mack,  whose  ofBce  and  workshop  are  at  No.  22  Chapman  Place.  Mr.  Mack  is  one  of  the  oldest 
as  well  as  best  known  of  citizens.  He  was  born  on  Pleasant  Street,  Boston,  and  passed  his  boyhood  in  New  York  City,  learn, 
ing  his  trade  there.  In  1842  he  returned  to  Boston  and  established  business  here,  and  during  the  long  period  intervening  he 
has  ever  enjoyed  an  excellent  patronage,  and  sustained  a  superior  reputation  as  a  thoroughly  skilled,  reliable  workman.  Much  noteworthy 
plastering  and  stucco  work  has  been  performed  by  him  in  prominent  buildings,  among  them  the  Masonic  Temple,  New  Court  House,  Parker 
House,  Park  House,  the  Lowell  Depot,  U.  S.  Government  Building,  U.  S.  Court  House,  in  Boston,  Jolui  Hancock  BuUding,  Vendome,  New 
Old  South  Church,  and  many  residences  in  the  Back  Bay  district,  Mr,  Mack  employs  a  large  force  of  experienced  men,  is  prepared  to 
furnish  estimates  at  shortest  notice,  and  all  work  undertaken  by  him  is  certain  to  be  executed  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner.  In  New 
York  he  did  the  work  of  the  United  Bank,  corner  of  Broadway  and  Wall  Street,  the  Barge  Offlce,  as  also  the  dining-room  of  the  Hoffman 
House, 


IIANNALL  &  COMPANY,  Real  Estate,  Business  Brokers  and  Ticket  Agents,  No.  14  Hanover,  Near  Court  Street.— The  firm  of 
Mannall  &  Company,  of  No.  14  Hanover  Street,  near  Court  Street,  has  been  established  since  the  year  1879.  The  business  con- 
ducted by  Messrs,  Mannall  &  Company  is  that  of  real  estate  and  general  business  brokers  ;  a  substantial  volume  of  transac" 
tions  being  carried  on  as  ticket  agents  and  the  issuance  of  drafts  and  money-orders  payable  all  over  Europe.  The 
house  represen'-"  the  American  Exchange  Company  of  Christiania,  Norway,  and  holds  a  general  brokers'  license  to  sell 
steamship  and  railway  tickets  to  all  points.  An  important  proportion  of  the  operations  of  the  house  embraces  the 
handling  of  farm  and  city  property,  the  concern  being  experts  in  the  titles  to  and  values  thereof.  The  offices  of  the  concern 
are  excellently  managed  and  well  located  and  cover  an  area  of  400  square  feet.  The  partners  in  the  house  are  Mr.  N.  E.  Mannall 
and  Mr.  F.  H.  Carpenter,  both  gentlemen  of  singular  commercial  ability  and  spirit  of  enterprise.  Mr.  Mannall  is  a  native  of  Norway, 
his  residence  in  this  country  commencing  with  his  boyhood.  He  is  the  manager  of  and  principal  stock-holder  in  the  American-Scandinavian 
Printing  Co.,  which  publishes  the  only  Swedish  paper  in  Boston  and  also  the  only  Swedish  paper  in  Rhode  Island.  Mr.  F.  H.  Carpenter  is  a 
native  of  Vermont,  his  identification  with  Boston's  prosperity  covering  a  period  of  ten  years.  Both  partners  are  young  men  and  both  are 
entitled  to  the  implicit  confidence  of  the  entire  community.  This  concern  also  makes  direct  exchange  of  all  goods  manufactured  in  Norway 
-and  Sweden. 


gRUNDY  BRASS  WORKS  Brass  Workers,  and  Dealers  in  Plumbers'  Materials,  Machinists  and  Screw  Makers  ;  Workmen  for 
Astronomers,  Electricians  and  Steam  and  Gas  Fitters,  Plumbers'  Jobbers,  Etc.,  No.  50  Sudbury  Street.— The  growth  and 
development  of  such  concerns  as  this  cannot  be  gauged  by  the  general  run  of  trade.  They  are  on  a  different  plan,  and  fill  a 
sphere  of  usefulness  of  the  widest  extent,  with  the  largest  consumers  of  their  specialties  for  permanent  customers.  An  apt 
illustration  of  this  is  shown  in  the  Grundy  Brass  Works,  the  well-known  brass  workers  and  dealers  in  plumbers'  materials. 
This  house  was  established  over  forty  years  ago  by  Grundy  Brothers,  and  in  1883  the  present  firm  name  was  adopted  and 
the  business  placed  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Wallace  H.  Bate,  assisted  by  Mr,  James  Grundy.  The  premises  occupied  for  manufacturing 
and  sales  purposes  are  spacious  in  size,  supplied  with  every  modern  appliance  and  facility,  and  give  ample  accommodations  for  supplying 
the  most  extensive  demand.  Undoubtedly  much  of  the  success  achieved  by  Mr,  Bate  lies  in  his  complete  knowledge  of  all  details  of  the 
business,  and  his  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  requirements  of  the  public  in  this  direction  of  trade.  The  managers  are  thoroughly  prac- 
tical men,  having  been  employed  in  this  house  most  of  the  time  since  1857,  and  give  the  business  the  benefit  of  their  close  personal  attention. 
They  are  prominent  as  machinists  and  screw  makers  ;  also  as  workmen  for  astronomers,  opticians,  electricians,  and  steam  and  gas  fitters ; 
dealing  in  all  kinds  of  brass  pipe  fittings,  round  and  square,  and  in  such  important  specialties  as  Bate's  Patent  Water  Closet  Pulls,  Levers 
and  Milk  Shakers,  and  Grundy's  Patent  Water  Closets  and  cocks.  These  inventions  will  be  found  to  be  the  best  in  the  market,  peculiarly 
fitted  for  the  exacting  requirements  for  which  they  ai-e  intended,  and  commending  their  own  merits  on  use.  For  standard  and  reliable 
products  this  house  challenges  competition;  also  for  the  execution  of  a  general  line  of  jobbing  work  for  plumbers.  Mr.  Bate  is  a  native  of 
new  York  City,  and  served  two  years  during  the  war  in  the  Twelfth  Massachusetts  Infantry.  He  is  still  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  has 
won  success  by  honestly  deserving  it.    Mr.  Grundy  is  a  son  of  one  of  the  original  projectors  and  has  been  in  the  business  since  boyhood. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

D.  BROOKS  &  CO.,  Tanners'  Supplies,  No.  100  High  Street.— This  house  was  originally  founded  in  1827  by  Messrs.  Luke 
Brooks  and  J.  M.  Jones,  on  India  Square,  whose 'entire  capital  amounted  to  $500.  Both  were  practical  curriers  and 
began  business  as  dealers  in  leather,  meeting  with  excellent  success  and  steadily  growing  patronage.  Mr.  Brooks  after- 
wards became  sole  proprietor  and  adopted  the  firm  name  of  Brooks  &  Co.,  and  later  on  a  change  was  made  to  Brooks  & 
'  McConnell.  In  1846  the  firm  became  Moses  Hunt  &  Co.,  the  co-partners  being.  Moses  B.  Huut,  Luke  Brooks  and  E.  T. 
Noble.  In  October,  1856,  the  death  olSMr.  Brooks  occurred  after  a  long  and  highly  honorable  business  career  and  he  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  Mr.  E.  D.  Brooks.  Subsequently  the  firm  became  Noble  &.  Brooks,  continuing  under  their  joint  management  up  to  18?'8 
when  the  latter  became  sole  proprietor  and  has  since  directed  affairs  under  the  trade  name  of  E.  D.  Brooks  &  Co.  In  1872  the  firm  lost  their 
business  quarters  in  the  great  fire  of  that  year,  when  the  leading  mercantile  section  of  Boston  was  laid  in  ashes.  The  enterprise  has  been  car- 
ried on  at  the  present  address  the  past  eight  years.  The  premises  consist  of  a  spacious  store  and  basement,  with  dimensions  of  25sll0  feet, 
and  conveniently  appointed  throughout.  The  firm  carry  on  a  flourishing  trade  as  sole  agents  for  Richardson's  Patent  Union  leather  splitting 
machines,  as  importers  of  Gambler,  Water  of  Ayr  Stone,  Stub's  Finger  Steels,  and  wholesale  dealers  in  tanners'  and  curriers'  tool's  and  sup- 
plies of  all  kinds.  Importations  are  made  from  the  most  reliable  sources  of  supply  in  England,  France  and  the  East  Indies,  and  the  heavy 
trade  supplied  is  with  tanners  and  shoe  manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Favorable  inducements  are  offered  in  prices.  Mr. 
Brooks  is  a  native  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  resides  in  Cambridgeport. 


GRAHAM,  Wrapping  Paper,  Twines,  Paper  Stock,  Metals,  Etc.,  No.  48  India  Square.— This  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  con- 
cerns in  its  line  in  the  city,  and  its  distributing  trade  is  of  a  wide-spread  character.  The  business  was  estabhshed  by  the 
present  proprietor  in  1874,  and  has  since  been  conducted  with  gratifying  success.  A  large  stock  of  wrapping  paper,  twines, 
paper  stock  and  metals  is  kept  constantly  on  hand  and  the  lowest  prices  at  all  times  prevail.  The  pi-emises  comprise  a 
*  warehouse  five  stories  in  height,  fitted  up  with  everything  necessary  to  the  successfuf  prosecution  of  the  business.  The 
stock  is  received  from  Boston  and  vicinity  and  the  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  Massachusetts.  Eight  hands  are  employed, 
and  the  house  will  be  found  to  be  a  most  profitable  one  with  which  to  establish  business  relations.  Mr.  Graham  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  but 
has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  many  years,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  community  in  consequence  of  his  straightforward  methods  of 
doing  business. 

BOND  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  Florida  Oranges  a  Specialty,  No.  2  North  Market 
Street.— Messrs.  Bond  &  Co.  are  commission  merchants  and  wholesale  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  making  a 
leading  specialty  of  Florida  oranges,  and  their  trade,  which  extends  throughout  New  England,  gives  evidence  ot  steady 
increase.  This  well-known  house  was  established  in  1876,  and  during  the  sixteen  years  since  intervening  has  been  conducted 
at  the  present  location  with  uninterrupted  success.  The  firm  buy  at  auction  and  receive  consignments,  supplies.coming  to 
them  regularly  from  various  points,  and  can  fill  the  largest  orders  at  short  notice,  while  the  lowest  market  prices  are  quoted 

invariably.    Mr.  Bond,  who  is  the  sole  member  (the  "  Co."  being  nominal),  is  a  gentleman  of  middle-age  and  a  native  of  this  State,  residing" at 

East  Boston,  and  is  a  well-known  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 


gOSTON  ENGR.4.VING  COMPANY,  No.  237  Tremont  Street.— A  foremost  representative  of  this  industi-y  in  Boston  is  Mr.  M.  M. 
Tenney,  conducting  operations  under  the  firm  title  of  the  Boston  Engraving  Company.  Mr.  Tenney  is  a  practical  wood 
engraver  of  thorough  skill  and  experience  in  all  the  departments  of  his  vocation.  He  [established  his  present  enterprise  in 
1885,  and  during  the  six  years  that  have  since  elapsed  has  developed  a  large,  active,  most  desirable  trade,  his  patronage 
being  derived  from  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  He  caters  only  to  a  strictly  first-class  trade.  The  entire  place  is 
equipped  with  the  most  improved  appliances  adaptable  to  this  industry.  Employment  is  found  for  thirty-five  experc  hands 
in  the  various  departments,  among  them  being  skilled  artists,  and  photo-engraving  of  every  description  is  executed  in  the  most  approved 
manner,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  line  and  half-tone  processes.  Mr.  Tenny  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  an  active  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton Art  Club. 


TURTEVANT  &  HALEY,  BEEF  AND  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  No.  38  and  40  Paneuil  Hall  Market.  —This  company  enjoys  a  reputa- 
tion and  prestige  as  leaders  in  their  line,  and  as  proprietors  of  one  of  the  oldest,  largest  and  most  popular  houses  in  the  trade  in 
New  England.  The  business  was  founded  in  1836,  by  Mr.  Harrison  Bird,  and  in  1887  the  firm  of  H.  Bird  &  Co.  was  organized 
by  the  admission  of  Messrs.  A,  H.  Bird  and  R.  H.  Sturtevant  to  partnership.  In  May,  1889,  the  firm  of  Sturtevant  &  Haley  suc- 
ceeded to  the  control,  and  on  the  death  of  the  junior  partner,  Mr.  A.  S.  Haley,  in  July,  1891,  the  present  company  was  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusets,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  and  with  James  D.  Haley,  president;  R.  H 
Sturtevant,  treasurer ;  Fred  S.  Haley,  secretary.  The  company  are  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  beef,  pork,  lard  and  hams ;  smoked 
and  dried  beef ;  smoked,  corned  andsaltpetred  tongues;  tripe,  sausages,  etc.;  occupying  slaughter  house  No.  11,  Brighton  Abattoir,  where  they 
kill  175  beef  per  week.  Their  cold  storage  room  holds  300<;attle  and  3,400  tons  of  ice.  The  company  are  also  largely  interested  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  oil  from  beef  fats,  made  for  use  in  making  oleomargarine,  which  product  they  ship  in  immense  quantities  to  Rotterdam,  Holland. 
As  packers  of  India  mess  beef,  they  have  an  extensive  trade  in  London  and  Liverpool  for  use  in  the  English  army  and  navy.  It  is  as  dealers 
In  fresh  beef,  pork  and  other  meat  products,  however,  that  this  house  stands  most  prominently  forward  in  this  city,  supplying,  as  it  does, 
many  of  the  largest  hotels,  such  as  the  Tremont  and  the  Quincy,  as  well  as  leading  club  houses,  with  all  their  beet  and  pork;  also,  Wellesley 
College,  numerous  seaside  and  mountain  resorts,  and  public  institutions  throughout  New  England.  Their  hams,  smoked  and  dried  beef, 
sausages  and  tongues  are  every  where  recognized  and  appreciated  as  superior  productions.  President  Haley  died  in  April,  1891.  Mr.  Sturte- 
vant was  born  in  Centre  Harbor,  N.  H.,  and  has  been  identified  with  this  market  since  1863.  Mr.  Fred  S.  Haley  is  a  son  of  the  late  A.  S. 
Haley,  and  a  yoimg  man  of  energy  and  ability. 

-MCMILLAN  &  CO.,  Tailors,  No.  149  A  Tremont  Street.— There  are  but  few  if  any,  among  Boston's  leading  merchant  tailors, 
who  are  better  known  or  enjoy  a  higher  reputation  for  fine  woi-k  than,  the  firm  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  The 
senior  member  of  the  firm  has  been  estabhshed  since  1874,  and  on  January  1, 1893  admitted  his  son,  A.  BIcMillan,  Jr.  to 
partnership,  thus  forming  the  present  firm  style.  The  firm  occupies  commodious,  neatly  appointed  quarters  at  No.  149  A 
'  Tremont  Street.,  Mr.  McMillan,  Sr.  being  a  practical  cutter  of  thorough  experience,  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches, 
while  his  son  attends  to  the  financial  administration  of  the  business.  The  firm  is  a  member-  ot  the  Boston  Merchant  Tailors' 
Exchange  and  the  National  Merchant  Tailors'  Exchange.  They  keep  on  hand  an  elegant  stock  of  imported  woolens,  and  employ  a  numer  of 
first-class  workmen,  every  garment  leaving  the  establishment  being  warranted  as  to  style,  cut,  finish  and  fabric,  while  perfect  fit  is  assured. 
The  assortment  embraces  all  the  latest  novelties  in  fashionable  cloths,  fancy  cassimeres,  serges,  checks,  plaids,  stripes  and  suitings  from 
which  the  most  fastidious  in  dress  can  make  selection,  and  the  prices  charged  here  are  extremely  moderate,  quality  of  material  and  charac- 
ter of  workmanship  considered. 


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D.  BLACKWELL,  Contractor  and  Builder,  Room  No.  30  Ames  Building. — Tke  steady  expansion,  during  recent  years,  oi* 
the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State,  both  in  the  matters  of  magnitude  and  prosperity,  may  justly  be  regarded  as  the  well- 
spring  of  the  almost  phenomenal  success  characterizuig  the  department  of  endeavor  engaged  in  by  Mr.  E.  D,  Blackwell  of 
Room  No.  20,  Ames  Building.  Mr.  Blackwell  is  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  the  date  of  the  gentleman's  establishment  in 
business  occurred  some  seven  years  ago.  Mr.  Blackwell  engages  extensively  in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  improved  and  un- 
improved city  property,  his  specialty  being  Belmont  real  estate,  and  he  owns  land  extensively  in  Dorchester  and  Mount 
Hope.  The  premises  occupied  by  Mr.  Blackwell  are  located  in  a  most  appropriate  quarter  of  the  city  and  their  equipment  and  management 
evince  a  creditable  example  of  systematic  precision.  Mr.  Black  well's  business  comprises  generally,  all  the  operations  incident  to  the  conduct 
of  an  ordinary  contracting  concern,  with  the  distinction  that  the  principle  upon  which  the  gentleman  proceeds  is  that  which  may  be  succinctly 
stated  to  mean  superior  workmanship  at  moderate  rates.  Among  the  recent  works  completed  by  Mr.  Blackwell,  mention  should  be  made  of 
a  residence  for  Mr.  E.  F.  Peirce,  at  Dorchester,  and  one  for  Mr.  J,  J.  Robinson,  at  Longwood,  and  he  has  just  perfected  for  Mr.  E.  Golden- 
burg,  an  entire  business  block,  at  East  Boston,  such  edifice  costing  no  less  than  $150,000.  Mr.  Blackwell  was,  prior  to  entering  upon  the  con- 
trol of  his  present  business,  a  practical  carpenter,  his  knowledge  of  this  branch  being  most  advantageous  to  him  in  his  present  caUing.  He 
is  a  native  of  Bourne,  and  resides  at  the  present  time  in  Boston,  where  he  is  highly  respected  for  his  many  merits. 


E.  HARDING  &  CO., Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Fish  and  Lobsters,  No.  30  T  Wharf.— The  wholesale  fish  trade 
of  Boston  has  long  been  a  prominent  feature  of  its  commerce,  and  a  valuable  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city's  business 
fame  and  prosperity.  T  Wharf  is  a  center  of  the  industry,  and  among  the  extensive  houses  engaged  in  this  line  a  foremost 
position  is  occupied  by  F.  E.  Harding  &  Co.,  at  No.  ^0.  This  is  an  old  estabhshed  concern,  having  been  founded  some  forty 
'  years  ago  by  the  grandfather  of  Mr.  F.  E.  Harding,  and  the  latter  succeeded  to  the  control  twenty-three  years  ago.  In  1877 
he  admitted  to  partnership  Mr.  G.  H.  Clarke,  his  brother-in-law,  and  the  business  was  directed  under  their  joint  control  up 
to  three  and  a  half  years  since,  when  Mr.  Harding's  lamented  death  occurred,  his  interest  in  the  enterprise  being  continued  by  his  widow, 
while  Mr.  Clarke  remains  the  active  manager  of  the  business.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  commodious  three-story  building,  which  is 
fitted  up  with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  storing  and  preservation  of  stock.  The  firm  handle  all  kinds  of  ocean,  frozen  and  fresh- 
water fish,  including  mackerel,  cod,  herring,  haddock,  salmon,  trout,  halibut,  whitefish,  lobster,  etc.  Liberal  advances  are  made  on  consign- 
ments, while  quick  sales  and  prompt  returns  are  guaranteed.  All  orders  are  promptly  as  well  as  carefully  filled,  at  lowest  ruling  market 
prices,  and  the  heavy  trade  supplied  extends  all  throughout  the  New  England  States.  Mr.  Clarke  is  a  native  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  T  Wharf  Fish  Association,  and  he  has  gained  the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has  had  commercial  relations. 


D.  GILMAN,  Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's  Dining  Rooms,  Nos.  48  and  50  Summer  Street,  Corner  of  Ai'ch.— La  regard  to  its  restau- 
rant accommodations,  Boston  is  certainly  well  provided;  and  some  of  the  establishmentr  have  been  locally  famous  for 
many  years.  Among  these  old  and  popular  places  of  public  entei'tainment,  one  of  the  largest  and  best  reputed  is  that  of 
Mr.  J.  D.  Gilman,  Nos.  48  and  50  Summer  Street,  corner  of  Arch  Street.  Tlie  dining-rooms  on  the  ground  floor  have  capac- 
ity for  seating  one  hundred  and  twenty  persons,  while  the  lunch,  oyster-room  and  caf6  in  the  basement  will  accommodate 
eighty.  The  entire  establishment  is  handsomely  decorated,  has  tiled  flooring,  is  lighted  by  electricity  and  cooled  by  means 
of  seven  revolving  fans  and  a  number  of  spacious  ventilators.  The  caf6  is  supplied  with  a  fine  selection  of  the  choicest  wines,  liquors, 
cigars,  etc.  The  kitchen,  in  the  rear  basement,  is  fitted  up  with  the  latest  improved  culinary  apparatus,  and  the  cuisine  is  of  a  character  that 
would  please  the  most  critical  epicure.  Some  forty  persons  are  employed,  and  the  attendance  is  prompt  and  courteous,  every  effort  being 
made  to  give  the  most  entire  satisfaction.  From  eight  hundred  to  one  thousand  two  hundred  people  take  their  meals  here  daily,  and  there 
is  an  immense  patronage  from  the  business  men  in  the  vicinity.  The  business  of  this  house  was  established  twenty-three  years  ago  by  the 
firm  of  Egerton  &  Gilman.  The  style  was  then  Egerton  &  Co.  for  five  years,  and  since  then  Mr.  J.  D.  Gilman  has  been  the  sole  proprietor. 
He  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  a  resident  of  Boston  for  thirty-four  years. 


G.  BARNES  &  SON,  Auctioneers,  Real  Estate,  Mortgage  and  Insurance  Brokers,  No.  27  State  Street.— Among  the  many 
noteworthy  firms  engaged  in  the  handling  of  realty,  and  kindred  interests  in  Bostoh  and  vicinity,  few,  if  indeed 
any,  are  better  known  or  stand  higher  in  public  favor  thau  that  of  F.  G.  Barnes  &  Son,  No.  27  State  Street,  with  office  also 
in  Brackett's  Block,  Newton.  They  are  auctioneers,  real  estate,  mortgage  and  insurance  brokers,  and  altogether,  they  have 
a  very  substantial  patronage,  numbering  in  their  extensive  clientele  some  of  the  largest  property  owners  and  s'tanchest  cit-. 
izens  in  the  community.  City  and  suburban  realty  of  every  description  is  bought  and  sold  and  also  exchanged,  and  ap- 
praisements are  made  for  intending  purchasers.  Rents  are  collected  and  estates  taken  in  charge  and  judiciously  managed,  likewise,  and 
investments  are  desirably  placed.  Loans  and  mortgages  are  negotiated,  and  risks  effected  in  all  fir.st-class  fire  companies,  at  lowest  rates,  the 
firm,  who  are  local  agents  for  the  "Phenix,"  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  "Sun,"  of  London,  for  Newton  and  vicinity,  having  exceptional  facili- 
ties for  placing  large  fire  lines.  In  short,  all  classes  of  business  pertaining  to  real  estate  and  insurance  are  engaged  in,  special  attention 
being  given  to  auction  sales ;  and  all  interests  entrusted  to  this  responsible  firm  are  certain  to  be  handled  in  the  most  careful  and  trustworthy 
manner.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1S57,  by  F.  G.  Barnes,  the  firm  name  subsequently  becoming  F.  G.  Barnes  &  Son,  under 
which  style  it  has  since  been  continued  with  uninterrupted  success,  although  the  senior  member  was  removed  by  death  in  1888.  Mr.  Edward 
F.  Barnes,  who  is  now  the  sole  member,  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life  and  a  native  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  and  has  been  engaged  in  business 
in  this  city  for  twenty-two  years.  He  is  a  man  of  energy  and  thorough  experience,  as  well  as  the  highest  personal  integrity,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  New  England  Insurance  Exchange  and  Boston  Tariff  Association. 


jHE  KNITTED  FABRICS  COMPANY,  No.  40  Water  Street.— An  acknowledged  leader  in  its  line  of  industry  in  this  country  is 
the  Knitted  Fabrics  Company,  which  is  widely  and  deservedly  prominent  as  manufacturers  of  stockinets,  Jersey  cloth,  rub- 
ber linings,  specialties  for  jacket  and  underwear  manufacturers,  etc.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1883,  under  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  3fi3O,00O,  since  increased  to  $100,000,  with  Chas.  H.  Ward,  president;  Walter 
U.  Lawson,  treasurer.  The  mills,  which  are  located  at  Methuen,  Mass.,  are  equipped  with  sixty  knitting  frames  and  the  most 
improved  modern  machinery.  The  management  is  enterprising  and  progressive  in  all  methods  of  manufacture,  usin^  every 
effort  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the  value  of  the  output  in  all  essential  respects;  and  as  a  natural  result  the  products  of  this  com- 
pany have  acquired  a  high  reputation  for  fineness  of  quality  and  uniform  excellence.  The  success  that  has  been  won  is  largely  due  to  the 
fine  taste  and  accurate  judgment  of  the  officers  and  managers,  who  are  alive  to  the  necessity  of  keeping  steadily  abreast  of  the  times  and 
the  improvements  of  the  age;  and  the  patronage  bestowed  upon  the  house  is  of  a  character  which  furnishes  abundant  proof  that  the  good^^ 
meet  with  the  approbation  of  a  first-class  trade.  The  largest  orders  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled,  and  inducements  are  constantly 
offered  to  the  trade  which  challenge  comparison.  The  seUing  agents  of  the  company  are  P.  Van  Volkenburgh  &  Co.,  No.  G2  Worth  Street 
New  York,  and  the  business  may  be  said  to  be  in  a  thoroughly  healthy  and  flourishing  condition. 


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B.  FULLER  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Wines,  Brandies,  Gins  and  Coi-dials,  Eye  and  Bourbon  Whiskies, 
Imported  and  Domestic  Cigars,  No.  18  Milk  Street.— The  original  location  o£  the  house  of  J.  B.  Fuller  &  Co.,  whose  present 
premises  are  situated  No.  18  Milk  Street,  was  upon  Broad  Street,  and  the  date  of  the  establishment  of  the  Arm  occurred 
during  the  currency  of  the  year  1871,  the  occupation  of  the  present  premises  commencing  twelve  years  ago.  During  the 
period  intervening  between  1884  and  1887,  the  title  of  the  house  was  Messrs.  Fuller  &  Wilder,  the  present  partnership  and 
the  existing  conditions  commencing  in  the  latter  mentioned  year.  Messrs.  Fuller  &  Co.  are  importers  of  and  jobbers  in 
fine  wines,  brandies,  gins  and  cordials,  and  have  extensive  transactions  in  rye  and  bourbon  whiskies,  while  a  heavy  volume  of  business 
is  also  transacted  in  imported  and  domestic  cigars.  The  house  holds  valuable  agencies  for  Cork's  "  Imperial "  wines,  of  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  Wer- 
ner's "  Cacy  "  champagnes  and  "  Royal  "  Hungarian  wines,  and  in  addition  to  controlling  a  fine  family  trade  the  firm  supplies  hotels,  clubs 
etc.,  to  a  great  extent.  The  house  handles  none  but  the  finest  goods,  carrying  a  full  line  thereof ;  and  tlie  area  covered  by  its  operations  is 
chiefly  of  a  local  character.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  floor  and  basement,  each  covermg  an  extensive  area  and  the  same  are  per- 
fection in  the  several  matters  of  location,  equipment  and  management.  Mr.  J.  B.  Fuller  is  a  native  born  Bostonian  and  one  of  the  ablest 
and  soundest  of  the  city's  merchants.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive  and  miscellaneous  range  of  accomplishments  and  he  served  with  dis- 
tinction for  a  period  of  fourteen  months  during  the  late  war. 


YocjNG  Men's  Christian  Association  New  BriLDiNG. 


T.  ANDERSON  &  SON,  General  Machinists,  Works  at  No.  512  Atlantic  Avenue.— In  no  branch  of  skilled  labor  does  the 
mechanic  need  more  actual  scientific  and  theoretical  knowledge  at  his  command  to  fortify  his  practical  abilities  as  a  good 
workman  than  in  the  machinist's  trade.  To  succeed  in  this  calling,  therefore,  means  to  e-xcel  in  it;  and,  as  tliis  work  is 
especially  intended  to  point  out  to  the  public  only  representative  enterprises  which  make  up  Boston's  great  activity  in  the 
•  mechanical  arts,  we  make  more  than  casual  mention  of  the  firm  of  A.  T.  Anderson  &  Son,  general  machinists,  at  No.  513 
Atlantic  Avenue.  This  firm  had  its  inception  several  years  ago,  and  the  present  standing  it  enjoys  as  a  house  character- 
ized as  being  "  reliable,"  is  second  to  none  in  the  city.  It  is  not  surprising  for  us  to  find  that  such  is  the  condition  of  things  either,  tor  Mr. 
A.  T.  Anderson,  Sr.,  has  tor  years  been  identified  as  one  of  Boston's  foremost  men  in  mechanical  ingenuity.  He,  for  years,  was  connected 
with  prominent  firms  engaged  in  lithographing,  and  obtained  a  knowledge  of  lithography  which  to-day  serves  him  well  in  the  repairing  and 
building  of  lithographing  presses  and  machinery,  not  only  kindred  to  this,  but  also  to  the  printers'  trade  ;  while  special  attention  is  paid  by 
the  firm  to  this  class  of  work,  its  special  feature  is  the  elaboration  of  the  crude  plans  and  designs  of  inventors  and  the  construction  of  all 
kinds  of  experimental  machinery.  It  also  makes  models,  builds  light  and  heavy  machinery  of  all  kinds  and  pays  special  attention  to  the 
repairing  of  stationary  engines.  In  all  this  class  of  work  the  firm  have  the  reputation  of  turning  out  results  which  can  only  emanate  from 
long  practical  experience  and  thorough  theoretical  knowledge  of  the  machinists'  trade.  Orders  are  constantly  being  received  from  all  parts 
of  New  England  and  even  other  states.  The  firm  employ  a  skillful  draughtsman  and  furnish  plans  and  estimates.  From  eight  to  twelve 
practical  machinists  are  afforded  employment  the  year  round,  and  all  orders,  large  or  small,  receive  prompt  attention  and  are  executed  in 
the  most  workmanlike  manner.  The  workshop,  which  comprises  an  area  of  50  x  100  feet,  is  supplied  throughout  with  the  best  machinery, 
tools  and  appliances  which  inventive  genius  has  produced,  steam  power  being  used.  Mr.  A.  T.  Anderson,  Jr.,  is  also  a  draughtsman  and 
mechanic  of  ability  and  ably  seconds  his  father  in  the  conduct  of  their  large  and  increasing  business.  Mr.  Anderson,  Sr.,  is  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, but  has  resided  in  this  country  so  many  years  that  he  has  become  thoroughly  Americanized.  Both  gentlemen  are  held  in  high  esti- 
mation, in  social  as  well  as  business  circles. 


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C.  BLAISDELL,  Real  Estate,  Bond  and  Mortgage  Broker,  No.  266  Washington  Street.— The  very  important  and  commanding 
practice  of  Mr.  A.  C.  BlaisdeU  as  a  real  estate,  bond  and  mortgage  broker,  at  No.  266  Washington  Street,  is  one  that  has  been 
directed  from  that  center  for  the  past  four  years,  but  that  was  founded  at  Rutland,  Vermont,  many  years  ago;  audits 
experienced  principal,  an  old  real  estate  man  and  now  an  elderly  gentleman,  has  a  large  and  valuable  connection  throughout 
'  the  State  of  Vermont,  as  well  as  in  this  city  and  vicinity;  and  indeed  has  much  business  placed  in  his  hands  from  almost  all 
parts  of  the  United  States,  relating  both  to  farm  and  city  property,  for  sale  on  commission.  Hence  his  office  is  a  great  place 
of  resort  for  those  seeking  to  acquire  property,  tlie  register  there  kept  containing  entries  of  many  very  desirable  investments,  as  well  as  a 
great  number  of  farms,  dwelling  houses,  business  factories,  mills,  etc.,  that  may  be  rented.  Moreover,  Mr.  BlaisdeU  has  always  at  command 
large  sums  of  money  to  be  loaned  on  real  estate  and  personal  property,  at  fair  rates  of  interest,  and  in  sums  ranging  to  any  amount  for  which 
the  security  offered  is  reasonably  sufficient;  the  consequence  being  that  a  large  number  of  mortgages,  etc.,  are  negotiated.  In  each 
branch  of  real  estate  business  clients  receive  ready  and  efficient  attention,  the  lengthy  association  of  the  proprietor  vpith  real  estate  affairs  in 
all  their  ramifications,  his  sound  judgment  and  proved  discretion,  rendering  him  a  valuable  and  valued  agent  and  a  muCh-sought  adviser. 


HALEN  &  FARNUM,  General  Engravers  and  Printers,  No.  101  Milk  Street.— Among  the  many  well-conducted  industrial 
enterprises  which  line  this  busy  trade  district,  will  be  found  that  of  Messrs.  Whalen  &  Farnum,  whose  fine  engraving  and 
printing  establishment  occupies  an  eligible  business  site  at  No.  101  Milk  Street.  The  premises  are  commodious,  well 
arranged  and  convenient;  and  the  methods  and  appliances  in  use  are  of  the  newest  and  most  improved  type.  A  competent 
force  of  experienced  hands  is  employed,  and  the  work  turned  out.  which  comprises  every  variety  of  steel  and  copper  plate 
engraving,  is  invariably  of  the  highest  degree  of  artistic  and  mechanical  excellence.  The  house  makes  a  specialty  of 
wedding,  business  and  visiting  cards,  invitations  and  announcements,  the  customer  having  a  large  variety  of  new  and  artistic  designs  to 
select  from.  The  house  has  a  wide  popularity  in  this  connection  and  the  general  patronage  received  is  large,  liberal  and  highly  desirable, 
being  made  up  to  a  great  extent,  of  the  best  city  custom.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Joseph  P.  Whalen  and  Samuel  M. 
Farnum,  both  practical  engravers  and  printers  of  many  years'  experience.  Mr.  Whalen,  who  is  a  native  of  Boston,  learned  his  trade  with  the 
Robinson  Engraving  Co.,  while  Mr.  Farnum,  who  is  a  resident  of  Winchester,  gained  a  thorough  practical  experience  in  the  establishment  of 
J.  A.  Lowell  &  Co.  Both  are  young  men,  enterprising,  courteous  and  very  popular  with  all  classes  in  the  commimity.  Estimates  and  samples 
are  furnished  on  application. 


T.  WASHINGTON  COLD  SPRING  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  No.  18  Broad  Street.— Pure  water  is  indispensable  to  the 
maintenance  of  good  health,  and  it  is  a  powerful  agent  in  the  eradication  of  many  diseases.  No  purer  natural  spring  water 
was  ever  discovered  than  that  from  the  two  springs  in  Chelsea,  Mass..  belonging  to  the  Mt.  Washington  Cold  Spring  Manu- 
facturing Company.  Chemical  analysis  shows  that  this  water  is  free  from  organic  matter  and  contains  so  small  a  percent- 
age of  mineral  salts  as  to  give  it  great  value  for  domestic  or  medicinal  uses.  The  Mt.  Washington  Cold  Spring  Company 
makes  a  specialty  of  fine  soda  water,  the  water  used  in  the  manufacture  from  the  natural  springs  being  extra  soft  and  pleas- 


ant to  the  taste.  The  company  furnishes  all  the  flrst-class  druggists  and  leading  hotels  in  Boston,  and  the  products  of  this  house  s 
demand  wherever  introduced.  The  water  is  used  by  the  company  in  the  manufacture  of  their  celebrated  Mt.  Washington  Cold  Spring  Ginger 
Ale;  also  for  brain  and  nerve  restorative,  sarsaparilla,  lemon  soda.  etc.  At  the  factory  in  Chelsea,  there  are  two  generators  of  immense  size, 
one  of  them  the  largest  apparatus  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  The  company  also  manufacture  the  choicest  fruit  syrups  of  every  kind 
and  deal  in  all  the  popular  mineral  spring  waters,  having  a  very  large  trade  with  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  The  president  of  the  com-  • 
pany  is  Hon.  Thomas  N.  Hart,  the  present  postmaster  of  Boston.    The  treasurer  is  Mr.  A.  N.  Cook,  of  No.  377  Washington  Street. 


ERRILL,  DEXTER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Importers  of  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes,  Colors,  Drugs,  Manufacturers'  Supplies, 
Naval  Stores,  Etc.,  No.  120  Milk  Street.— The  manufacture  of  paints  and  wholesale  trade  in  paints,  oils  and  varnishes  has  a  fore 
most  exponent  in  Boston  in  the  house  of  Merrill,  Dexter  &  Co.,  whose  headquarters  are  located  at  No.  120  Milk  Street.  This 
establishment  is  the  successor  of  the  old  house  of  Merrill  Bros.,  which  was  founded  many  years  ago.  The  senior  member  of 
the  firm,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Dexter,  who  is  a  native  of  Medford,  Mass.,  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Paint  and  Oil  Club  and  a  thor- 
oughly practical  paint  and  drug  man.  From  1854  to  1884  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dexter  Bros.,  wholesale  dealers  in 
paints,  oils  and  varnishes,  on  Broad  Street,  retiring  in  1884.  In  1887 he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  house  of  Merrill  Bros.,  when  the  firm  name 
became  Merrill,  Dexter  &  Co.  Mr.  Merrill  has  since  retired,  but  the  same  firm  name  is  retained.  Mr.  Dexter's  partner,  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Still, 
has  been  in  the  firm  since  1887,  and  his  experience  in  the  paint  trade  covers  a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  He  was  for  seven  years  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Dexter  Bros.,  and  was  for  many  years  prior  to  that  a  clerk  in  that  estabhshment.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  business 
have  dimensions  of  30  x  100  feet,  and  comprise  two  spacious  floors  and  a  basement.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried  of  paints,  oils,  varnishes,  col- 
ors, drugs,  manufacturers'  supplies,  naval  stores,  etc. ;  also  Century  I'eady  mixed  paints,  which  are  manufactured  by  this  house,  and  which 
are  unexcelled  for  uniform  exceUence,  economy  and  durability.  The  heavy  trade  supplied  extends  all  throughout  New  England  and  New 
York  State,  and  it  is  of  the  most  permanent  and  desirable  character.  The  firm  employ  some  fifteen  assistants  and  their  long  established 
facilities  enable  them  to  fill  all  orders  upon  the  most  satisfactory  terms. 


J  ENNO  BROTHERS  &  CHILDS,  Wool  Commission  Merchants,  No.  117  Federal  Street.— One  of  the  leading  houses  in  Boston 
carrying  on  extensive  operations  in  this  branch  of  industry  is  *-hat  of  Fenno  Brothers  &  Childs,  situated  at  No.  117  Federal 
Street.  This  concern  has  been  in  active  existence  for  over  a  quarter  century ;  the  business  has  grown  from  a  moderate  one  to 
large  proportions,  and  the  establishment  now  ranks  among  the  largest  and  foremost  of  the  wool  houses  of  this  country.  The 
busmess  was  founded  in  1864  by  Messrs.  Fenno  &  Childs,  fathers  of  the  present  partners,  and  has  been  continued  under 
various  styles  since  that  time.  In  1886  the  present  firm  was  organized,  the  co-partners  being  Messrs.  Edward  N.  Fenno„ 
Lawrence  C.  Fenno  and  James  M.  Childs,  all  natives  of  Boston,  and  well-known  in  its  commercial  circles.  The  firm  occupy  four  floors  in  the 
building  known  as  No.  117  Federal  Street,  having  an  area  of  20,000  feet,  and  two  floors  in  the  building  No.  115  Federal  Street,  with  12,000  square 
feet  and  a  storehouse,  known  as  store  E.  of  Atlas  stores,  which  has  40,000  square  feet.  Provided  with  an  elevator  and  all  conveniences  for 
handling  stock,  the  flrm  carry  on  general  transactions  as  wool  commission  merchants,  being  one  of  the  few  houses  in  the  United  States,  who 
confine  their  business  almost  wholly  to  selling  on  commission.  They  receive  consignments  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  also  from 
many  parts  of  the  wool  producing  foreign  countries.  With  ample  capital  and  with  every  facility  for  doing  business  in  the  best  possible 
manner,  their  relations  not  only  extend  through  the  many  manufacturing  centers  of  this  country,  but  also  throughout  the  wool  growing  dis- 
tricts of  the  world.  Enterprise,  energy,  and  sound  and  far-reaching  business  sagacity  have  marked  their  career  in  the  past,  and  give  ample 
promise  for  a  long  contmued  success  in  tne  future. 


206  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  OOMMEECE  AND  LITERATURE. 

I  HE  CHILD  ACME  CUTTER  AND  PRESS  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  Acme  Self-Clamping  Paper  Cutters  and  Printing  Presses, 
No.  64  Federal  Street.— In  the  invention  of  labor-saving  machinery  of  every  description  American  ingenuity  leads  the  world. 
Scarcely  a  day  passes  in  which  some  useful  machine  or  device  for  saving  time  and  labor  is  not  placed  on  the  market.  Of 
the  numerous  highly  useful  inventions  introduced  during  the  last  few  years  for  the  purpose  of  cutting  paper,  none  have 
obtained  such  a  high  reputation  as  the  Acme  Self-Clamping  Cutting  Machine,  manufactured  by  the  Child  Acme  Cutter  and 
Press  Company,  at  No.  6-1  Fedei'al  Street.  The  business  of  this  company  was  established  twenty  years  ago,  by  Mr.  C.  C. 
Cliild,  the  inventor  of  the  Acme  cutter,  and  in  1887'  the  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with 
a  capital  of  $30,000,  and  with  B.  W.  Child,  president;  O.  H.  Child,  treasurer;  and  B.  F.  De  Costa,  superintendent.  The  factory  of  tlie  com- 
pany was  formerly  at  Cambridge,  but  they  have  recently  removed  to  their  new  factory,  No.  57  Kemble  Street,  Boston,  where,  with  increased 
facilities,  they  give  steady  employment  to  thirty  skilled  workmen.  The  Acme  cutter  is  used  by  the  leading  printei's,  book-binders,  litho- 
graphers, box-makers,  paper  raills,  textile  manufactui-ers,  corset  makers  and  paper  dealers,  and  are  recognized  by  them  as  labor-saving, 
accurate,  rapid,  convenient,  strong,  durable  and  simple.  Forty  styles  and  sizes  are  manufactured,  from  twenty-eight  to  sixty-four  inches  in 
width,  including  self-clamping,  combined  hand  and  self-clamp,  combined  foot  and  self-clamp,  and  combined  hand,  foot  and  self-clamp. 
Every  machine  is  guaranteed  to  do  perfect  work.  Among  the  more  prominent  users  of  the  Acme  cutter  may  be  named  the  Hollingsworth  & 
Whitney  Co.,  Carter,  Rice  &  Co.,  Forbes  Lithograph  Mfg.  Co.,  Boston  Herald,  C.  A.  Lowe  &  Co.,  Frank  Wood,  Mclndoe  Bros.,  A.  Mudge  & 
Son,  S.  K.  Abbott,  &  Co.,  Perry  Mason  &  Co.,  J.  A.  Cummings  Printing  Co.,  E.  Fleming  &  Co.,  F.  Estes,  Boston  Mailing  Co.,  Mills, 
Knight  &  Co.,  Rand  Avery  Supply  Co.,  among  many  others  in  Boston;  New  York  World,  Mail  and  Express,  E.  &  H.  T.  Anthony  &  Co.,  E.  E. 
Tomlinson,  Montague  &  Fuller,  Acme  Stationery  and  Paper  Co.,  Donaldson  Bros.,  Koch,  Sons  &  Co.,  B.  T.  Babbitt  and  others.  New  York  City; 
Government  Pi-inting  Offlce,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Leader  Printing  Co.,  Standard  Oil  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. ;  Ledger  Job  Printing  Office,  A. 
Kingston,  W.  A.  Church,  Philadelphia;  Harder,  Luse  &  Co.,  Winship,  Morgan  &  Co.,  J.  M.  W.  Jones  Printing  Co.,  Montague  &  Fuller,  S. 
Dodsworth  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111.;  A.  Cast  Bank  Note  Co.,  Woodward  &  Tiernan,  C.  B.  Woodward  Co.,  St.  Louis  Paper  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  Omaha  Type  Foundry,  Omaha,  Neb.;  Tribune  Pubhshing  Co.,  Denver,  Col.;  New  Mexico  Printing  and  Publishing  Co.,  Santa  F6,  N.  M. ; 
Moon  &  Stark,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Valentine  &  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  Johnson,  Smith  &  Co.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  Democrat  Co.,  Little  Rock, 
Ark.;  C.  H.  Caldwell,  Birmingham,  Ala.;  J.  D.  Mortimer,  Portland,  Oregon;  L.  Graham  &  Son,  New  Orleans,  La.;  Bacon  &  Co.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.;  Deseret  News  Co.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  Methodist  Book  and  Publishing  Co.,  Toronto,  Canada;  J.  C.  Lohse,  City  of  Mexico, 
Mexico;  William  Jackson,  Aberdeen,  Scotland;  F.  D.  Phinney,  Burmah,  India;  Lenzinger  &  Co.,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  S.  A.  Tlie  Improved  Acme 
Two-Revolution  Printing  Press,  also  manufactured  by  this  company,  is  especially  adapted  for  country  offices.  Great  cai'e  is  taken  in  their 
manufacture.  The  Blessrs.  Child  are  natives  of  Connecticut,  and  are  greatly  respected  in  trade  circles  for  their  mechanical  skill,  unremit 
ting  industry  and  reliable  methods.  Their  success  is  the  result  of  the  comhination  of  practical  ingenuity  and  business  talents  of  the  highest 
order,  and  is  fully  merited. 

B.  MASON,  Commission  Merchant,  No.  53  Avon  Street.— No  branch  of  commerce  in  Boston  is  of  greater  importance  than 
the  dry  goods  trade,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  for  the  capital  invested,  enterprise  and  industry  manifested,  together  witli 
fair  and  honorable  methods  of  dealing,  those  engaged  in  it  as  a  body,  excel.  An  important  department  of  the  industry  is 
that  occupied  by  the  dry  goods  commission  merchant,  and  a  leading  representative  of  this  vocation  is  Mr.  J.  B.  Mason, 
whose  office  and  salesroom  are  at  No.  53  Avon  Street.  Mr.  Mason  has  had  long  and  valuable  experience  in  the  dry  goods 
trade,  having  been  engaged  in  this  line  for  the  past  thirty  years;  seventeen  years  of  which  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Mason  &  Tucker,  jobbers  in  dry  goods.  Eight  years  ago  he  established  business  as  a  dry  goods  commission  merchant,  and  has  built  up 
extensive  trade  connections  with  jobbers  and  large  retailers  in  all  parts  of  New  England.  He  handles  a  general  line  of  fancy  dry  goods, 
hoopskirts  and  bustles,  and  is  selling  agent  for  the  following  prominent  concerns:  Techner  iS:  Frank,  Philadelphia;  the  Weedsport  Skirt  and 
Dress  Company,  Weedsport,  N.  Y. ;  the  Crescent  Bustle  Company,  of  Chicago;  Bradley,  Voorhees  &  Day  Manufacturing  Co.,  Limited  N.  Y.;' 
Stokes,  Thompson  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  the  Canfield  Rubber  Company,  and  D.  C.  Hall  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  A  full  line  of  samples  is  car- 
ried and  all  orders  are  filled  at  shortest  notice. 

ILLIAMS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Manvel  Wind  Engines,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  George  S.  Kermeen, 
Genera!  Salesman,  No.  38  S.  Market  Street.— The  Manvel  Wind  Engines  manufactured  hy  this  company  embodies  the  most 
recent  and  best  improvements  in  this  type  of  motor,  and  are  the  strongest  and  best  constructed  windmill  in  the  market. 
This  windmill  has  been  on  the  market  since  1864,  and  there  are  now  over  forty  thousand  in  use  in  the  different  parts  of  the 
world.  Dating  from  the  Centennial  year  the  company's  foreign  trade  has  increased  from  a  few  sold  that  year  until  now  it  is 
not  an  infrequent  thing  to  be  packing  from  one  to  three  carloads  destined  for  Australia,  South  America,  Africa  and  other 
countries.  This  company  make  what  are  known  as  "  solid  wheel  "  mills,  having  the  fewest  possible  joints  to  get  out  of  repair  and  being  gov- 
erned by  the  whole  wheel  turning  instead  of  the  sections  tilting  separately,  as  is  done  by  w^hat  are  called  "  open  wheel "  mills.  It  is  held  to 
its  work  by  a  movable  weight,  the  raising  of  which,  by  the  wind's  pressure,  causes  the  wheel  to  assume  a  position  in  which  it  receives  the 
wind  less  directly,  and  during  a  very  severe  gale  it  presents  the  least  possible  surface  exposed.  Their  mills  are  guaranteed  to  run  in  as  high 
wind  as  any  purchaser  desires.  Their  entire  working  parts  are  encased,  thus  preventing  any  snow,  sleet  or  dirt  from  lodging  therein,  and 
also  improving  their  appearance.  Estimates  are  promptly  furnished  for  water  supply  by  Mr.  Kermeen.  As  a  guide  to  the  selection  of  a 
windmill,  this  company  issue  a  handsomely  illustrated  catalogue,  which  is  fora'arded  promptly  on  application.  In  conclusion  we  would 
observe  that  wherever  one  or  the  Manvel  wind  engines  finds  its  way,  the  sales  become  extensive  very  rapidly.  Mr.  Kermeen,  the  general 
salesman  here,  is  a  native  of  New  York,  connected  with  this  company  for  the  past  fifteen  years  and  a  young  man  of  ability  and  integrity. 

W.  BIGELOW  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  and  Importers  of  Brass  and  Iron  Bedsteads,  Mantel  and  Folding  Beds,  No.  70 
Washington  Street.— This  company  are  the  largest  importers  of  brass  and  iron  bedsteads  in  New  England,  and  manufacture 
a  large  variety  of  articles  in  wood  belonging  to  this  branch  of  trade.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1889,  under  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  is  officered  by  Frank  E.  Fitz,  president;  H.  W.  Bigelow,  treasurer  and  manager.  The  factory  is 
'  located  on  Beverly  Street,  and  contains  8,000  square  feet  of  floor  surface.  It  is  supplied  with  the  latest  improved  wood- 
working machinery,  operated  by  steam  power,  and  employment  is  given  to  a  large  force  of  skilled  and  expert  hands.  The 
connections  of  the  house  with  manufacturers  of  the  highest  repute  in  Paris,  London  and  other  European  capitals,  places  it  in  a  position  to 
secure  the  best  and  latest  styles  in  iron  and  brass  bedsteads,  and  to  offer  them  to  the  trade  at  prices  which  rival  concerns  cannot  afford  to 
duplicate.  Orders  bj'  telephone  No.  350,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  the  goods  handled  by  this 
company  will  be  found  to  surpass  all  others  in  originality  and  beauty  of  design,  fine  finish  and  uniform  excellence.  The  trade  of  the  house 
extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England.  The  manager,  Mr.  Bigelow.  is  an  expert  authority  in  this  branch  of  trade,  having  devoted  his  time  and 
talents  thereto  for  the  past  twenty-five  years,  and  is  winning  a  brilliant  success  tor  this  company  in  its  special  field  of  usefulness.  Both  he 
and  the  president,  Mr.  Fitz,  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  education. 


boston;  its  finance,   commerce  and   literature.  207 

H.  EDGERLY,  Note  Broker,  No.  40  State  Street,  Room  No.  29J.— The  business  of  the  note  [broker  is  of  great  importance  in 
any  large  city.  It  is  therefore  of  interest  to  the  general  public  to  obtain  accurate  facts  in  regard  to  the  leading  brokers  in  a 
commercial  center  like  Boston.  Prominent  among  these  may  be  mentioned  Mr.  W.  H.  Edgerly,  whose  office  is  conveniently 
located  at  No.  40  State  Street,  Room  29J.  This  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  young  business  man  opened  his  office  in 
1888,  and  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation  for  good  judgment  and  honorable  business  methods.  He  was  formerly  with 
F.  S.  Moseley  &  Co.  and  Blake  Bros.  &  Co.,  well-known  bankers  of  this  city.  He  deals  in  notes,  collateral  loans  and  corpora- 
tion paper  of  a  high  grade,  makes  profitable  investments  for  clients,  and  is  prepared  to  give  valuable  information  and  good  advice  on  all  mat- 
ters in  his  line,  and  will  be  found  to  be  a  most  agreeable  gentleman  with  whom  to  establish  business  relations.  He  is  a  native  Bostonian  and 
is  prepared  to  give  most  excellent  references. 

|HE  MURRAY  &  TEEGURTHA  COMPANY,  Tool  Makers  and  Machinists,  No.  97  Oliver  Street.— The  Murray  &  Tregurtha 
Company,  builders  of  marine  and  stationary  engines,  at  No.  97  Oliver  Street,  are  deservedly  prominent  as  expert  and  prac- 
tical tool  makers  and  machinists,  and  have  been  established  in  business  here  since  1888.  Their  high  speed  compound 
engine  is  made  of  the  best  material,  and  the  workmanship  cannot  be  surpassed.  The  cylinders  are  made  of  hard,  close- 
grained  iron;  the  steam  and  exhaust  ports  are  very  large,  allowing  the  steam  to  enter  at  full  pressure,  and  to  escape  freely 
without  causing  "back  pressure."  The  sides  of  the  cylinders  are  lagged  with  brass,  nickle-plated,  and  the  top-head  is  well 
finished.  The  pistons  are  fitted  with  self-adjusting  spring  ring  packing;  the  piston  rods  are  of  steel;  the  cross-heads  are  light  and  strong  and 
are  self -lubricating.  The  crank-shaft  is  steel,  and  all  the  bearings  are  large  and  supplied  with  oil  cups.  The  reverse  lever  is  arranged  in  a 
very  convenient  and  powerful  manner,  enabling  the  engine  to  be  easily  reversed  under  full  pressure.  The  air  and  feed  pumps  are  driven 
from  the  high  pressure  cross-head  by  a  rocking  lever.  The  engines  are  designed  to  run  under  a  pressure  of  two  hundred  pounds  of  steam, 
and. four  hundred  revolutions  per  minute,  are  very  economical  and  run  quietly.  Their  single  engines  are  made  in  the  same  general  style,  the 
quality  of  material  and  workmanship  is  of  the  same  excellence,  while  the  prices  are  as  low  as  is  consistent  with  good  work  and  material. 
This  firm  also  design  and  build  special  machinery,  special  tools,  jigs  and  dies,  models,  electrical  and  experimental  work,  dynamos,  motors, 
etc. ;  and  do  general  repairing.  The  co-partners,  Messrs.  John  A.  Murray,  Alfred  T.  Tregurtha  and  George  E.  Tregurtha,  are  young  men  of 
large  practical  experience,  thorough  enterprise  and  sterling  personal  worth,  who  are  winning  success  by  honestly  deserving  it.  This  firm 
also  build  among  their  specialties  the  Tregurtha  safety  water  tube  boiler,  under  the  patents  of  George  E.  and  Alfred  T.  Tregurtha,  of  which 
although  comparatively  new,  quite  a  number  have  been  introduced,  and  in  every  case  with  perfect  satisfaction,  their  quick  steatning  quali- 
ties combined  with  the  durability,  ease  and  small  cost  of  making  repairs,  make  it  the  most  desirable  boiler  made.  The  steadiness  of  its  water 
level  and  its  freedom  from  priming,  even  when  salt  water  is  used,  make  it  a  boiler  which  for  yacht  use  cannot  be  surpassed.  For  further 
information  consult  their  circulars,  copies  of  which  may  be  had  on  application. 

^^OHN  F.  NEWTON,  JR.,  &  BROTHER,  Real  Estate,  Mortgages  and  Insurance,  No.  .34  Ames  Building.— This  firm  are  deservedly 
prominent  as  real  estate,  mortgage  and  fire  insux-ance  brokers,  handling  city  and  suburban  property  in  Boston,  Brookline, 
Roxbury  and  Dorchester,  and  making  a  specialty  of  the  management  of  estates.  The  business  was  originally  established  in 
1883,  by  Mr.  John  F.  Newton,  Jr.,  and  in  1888,  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  E.  Bertram  Newton  to 
partnership.  The  partners  are  thoroughly  informed  as  to  local  and  suburban  property  values,  while  a  safe  in  their  office 
packed  with  powers  of  attorney  tells  the  character  of  their  clientage.  Some  of  the  largest  estates  in  the  city  and  vicinity  are 
placed  entirely  iu  their  hands,  while  the  owners  go  to  enjoy  travel  and  European  lite  for  years  at  a  time.  With  their  experience,  knowledge 
■and  acquaintance  in  real  estate  matters,  this  firm  are  fully  equipped  for  rendering  very  distinguished  service  to  such  as  place  their  interests 
in  their  hands.  Every  ward  is  represented  on  their  books,  as  well  as  every  class  of  property,  including  valuable  building  lots,  residence 
and  manufacturing  sites,  to  sell  [or  [lease,  and  capitalists  and  investors  will  find  it  eminently  profitable  to  avail  themselves  of  the  advan- 
tages here  offered.  Money  is  securely  invested  in  mortgages  and  ground  rents,  and  loans  are  negotiated  on  ground  rents,  mortgages  and 
mortgage  collateral,  for  a  fixed  period  of  years,  or  repayable  in  Installments.  The  Messrs.  Newton  are  also  deservedly  I'egarded  as  among 
the  best  informed  underwriters  in  the  city,  and  as  authority  upon  ah  matters  relating  to  fire  insurance.  They  are  sub-agents  for  the  Hanover 
Fire,  of  New  Yorkj  and  control  the  insuring  of  many  of  the  choicest  lines  of  business  and  residential  property  in  the  city,  being  universally 
popular  with  all  classes  of  real  estate  owners,  merchants  and  manufacturers.  They  sold  recently  the  GratEane  and  Grosvenor  Apartment 
House,  at  Beacon  and  Dartmouth  Streets,  for  some  $500,000,  and  are  constantly  engaged  in  large  and  important  operations  in  the  city  and 
surrounding  country.  Messrs.  Newton  hold  in  trust  large  sums  of  money  for  investment  in  first-class  mortgages  at  lowest  possible  rates, 
many  loans  being  made  as  low  as  four  per  cent.  They  have  long  distance  telephone  connection  with  all  points  connecfable,  thus  greatly 
facilitating  important  transactions.  The  Messrs.  Newton  are  native  Bostonians,  prominent  members  of  the  Real  Estate  Exchange,  and 
young  men  of  tried  ability,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth. 

"jORTH  BRITISH  AND  MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  of  London  and  Edinburgh,  United  States  Branch,  No.  54  Wil- 
liam Street,  New  York,  Branch  Office,  No.  48  Kilby  Street,  Boston,  F.  H.  ^Stevens,  Resident  Secretary.— The  history  of  the 
rise  and  progress  of  the  leading  fire  insurance  companies  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  topics  to  business  men  that  can  be 
discussed,  and  thus  a  careful  effort  is  made  in  these  pages  to  give  accurate  information.  Prominent  among  the  old  estab- 
lished and  conservatively  managed  companies  which  have  so  long  and  so  satisfactorily  afforded  absolute  protection  to  their 
pohcy  holders  is  the  North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Company  of  London  and  Edinburgh.whose  United  States  branch 
is  at  No.  64  William  Street,  New  York,  while  the  Boston  branch  is  at  No.  48  Kilby  Street,  Mr.  Francis  H.  Stevens  being  the  secretary  for  east- 
ern Massachusetts.  The  New  York  board  of  management  is  composed  of  such  prominent  men  as  Solon  Humphreys,  of  E.  D;  Morgan  &  Co. ; 
H.  W.  Barnes,  Charles  H.  Coster,  of  Drexel,  Morgan*  Co.;  David  Dows,  Jr.,  of  David  Dows,  Jr.  &  Co.;  Jacob  Wendell,  of  Jacob  Wendell  & 
Co. ;  Charles  Ezra  White,  and  the  Hon.  William  Waldorf  Astor.  The  affairs  of  the  company  are  in  a  most  flourishing  condition,  its  total 
cash  assets  on  January  1. 1891  being  $-3,433,585.62.  The  reserve  for  unearned  premiums  was  $1,636,096.82;  reserve  for  unpaid  losses,  $172,- 
469.34;  all  other  liabilities,  $5,756.82;  net  surplus,  $1,619,272.74,  The  affairs  of  this  time-honored  corporation  were  ably  managed  from  the 
start,  and  its  career  has  been  an  exemplification  of  the  great  principle  that  permanent  success  lies  rather  in  prudent  and  conservative  man- 
agement, with  fair  dealing  towards  the  public  and  the  prompt  adjustment  of  all  losses,  than  in  the  short  roads  to  success  by  means  of  taking 
ill-advised  risks  and  lack  of  true  economy  and  care  in  carrying  on  the  business.  The  company  is  one  of  the  strongest  and  best  balanced 
fire  corporations  in  the  world,  and  stands  on  its  basis  of  safely  invested  assets  and  large  surplus,  as  soUd  as  a  rock.  The  North  British  and 
Mercantile  has  been  represented  in  Boston  for  some  twenty  odd  years,  and  has  been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Stevens  since  1888.  This 
gentleman  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Wellesley,  Mass.,  and  has  been  in  the  insurance  industry  for  over  twenty-five  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Board  of  Underwriters  and  is  an  expert  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  calling. 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


SYLVESTER  &  CO.,  Somerville  Spike  Works,  Railroad,  Ship  and  Wharf  Spikes,  OfBce  No.  6  Oliver  Street.— A  time-honored 
house,  one  whose  career  has,  since  the  hour  of  its  inception,  heen  one  of  unremitting  progress  in  the  direction  of  enduring 
prosperity,  is  Sylvester  &  Co.,  owners  of  the  Somerville  Spike  Works.  The  house  manufactures  in  heavy  volume,  railroad, 
ship  and  wharf  spikes,  which  goods  it  disposes  of  throughout  an  extensive  connection,  comprising  dealers,  railroad  con- 
tractors, ship-builders,  and  others;  the  trade  of  the  house  extending  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section  and  the 
West.  The  works  of  the  concern  are  commodious,  and  contain  four  lai'ge  furnaces,  and  a  like  number  of  machines.  They 
are  appropriately  equipped  with  every  conceivable  improvement  designed  for  the  facile  conduct  of  a  large  business,  including  a  steam-power 
service  of  extensive  magnitude;  the  works  requiring  a  corps  of  fifty  employees  in  their  management.  The  proprietor  of  the  busiress  is  Mr. 
John  E.  Sylvester,  who  is  a  native  of  Hanover,  Mass.  This  gentleman  succeeded  his  father  in  the  business,  and  has  held  possession  of  the 
factory,  etc.,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  addition  to  controlling  the  business  of  the  Somerville  Spike  Works,  the  destinies  of  which 
he  shapes  with  a  watchful  eye  and  masterly  hand,  Mr.  Sylvester  is  interested  in  the  Dauvers  Rolling  Mills,  the  name  of  which  is  of  too 
familiar  a  character  to  require  comment. 


JLDEN  PRINK,  Architect,  Room  59,  No.  28  State  Street. — Mr.  Frink,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont, and  has  been  in  this  city  since  183".  He  is  a  thoroughly  expert,  all-around  architect,  of  long  and  varied  experience, 
learning  his  profession  with  Elbridge  Boyden,  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  is  master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches.  He  has  been 
established  in  business  on  his  own  account  for  over  thirty-one  years,  and  has  occupied  the  present  ofSce,  Room  59,  No.  58 
State  Street,  in  the  Merchants  Bank  Building,  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Mr.  Frink  is  assisted  by  an  efficient 
staff  of  draughtsmen,  and  is  prepared  to  make  plans  for  all  classes  of  buildings,  giving  particular  attention  to  schools,  insti- 
tutions, business  blocks,  and  high-class  residences.  Designs,  specifications,  etc.,  are  furnished  at  short  notice,  while  construction  is  person- 
ally supervised,  and  all  work  undertaken  by  this  gentleman  is  certain  to  be  performed  in  a  manner  to  satisfy  the  most  critical.  Among  the 
more  noteworthy  structures  designed  and  built  by  Mr.  Frink  may  be  mentioned  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  stations  at  Winter  Hill, 
Woburn,  Prospect  Hill,  Somerville,  Highlands,  Marblehead,  Lynn  Common,  and  Wakefield ;  the  Lewis  and  Phillips  schools,  Roxbury  ;  Police 
.Stations  Nos.  S,  9  and  12,  this  city;  the  engine-house  at  Quincy;  the  Standish  monument  at  Duxbury,  the  residence  of  H.  T.  Smith,  Rox- 
liury,  and  a  great  number  of  others,  equally  worthy  of  mention,  throughout  the  city  and  State. 


ERRIMAC  CHEMICAL  COMPANY,  No.  13  Pearl  Street.— This  firm  are  widely  prominent  as  manufacturers  of  oil  of  vitriol, 
muriatic  acid,  nitric  acid,  sulphate  of  soda,  arseniate  of  soda,  silicate  of  soda,  bi-sulphate  of  soda,  bi-sulphite  of  soda,  muri- 
ate of  tin,  tin  crystals,  nitrate  of  iron,  Glauber's  salt,  copperas,  alum,  etc.  ;  also,  as  dealers  in  aqua  ammonia,  acetic  acid,  sal- 
soda,  etc.  The  company  was  organized  in  1863,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Blassachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $150,000,  and 
is  officered  as  follows  :  President,  B.  Schlesinger  ;  treasurer,  C.  T.  Howard  ;  superintendent,  A.  P.  Howard  ;  directors,  B. 
Schlesinger,  C.  O.  Foster,  C.  H.  W.  Foster,  G.  Winthrop  Coffin,  A  P.  Howard.  The  works  of  the  company  are  at  South  Wil- 
mington station.  North  Woburn,  on  the  Boston  &  Lowell  railroad,  where  the  company  owns  some  ninety  acres  of  land,  possessing  all  modern 
facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  their  specialties,  and  give  steady  employment  to  seventy  skilled  hands.  The  trade  of  the  company  is  prin- 
cipally with  tanners,  and  textile,  paper  and  iron  manufacturers  throughout  New  England ;  and  the  superiority  of  their  goods,  coupled  with 
their  perfected  faciUties,  enable  them  to  guarantee  satisfaction  in  all  their  operations,  and  fill  all  orders  with  the  utmost  promptness  and 
dispatch. 


JONES  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Gem  Water  Filters,  No.  243  Franklin  Street.— After  much  investigation,  and  a  careful 
study  of  the  subject,  the  Jones  Manufacturing  Company,  of  this  city,  by  a  simple  device,  and  a  careful  selection  of  a  proper 
material  for  filtering  purposes,  have  succeeded  in  overcoming  every  detect  of  other  manufacturers,  and  have  produced  an 
article  that  practically  meets  all  the  requirements  of  a  perfect  water  filter  for  domestic  purposes.  This  is  known  as  the 
"  Gem  Water  Filter,"  which  combines,  more  than  any  other,  the  essential  qualities  of  efficiency,  simplicity,  durability,  cheap- 
ness and  convenience  of  use.  It  can  be  placed  upon  any  faucet,  requires  no  refilling,  is  easily  adjusted  and  cared  for,  does  not 
get  out  of  order,  and  gives  a  perfectly  smooth  flow  of  water,  without  spattering.  The  Gem  Filters  contain  the  celebrated  distributing  disk, 
and  are  filled  with  ground  quartz,  especially  prepared  and  screened  for  the  purpose.  The  metal  parts  are  made  entirely  of  brass,  and  are 
nickel-plated.  No  solder  being  used  in  their  construction,  they  may  be  eaisly  taken  apart  with  ordinary  tools.  The  main  feature  of  the  Gem, 
in  which  it  differs  greatly  from  all  other  filters,  is  its  distributing  disk,  suspended  in  the  center  in  such  a  manner  as  to  divert  the  flow  of  water 
from  a  straight  course,  breaking  it  into  a  spray,  and  throwing  it  into  all  parts  of  the  filter,  thus  greatly  increasing  its  filtering  properties.  It 
is  the  only  filter  ever  made  which  can  be  conveniently  taken  apart  with  a  screw-driver,  and  some  fifty  thousand  are  now  in  use.  Mr.  Wal- 
lace Jones,  the  moving  spirit  of  tins  industry,  is  a  well-known  Bostonian. 


jAMILTON  WOOLEN  CO.,  Charles  Merriam,  President;  C.  A.  Coleman,  Treasurer;  No.  18  Post  Office  Square.— One  of  the 
great  manufacturing  enterprises  represented  in  Boston  is  the  Hamilton  Woolen  Company,  which  was  incorporated  in  1831, 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  and  has  a  capital  stock  of  $1,000,000.  It  operates  extensive  miUs  at  Amesbury 
and  Southbridge,  Mass.,  and  Messrs,  Joy,  Langdon  &  Co.,  of  New  York  and  Boston,  are  its  selling  agents.  As  manufacturers 
of  cashmeres,  worsted  goods,  cotton  and  print  cloths,  this  company  has  long  enjoyed  a  national.reputation.  The  mills  at 
Amesbury  run  two  thousand  looms  and  sixty-five  thousand  spindles,  in  the  manufacture  of  sheetings  and  print  cloths,  and 
are  under  the  management  of  M.  W.  Qulnn,  agent.  The  Southbridge  mills  turn  out  woolens,  cashmeres  and  dress  goods,  and  operate 
thirty-eight  sets  of  cards,  forty-two  broad  and  nine  hundred  and  twenty  narrow  looms,  in  charge  of  John  Taterson,  agent.  Any  one  paying 
a  visit  to  either  of  these  mills  will  find  a  vast  emporium  of  mechanical  industry,  thoroughly  furnished  in  every  department,  and  complete  in 
every  detail,  with  all  the  trade  appliances  that  inventive  ingenuity  and  mechanical  skill  have  devised  for  facilitating  perfections  and  dispatch 
in  the  manufacture  of  those  specialties  for  which  this  company  have  earned  such  a  high  reputation  throughout  the  country.  The  woolens 
and  worsted  goods  manufactured  here  are  standard  the  world  over.  No  better  goods  are  produced  anywhere.  The  utmost  skill  and  care  are 
exercised  in  all  methods  of  manufacture  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the  value  of  the  output  in  every  conceivable  way.  As  a  result 
the  highest  degree  of  perfection  is  attained  which  serves  to  stamp  the  managers  as  gentlemen  of  sound  judgment  and  business  sagacity. 
Steady  employment  is  given  altogether  to  seventeen  hundred  hands,  and  the  annual  product  aggregates  600,000  yards  cashmeres,  16,000,000 
yards  worsted  goods  and  19,000,000  yards  cotton  and  print  cloths.  The  executive  officers  of  the  company  are  Charles  Merriam,  president;  C. 
A.  Coleman,  treasurer.  Mr.  Merriam  came  into  control  in  1881,  as  successor  to  his  father,  who  was  largely  interested  in  the  industry  for 
many  years;  and  is  an  expert  and  progressive  manufacturer.  Mr.  Coleman  has  been  connected  with  the  company  since  boyhood,  and  was 
made  treasurer  in  1885.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Algonquin.  Country  and  other  social  clubs,  and  the  Boston  Athletic  Association,  and  stands- 
deservedly  high  in  both  social,  commercial  and  financial  circles. 


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HE  S.  S.  WHITE  DENTAL  MANXJFACTURING  COMPANY,  No.  160  Tremont  Street.— The  name  of  S.  S.  White  has  been  so 
long  and  so  promineutly  identified  with  the  manufacture  of  the  finest  classes  of  dental  instruments  that  it  represents  what  a 
trade-mark  does  in  other  branches  of  business.  The  industry  founded  by  Samuel  S.  White  in  1844  has  become  the  largest  in 
its  line  in  the  whole  civilized  world.  There  is  no  city  so  densely  populated,  no  island  so  remote,  but  the  name  of  this  house 
is  coupled  with  the  prosperity  and  well-being  of  its  people.  Mr.  White  died  in  1879,  but  his  name  and  fame  survive,  and  the 
S,  S.  White  Dental  Manufacturing  Company,  which  was  incorporated  in  July,  1881,  now  makes  more  than  three-fourths  of 
all  the  dental  goods  used  in  the  United  States.  The  Boston  office  of  this  company  is  eligibly  located  at  No.  160  Tremont  Street,  and  is  under 
the  expert  and  successful  management  of  Dir.  John  F.  Davis.  Two  floors,  each  25  x  110  feet,  are  occupied,  and  the  business  done  here  is 
large  and  influential,  at  both  wholesale  and  retail,  extending  to  all  parts  of  New  England.  A  complete  stock  of  the  company's  specialties  is 
constantly  carried,  comprising  the  latest  improved  dental  chairs,  and  every  known  instrument  of  merit  for  extracting,  filling  and  cleaning 
teeth;  also,  electric  motors  of  the  best  make,  all  the  best  tools  and  equipments  for  the  manufacture  of  sets  of  teeth,  as  well  as  full  supplies  of 
artificial  teeth;  and  gold,  silver,  rubber  and  other  materials.  A  corps  of  twenty  skilled  assistants  are  employed  here,  and  the  wants  of  the 
dental  profession  are  ministered  to  witli  unexampled  satisfaction  and  success.  Mr.  Davis,  the  manager,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  who  has  been 
connected  with  the  business  of  the  company  since  1870,  and  has  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  its  details  and  the  requirements  of 
patrons.  The  company  has  branches  in  New  York,  Chicago,  Atlanta  and  Brooklyn,  with  main  office  and  works  in  Philadelphia,  while  its 
field  is  the  world.  Its  executive  officers  are  Henry  BI.  Lewis,  president;  J.  Clarence  White,  secretary;  Samuel  T.  Jones,  treasurer;  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Gilbert,  general  manager;  who  can  well  claim,  with  mighty  England,  that  the  sun  never  sets  upon  the  products  of  their  industry. 


HEELER  &  WILSON  MANU- 
FACTURING CO.,  Manufac- 
turers of  Sewing  Machines  and 
Dealers  in  Sewing  Machine 
Supplies,  Geo.  W.  Brown, 
Slanager ;     New    England 

Agency,  Nos.  21  Lincoln  and  594  Washington 

Streets. — For  over  forty  years  the  inventors 

and  promoters  of  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  sew- 
ing machine  have  taken  an  active  and  impor- 
tant part  in  the  development  of  the  art  of 

sewing  by  machinery.    The  machine  was  first 

introduced  in  1850,  by  Messrs,  Wheeler  &  Wil- 
son, and  in  1864  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Blanu- 

facturing    Company  was   organized,  with  a 

capital    of   $400,000  which  was  increased  in 

1866  to  $1,000,000.    The   principal  office  and 

works  are  located  in  Bx'idgeport,  Conn.,  while 

the  agency  for  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Ver- 
mont,   Massachusetts   and    Rhode  Island  is 

operated  at  No.  21  Lincoln  Street,  with  retail 

office  at  No.  594  Washington  Street,  Boston, 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Brown,  manager.    This  company 

has  constantly  striven  for  the  accomplishment 

of  such  improvements,  based  on  the  interloop- 

ing  mechanism,  as  would  enable  it  perma- 
nently to  maintain  its  position  of  superiority 

in  the  production  of  sewing  machinery,  not 

only   for  use   in  the   household,  but  for  all 

grades  of  manufacturing,  whether  in  fabrics 

or   leather.    Those  who  seek  for   a   sewing 

machine  embodying  all  the  best  results    of 

inventive  skill,  and  constructed  to  do  the  best 

of  service  for  a  lifetime,  should  not  fail  to  ex- 
amine  this   reliable  company's  productions. 

The  Boston  office  is  prepared  to  supply  and  fit 

out   factories   with   everything   required    to 

operate  these  machines  by  steam  power,  and 

deals  extensively  in  sewing  machine  supplies, 

attachments  and  parts.    Repairs  of  all  kinds 

are  executed  at   short   notice.  ,  Many   retail 

branches  are  operated  in  the  states  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island,  while  dealers  are 

supplied  throughout  Maine,  New  Hampshire 

and  Vermont.    This  company  supplies  a  vei"y 

large  part  of  all  the  shoe  manufacturers  in 

Lynn,  and  also  operate  shops  in  Haverhill  and 

Brockton.     Employment    is     given    by     this 

agency  to  from  forty  to  sixty  assistants.    The 

company  furnish  nearly  all  the  machines  used 

in  the  manufacture  of  rubber  goods,  shirts,  State  Street  in 

ladies'  underwear,  hemming  pocket-handkerchiefs  and  lately  are  furnishing  many  of  the  clothing  houses.    Mr.  Brown,  the  manager,  is  a  native 

of  Vermont,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  since  1870.    He  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  the  wants  and  requirements  of  the  sewing  machine 

trade,  and  by  reason  of  the  superior  merits  and  elegant  appearance  of  the  present  styles  of  machines  this  great  corporation  is  placing  on  the 

market,  he  easily  keeps  to  the  front  of  this  line  of  business  in  the  New  England  States. 


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^SjB^^DNSON  MAINE  SLATE  CO.,  No.  113  Devonshire  Street.— The  largest  and  best-equipped  slate  quarries  in  the  United  States 
""^  '^^  are  those  owned  and  operated  by  the  Monson  Maine  Slate  Company,  at  Monson,  Maine.  This  company  enjoy  a  national 
reputation  as  quarriei's  and  manufacturers  of  the  Monson,  Blaine,  unfading  blaclc  roofing  slates,  and  the  following  slate 
products,  to  wit:  Laundry  tubs,  blackboards,  urinals,  counter  tops,  hearths,  vestibule  floors,  s^reenhouse  shelves,  grave 
linings  and  covers,  grave  vaults,  refrigerator  shelves,  chimney  tops,  register  borders,  headstones,  base  boards,  wainscoting, 
floor  tiles,  slabs,  grate  borders,  foot  warmers,  wash  trays,  sinks,  water  tanks,  funnel  stones  and  electric  switch-boards.  The 
company  was  incorporated  in  1880  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000,  and  is  offioered  as  follows,  viz:  David  R. 
Straw,  president;  Charles  H.  Fifleld,  treasurer;  George  G.  Proctor,  general  manager;  J.  B.  Mathews,  selling  agent.  The  special  attention 
of  our  readers  is  directed  to  the  slatestone  products  of  this  company,  for  the  reason  that  their  stone  is  nearly  absolutely  free  from  all  impuri- 
ties, and  hence  in  its  native  state  is  nearly  pure  silicate  of  aluminum.  It  is  unfading  black ;  unchangeable  in  color  luider  f uUj  proof  sulphuric 
acid ;  it  is  perfectly  granulated,  therefore  very  flexible,  and  hence  not  easily  broken.  Its  cleavage  is  excellent,  rendering  it  capable  of  being 
■split  into  very  thin  plates  when  required.  Its  combined  excellencies  make  it  the  best  possible  stone  for  all  kinds  of  finely  finished  goods, 
where  perfectly  smooth  surfaces  are  desired.  At  the  present  time  this  company  has  seven  well-developed  quarries  in  operation,  producing 
nearly  one  hundred  car-loads  of  roofing  slates  per  month.  These  quarries  are  supplied  with  the  latest  improved  steam  power  and  machinery, 
and  in  the  near  future  the  company  hope  to  drive  all  its  machinery  by  electricity,  from  one  large  dynamo,  run  by  the  natural  waterfalls 
which  are  quite  near  their  works,  and  by  means  of  which  the  cost  of  manufacturing  will  be  considerably  reduced.  The  shipping  facilities  by 
railroad  from  the  quarries  are  excellent,  enabling  the  company  to  supply  parties  residing  in  the  remotest  parts  of  the  country  at  minimum 
rates  of  freight.  Samples  of  the  company's  finished  products  can  be  seen  at  the  State  Armory,  the  Parker  House  and  at  the  Fiske  Building, 
which  have  been  supplied  through  the  Boston  house.  The  managers  of  the  company  are  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  do 
business,  and  are  recognized  as  authorities  in  the  slate  trade. 


lOHNSON  ELECTRIC  SERVICE  CO.,  Nos.  113 and  Ho  Clybourn  Street,  Milwaukee;  Wm.  P.  Chester,  Agent,  No.  72  Equitable 
Building.— The  invention  which  in  its  general  usefulness  exceeds  anything  which  has  been  brought  to  the  world's  notice  in 
the  electrical  fine,  is  the  Electro-Pneumatic  Valve,  the  result  of  a  long  series  of  investigations  and  experiments  by  Prof.  W. 
S.  Johnson,  and  which  is  the  foundation  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Johnson  Heat  Regulating  Apparatus,  manufactured  by 
the  Johnson  Electric  Service  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  suppUed  in  Boston  by  their  agent,  Mr.  William  F.  Chester.  This 
system  is  fully  covered  by  letters  patent,  issued  in  1884,  1885,  1886,  1887  and  1888,  and  has  been  generally  applied  throughout 
the  country.  The  apparatus  is  very  readily  applied  to  what  are  ordinarily  called  hot  air  furnaces,  while  the  invention  marks  an  era  in  steam 
heating,  as  there  are  numerous  defects  incident  to  steam  heating  which  this  invention  entirely  overcomes.  The  valve  works  admirably  also 
on  hot  water  heating  apparatus,  while  the  results  of  the  system  have  been  found  especially  beneficial  when  applied  to  school  buildings.  It 
has  been  apphed  successfully  to  hundreds  of  schools  throughout  the  country,  regulating  the  temperature,  and  also  saving  fuel  and  attention, 
in  Boston  and  vicinity  the  Johnson  Heat  Regulating  Apparatus  has  been  installed  in  such  prominent  institutions  as  the  new  Roxbury  High 
School,  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  the  Bowdoin  School,  Rutland  Street  School,  the  Winchell  School,  the  new  Ames  Building, 
the  Massachusetts  State  House  and  new  extension,  Boston  Athenaeum,  the  coimcil  chamber  at  City  Hall;  also  Sever  Hall,  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity; High  School,  Pierce  Grammar  School,  and  Public  Library,  Brookline;  Felton  School,  Cambridge;  Baltimore  Street  School  and  High 
:School,  Lynn;  Hopkins  Hall,  Williams  College;  Osborn  Hall,  Yale  College.  Among  the  customers  of  the  company  will  be  found  the  most 
prominent  people  in  the  country,  all  of  whom  with  one  accord  speak  in  the  highest  terms  of  praise  concerning  the  excellence  and  efficiency 
of  the  system.  Our  readers  who  are  interested,  should  send  to  Mr.  Chester  for  the  company's  handsomely  illustrated  catalogue,  which  gives 
all  information  concerning  the  principles  involved  and  the  success  which  has  attended  its  use. 


(EORGE  FOLLETT  &  CO.,  Wool,  No.  154  Federal  Street.— The  firm  of  George  Follett  &  Co.,  is  one  which  is  widely  and 
favorably  known  to  mill  owners  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  as  a  very  old  and  firmly  established  merchant  house  whose 
prosperity  has  been  built  up  upon  the  especially  valuable  sei-vices  it  has  rendered  to  the  trade  by  handling  all  grades  of 
domestic  wool  under  favorable  conditions,  and  supplying  them  with  the  exact  quahty  required,  and  the  precise  varieties  best 
adapted  to  the  special  goods  of  each  branch  of  the  woolen  manufacturing  industry.  The  house  had  its  inception  in  Ohio, 
early  in  the  fifties,  and,  by  1872,  had  attained  a  development  which  induced  its  principals  to  remove  to  New  York  as  a  more 
■convenient  center  generally,  and  particularly  so  in  connection  with  its  imported  product.  In  1881  the  Boston  office  was  opened  as  a  branch, 
Mr.  W.  J.  Follett,  son  of  one  of  the  founders  taking  charge,  and  having  given  into  his  care  the  cultivation  of  the  New  England  trade,  the 
parent  establishment  retaining  the  remainder  of  its  influential  connection,  which  embraces  about  every  important  commercial  center  where 
*he  woolen  industry  is  pursued.  The  firm  handles  every  variety  of  wool,  while  making  domestic  pulled  wool  its  specialty,  and  Mr.  W.  J. 
Follett  has  amply  demonstrated  the  wisdom  of  establishing  the  Boston  office  by  the  extent  to  which  he  has  been  able  to  augment  the  total 
trade  of  the  house  by  the  extensive  New  England  connection  he  has  built  up.  The  two  senior  principals,  who  are  brothers,  are  Mr.  George 
.and  Mr.  A.  W.  Follett,  both  born  in  Vermont,  but  who  spent  their  early  yeai's  in  Ohio,  and  they  are  among  the  best  known  and  most  respected 
of  wool  merchants. 


|HE  EVANS  AETIFICIAL  LEATHER  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  a  Leather  Substitute,  No.  88  Pearl  Street.— This  company  are 
deservedly  prominent  and  popular  as  manufacturers  of  a  leather  substitute,  especially  adapted  for  carriage  trimming, 
-upholstering,  linings  and  top  facings  for  boots  and  shoes.  The  company  was  duly  incorporated  in  1381,  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $500,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. :  President,  Geo.  A.  Alden;  super- 
intendent, C.  A,  Evans  ;  manager.  Walter  N.  Dole,  who  with  Messrs.  E.  C.  Wilson,  J.  W.  Converse,  Elijah  Converse,  Jas.  Saw- 
yer, Thos.  B.  Griggs,  Geo.  W.  Merritt,  H.  S.  Chase  and  C.  A.  Evans,  constitute  the  Board  of  Directors.  The  factory  of  the 
■company  is  located  at  Salem,  N.  H..  and  is  fully  equipped  with  every  modern  improvement  that  tends  to  facilitate  rapid  and  perfect  produc- 
tion. The  new  and  perfected  goods  of  this  eompanj'  are  adapted  for  carriage  cushions,  falls,  backs,  aprons,  tops  and  curtains  ;  also,  for 
upholstering  furniture,  lambrequins,  portieres,  curtains  for  palace  and  dra'n'ihg-room  cars,  etc.  Every  yard  is  warranted  not  to  grow  soft 
and  become  sticky,  or  hard  and  crack,  under  the  sun's  rays,  or  changes  in  the  temperature.  Its  uniformity  in  weight  and  grain,  absence  of 
necks  and  flanks,  its  perpetual  pliability,  its  waterproof  qualities,  and  the  additional  fact  that  it  wuU  not  shrink,  renders  it  in  these  respects 
superior  to  real  leather,  while  it  costs  from  one-thii-d  to  one-half  less.  It  will  be  found  by  shoe  manufacturers  to  be  a  desirable  material  for 
them  to  use  as  a  top  facing,  side-stay  or  button-piece  lining,  in  place  of  sheepskins  or  skivers.  Only  an  expert  can  distinguish  it  from  the 
best  quality  of  leather,  while  it  costs  one-third  as  much.  The  company  also  make  a  gimp  to  match  their  goods,  and  cover  tacks  and  buttons 
with  their  material  to  match  the  goods,  ■ivhich  may  be  selected  for  any  job.  A  full  line  is  carried  in  stock  at  the  salesrooms  in  this  city,  and 
all  orders  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Mr.  Evans,  the  inventor  of  the  leather  substitute,  is  in  charge  at  the  works  of  the  company, 
while  Mr.  Dole,  the  manager  of  the  business  in  this  city,  is  eminently  popular  and  successful  in  meeting  all  demands  of  the  trade. 


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M.  WESTON,  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Watches  and  Clocks,  Etc.,  No.  89  Court  Street.— Certainly  no  line  of  commercial  or  manu- 
facturing industry  in  the  United  States  has  made  more  rapid  strides  than  that  engaged  in  the  production  of  perfect  time- 
keeping watches  and  clocks.  For  many  years  cm-  people  were  compelled  to  look  to  Europe  for  their  supply  of  these  goods, 
'^  \\  but  to-day,  American  watches  and  clocks  are  quite  equal  in  excellence  of  workmanship  and  beauty  of  design  to  the  same 
class  of  goods  made  abroad.  A  most  important  matter  to  be  considered  in  purchasing  such  goods,  is  that  of  selecting  a 
house  that  has  a  high  established  reputation  for  honorable  business  methods.  A  well-known  and  prosperous  house  of  this 
character  in  Boston  is  that  of  Mr.  W.  BI.  Weston,  located  centrally  at  No.  89  Court  Street.  This  reliable  and  old  established  house  dates  its 
origin  as  far  back  as  1840— over  half  a  century  ago — when  Mr.  Weston  first  founded  it  in  Reading,  this  state,  and  in  1847,  he  moved  it  to 
Woburn,  where  he  remained  until  1865,  when,  desirous  of  entering  a  larger  field  of  labor  and  enterprise,  he  removed  to  this  city,  and  at  once 
developed  a  very  large  and  substantial  wholesale  and  retail  trade,  that  now  extends  throughout  the  entire  city  and  vicinity.  The  premises 
occupied  are  amply  spacious  and  commodious,  very  neatly  appointed  and  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  for  the  successful  prosecution  of 
his  trade,  while  the  fine  assortment  of  goods  is  displayed  most  advantageously.  The  stock  carried  embraces  a  full  and  complete  hne  of  the 
very  best  fine  gold  and  silver  watches  in  all  designs  and  styles  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and  of  the  most  reliable  American  and  European 
production,  and  are  all  guaranteed  to  be  just  as  represented.  His  stock  includes  also  a  splendid  assortment  of  fine  French,  Swiss,  and  Ameri- 
can clocks  in  every  variety  of  pattern  and  style,  warranted  to  be  perfect  time-keepers.  To  meet  the  wants  of  the  trade,  he  also  carries  a  full 
and  complete  line  of  watch  and  clock  makers'  materials,  such  as  glasses,  tools  of  every  description,  materials,  parts,  watch  chains,  besides  a 
full  line  of  spectacles,  eye  glasses,  lenses,  opera  and  field  glasses,  and  other  optical  goods,  all  of  which  are  offered  at  the  very  lowest  figures. 
A  full  force  of  thoroughly  skilled  and  experienced  workmen  are  given  employment  in  making  repairs  to  fine  watches  and  clocks  for  the 
ti'ade,  and  all  work  done  here  is  warranted  to  give  satisfaction.  Mr.  Weston  is  a  native  of  the  Old  Bay  State,  somewhat  advanced  in  years, 
and  is  a  resident  of  Reading.  He  is  a  very  pleasant,  refined,  and  courteous  gentleman,  honorable,  reliable  and  pronipt,  and  is  most  highly 
respected  in  social  and  business  circles. 


IKCELSIOR  UMBRELLA  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Umbrellas  and  Parasols,  No.  13  Chauncy  Street. 
—This  company  was  incorporated  in  1883  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000  and  early  became  justly  celebrated  for  the  superiority 
of  their  products,  quickly  developing  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and  eminently  creditable  in  character.  The  busi- 
ness premises  comprise  three  floors,  containing  15,000  square  feet  of  floor  space,  supplied  with  twenty  sewing  machines, 
operated  by  electric  power;  and  employment  is  given  to  one  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  Anton  Russy,  is  thor- 
oughly experienced  in  this  branch  of  manufacture  and  a  recognized  authority  upon  all-  matters  relating  thereto.  This  com- 
pany are  manufacturing  to-day  the  best  silk,  gloria,  alapacaand  cotton  umbrellas  on  the  market;  they  are  noted  for  new  and  elegant 
novelties  in  sticks  and  heads,  the  latter  being  of  solid  gold,  solid  silver,  various  fancy  styles,  including  natural  heads,  in  all  varieties  of  finish 
and  from  which  the  most  fastidious  can  make  selections.  From  twelve  hundred  to  fifteen  hundred  pieces  are  turned  out  daily,  and  the  goods 
are  in  steady  demand  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  are  kept  on  the  road  taking  orders,  and  branches  are 
operated  at  No.  441  Broadway,  New  York,  and  Room  No.  62,  Lakeside  Building,  Chicago.  Mr.  Russy  is  a  native  of  Vienna,  Austria,  was 
traveling  salesman  for  a  New  York  house  in  the  same  line  previous  to  the  formation  of  this  company  and  is  a  popular  business  man. 


A.  SMITH,  Agricultural  Implements  and  Machines,  No.  38  S.  Market  Street.— This  gentleman  is  an  extensive  dealer  in 
agricultural  implements  and  machines,  and  is  especially  prominent  as  New  England  agent  for  Clark's  Cutaway  Harrow. 
This  harrow  will  thoroughly  cut  and  pulverize  the  soil  to  the  depth  of  four  or  more  inches.  With  all  the  old  pattern  har- 
rows it  has  been  difficult  to  control  certain  conditions,  such  as  light  swards,  sodded  lands,  fields  that  have  been  plowed  for 
several  months,  or  wheat,  corn,  oats  and  other  stubble  lands;  in  fact,  heretofore  the  tool  to  be  used  upon  that  class  of  lands 
has  been  the  plow;  but  with  the  Cutaway  harrow  the  condition  has  changed.  With  this  harrow  many  of  these  fields  can 
now  be  cultivated  in  a  much  more  perfect  manner  than  is  possible  with  the  plow,  and  in  less  than  half  the  time.  Heretofore  a  few  harrows 
with  complete  disks  have  had  seeders  attached  and  in  light  soil,  or  fields  previously  prepared,  have  worked  fairly  well;  but  with  Clark's 
Cutaway  harrow  no  previous  preparation  is  necessary.  There  are  very  few  soils  that  have  been  plowed  within  a  year  that  cannot  be  sown 
and  completed  at  one  operation  with  Clark's  Seeding  Harrow.  There  are  two  independent  seed  boxes,  and  each  works  independent  by  its 
own  gang;  both  can  be  used  or  only  one,  if  desired.  This  seeder  is  not  an  experiment,  as  it  has  been  fully  tested  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
before  putting  it  on  the  market,  and  is  positive  in  its  action,  and  perfect  in  its  seeding.  These  feeders  will  sow  timothy,  Hungarian,  hemp, 
buckwheat,  spring  and  winter  wheat,  rye,  barley,  oats  and  in  fact  all  kinds  of  seeds.  The  great  demand  for  a  good  tool  for  cultivating 
orchards  has  led  the  manufacturers  to  adopt  the  Cutaway  harrow.  The  fruit  growers'  and  orchard  harrow  will  pulverize  the  ground  to 
the  depth  required,  subduing  all  weeds  and  trash,  and  forming  them  into  a  mulch,  which  protects  the  roots  and  retains  the  moisture.  It  is 
made  so  that  the  [soil  can  be  turned  either  way,  .from  or  towards  the  tree.  Clark's  Cutaway  Corn  or  Cotten  Cultivator  possesses  entirely 
new  principles  in  cultivating  corn  or  cotton.  The  Baby  Cultivator  is  built  on  the  principle  of  the  Cutaway  harrow,  and  is  designed  for  gen- 
eral cidtivation.  For  the  cultivation  of  small  plants  it  is  unsurpassed  by  any  other  implement.  Clark's  Cutaway  Revolving  Plow  is  made 
on  the  principle  of  the  celebrated  Cutaway  harrows.  These  plows  require  less  than  half  ;the  power  of  any  other  pattern  of  gang  plows. 
They  are  strong  and  durable.  One  horse  can  easily  handle  a  foot  in  width  of  these  plows.  Clark's  Cutaway  Leveling  RIachine  is  unequaled 
for  levehng  and  making  smooth  any  land  with  an  uneven  surface.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  on  a  farm  in  New  Brunswick,  and  has  been  engaged 
in  the  agricultural  implement  trade  in  this  city  for  the  past  forty  years.  He  is  a  recognized  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
business. 


C.  LOMBARD,  Mechanical  Engineer  and  Solicitor  of  Patents,  No.  40  State  Street,— This  gentleman  is  prominent  both  as 
a  mechanical  engineer  and  solicitor  of  patents,  and  established  himself  in  business  here  in  1858,  as  a  mechanical  engineer,  in 
which  he  won  rapid  and  marked  distinction,  and  in  1868  £t.dded  the  patent  business  to  his  other  facilities.  He  now  offers 
the  best  possible  facilities  to  all  desiring  to  procure  strong  and  valid  letters  patent,  or  requiring  any  investigations  in  connec- 
tion therewith.  Inventors  can  always  obtain  free  advice  from  him  in  regard  to  the  patentability  of  any  device  or  discovery. 
By  placing  the  main  points  before  him  in  a  clear  and  concise  manner,  applicants  can  expect  a  prompt  answer,  often  by 
return  mail.  Mr.  Lombard  promptly  transacts  every  description  of  patent  office  work,  including  the  preparation  and  filing  of  applications 
for  letters  patent,  design  patents,  reissues,  trade-marks,  labels  and  copyrights;  the  prosecution  of  interference,  appeal  and  infringement 
cases;  the  renewel  of  forfeited  applications,  the  securing  of  foreign  patents,  etc.  He  is  especially  prominent  as  an  expert  in  patent  causes, 
in  which  he  has  had  an  extended  experience  and  won  a  deservedly  high  reputation.  General  and  detailed  drawings,  and  designs  for  all  kinds 
of  machinery,  are  executed  with  accuracy  and  dispatch,  and  the  construction  of  machinery  is  superintended,  when  desired,  while  particular 
attention  is  given  to  perfecting  new  inventions  in  machinery.  Fees  are  moderate  in  all  cases.  Mr.  Lombard  is  a  Maine  man  by  birth,  but  a 
resident  of  Massachusetts  since  1850.  and  known  and  honored  as  an  expert  in  his  profession. 


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H.  CDMMINGS  &  CO.,  Machinists,  No.  110  High  Street.— This  now  eminent  industrial  business  was  founded  in  a  smalt 
way,  at  No.  164  High  Street,  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Cummings,  in  1881,  and  so  rapidly  has  it  grown  in  the  estimation  of  manufactur- 
ing houses,  in  New  England  and  throughout  the  United  States,  and  so  greatly  has  its  scope  been  enlarged,  that  it  now  has 
premises  at  No.  110  of  the  same  thoroughfare,  consisting  olf  over  seven  thousand  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and  gives  employ- 
ment to  from  twenty  to  thirty  expert  machinists  and  fitters,  in  the  construction  of  every  conceivable  description  of  small 
machines,  a  specialty,  however,  being  made  of  shoe  machinery.  Assisting  inventors  in  giving  practical  shape  to  ingenious 
contrivances  for  utilitarian  purposes,  the  firm  itself  is  provided  with  the  most  modern  types  of  lathes,  shaping  machines,  screw  cutting 
machines,  drilling  anc  boring  machines,  vises,  implements  and  tools,  nothing  being  omitted  from  its  equipment  which  can  facilitate  and  expe- 
dite the  construction  of  beautifully  finished  and  smooth-working  machines,  and  special  tools.  Of  the  two  partners,  Mr.  H.  H.  Cummings, 
who  initiated  the  enterprise,  is  a  resident  of  Maiden,  while  Mr.  A.  D.  Crombie  lives  in  the  same  neighborhood.  Both  are  men  of  Mas- 
sachusetts birth,  deservedly  and  highly  respected.  Mr.  Cummings'  latest  invention  is  a  very  high  speed  compound  engine,  adapted  particu- 
larly to  dynamos.  As  it  attaches  directly  to  the  armature  shaft  it  does  away  with  all  pulleys  and  belts,  thereby  making  it  the  most  compact 
and  complete  apparatus  for  the  purpose  ever  put  on  the  market,  the  space  required  for  the  engine  and  dynamo  to  produce  one  hundred 
lights  not  exceeding  6i'  x  2'  x  3i'. 

IIOKEOW  &  WILKINSON,  Tin  Plate,  Sheet  Iron  and  Copper  Workers,  No.  33  Sudbury  Street.— Owing  to  the  thoroughly  efa- 
cient  and  workmanlike  manner  in  which  this  rehable  house  invariably  executes  all  the  work  that  comes  within  its  compre- 
hensive scope,  it  has,  in  the  comparatively  short  time  of  its  establishment,  been  accorded  a  liberal  measure  of  support  from- 
al]  parts  of  Massachusetts;  its  services  being  called  into  requisition  for  various  "matters  incidental  to  tin  plate,  sheet  iron  and 
copper  work,  including  heating,  ventilating,  roofing,  pipiug  for  furnace  work,  and  the  putting-in  and  fixing  of  furnaces,  com- 
plete; this  latter  constituting  the  specialty  of  the  business.  Moreover,  all  kinds  of  jobbing  and  repairing  are  undertaken  and 
executed,  at  most  reasonable  prices,  in  the  highly  satisfactory  manner  already  hinted.  The  firm  was  instituted  in  1887,  by  the  present  pro- 
prietors, Mr.  C.  E.  Morrow,  and  Mr.  J.  B.  Wilkinson,  who  have  had  a  long,  practical  experience  in  this  Ime.  The  premises  are  furnished 
with  a  complete  equipment  of  machinery,  tools  and  appliances  pertaining  to  the  business.  The  two  able  and  efficient  principals,  who  give 
their  undivided  attention  to  every  detail  of  the  business,  are  both  members  of  the  I.  O.  R.  M.,  and  are  natives,  respectively,  Mr.  Morrow  or 
Maine  and  Mr.  Wilkinson  of  New  Hampshire. 


IMMONS,  AMSDEN  &  CO.,  Fruits  and  Vegetables,  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Stalls  Nos.  94',  96,  98,  Cellar  No.  17,  North  Side.— 
Messrs.  Simmons,  Amsden  &  Co.  are  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  and  vegetables,  receiving 
from  various  points  throughout  the  United  States  and  the  British  provinces,  and  handle  large  quantities  of  Florida  oranges 
and  Southern  products.  They  have  an  extensive  permanent  patronage,  shipping  all  over  New  England,  and  their  trade, 
already  of  a  very  substantial  character,  affords  evidence  of  steady  increase.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1844 
by  Porter  &  Simmons,  who  were  succeeded  by  A.  B.  Simmons  &  Co.,  who  were  in  turn  succeeded  by  Simmons  &  Amsden, 
the  firm  name  in  1864  becoming  Simmons,  Amsden  &  Co.,  and  as  such  it  has  since  been  conducted  with  uninterrupted  success,  although  all 
the  members  thereof,  with  the  exception  of  D.  E.  Butterfleld,  have  been  removed  by  death  in  the  interim.  Harrison  Porter  died  in  1855,  A.  B. 
Simmons  in  1873,  and  T.  J.  Amsden  on  June  23,  1890,  when  the  business  passed  into  the  sole  control  of  Mr.  Butterfleld.  The  firm  have  com- 
modious and  well-appointed  quarters  at  stalls  Nos.  94,  96,  98  and  cellar  No.  17,  north  side,  and  have  a  warehouse  besides  on  Ferry  Street.  A 
large  and  carefully  assorted  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  and  includes  everything  in  the  line  indicated,  the  specialties  being  apples,. 
Florida  oranges,  bananas  and  early  vegetables;  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  dealers  and  large  consumers.  Mr.  Butterfleld  is  a 
native  of  this  city,  well  and  favorably  known  both  as  a  citizen  and  a  merchant.  He  is  a  man  of  long  and  varied  experience  in  this  fine,  being 
connected  with  the  house  since  1839,  and  a  partner  in  the  same  twenty-nine  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 


^PEAR  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Foreign  Fruits  and  Country  Produce,  Nos.  99  and  101  South  Market  Street. 

The  house  of  Spear  &  Co.  was  founded  some  twenty-nine  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Joshua  and  Charles  Spear,  brothers,  and 

was  conducted  under  their  joint  control  for  fourteen  years,  when  Mr.  Chas.  Spear  retired.  Six  years  ago  Mr.  Joshua  Spear 
admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Mr.  Will  F.  Spear,  and  these  two  gentlemen  now  form  the  personnel  of  the  firm.  They  are- 
active  members  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  also  of  the  New  York  Fruit  Exchange.  The  firm  formerly  car- 
ried on  business  on  Broad  Street  and  on  Chatham  Row,  and  have  been  at  the  present  address  the  past  seventeen  years.  Here 
they  occupy  spacious  well-appointed  quarters  and  carry  on  a  flourishing  business  as  wholesale  and  commission  dealers  in  foreign  fruits  and 
country  produce,  making  leading  specialties  of  oranges,  lemons,  and  popcorn,  handhng  about  100,000  boxes  of  oranges  and  lemons  a  year. 
Their  trade  extends  all  over  New  England  and  is  particularly  heavy  in  Boston. 

)E0.  H.  PHILBROOK  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Wliolesale  an;:  Retail  Dealers  in  Butter,  Cheese  and  Eggs,  No.  8  New 
Faneuil  HaU  Market.— Thirty-three  years  ago  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Geo.  H.  Philbrook  &  Co.  was  organized  for  the  prosecution 
of  the  commission  business  in  butter,  cheese  and  eggs,  and  they  are  still  prominently  engaged  in  the  same  line.  Their  loca- 
tion was  originally  in  Quincy  Market,  but  for  thirty  years  past  they  have  occupied  stall  No.  a  and  basement  No.  11  in  New 
Faneuil  Hall  Market;  the  former  for  the  retaU  and  the  latter  for  the  wholesale  department.  They  have  excellent  facilities  for 
carrying  on  an  extensive  business,  one  refrigerator  alone  having  a  capacity  for  500  packages  of  butter.  The  firm  receive 
large  consignments  of  dairy  products  from  the  most  celebrated  districts,  and  have  established  such  a  reputation  for  the  superior  quality 
of  their  goods  as  brings  them  orders  from  ah  parts  of  New  England.  Mr.  Philbrook  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  and  has  lived  in 
Boston  for  many  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Paul  Revere  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Corps. 

I  ATCH'S  HAT  HOUSE,  No.  311  "Washington  Street.— At  the  popular  house  of  Mr.  L.  P.  Hatch,  opposite  the  Old  South  Church, 
may  always  be  found  a  splendid  display  of  tall  or  silk  hats,  derbys,  soft  felt,  and  all  other  style  hats,  all  of  the  most 
rehable  manufacture,  and  all  offered  at  the  most  reasonable  prices.  The  business  of  this  establishment  was  originally 
founded  in  1850,  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Frankhn  Streets  by  Mr.  F.  Wies.  The  firm  afterward  became  Wies  &  Zoe- 
bisch,  a  removal  being  made  to  a  store  under  the  Boston  Theatre.  In  1883  the  flrm  of  Wies  &  Hatch  was  formed,  Mr.  Hatch 
having  been  with  the  old  flrm  for  six  years  previously,  and  continued  up  to  1887  when  Mr.  Wies  retired,  Mr.  Hatch  became 
sole  proprietor  and  moving  to  his  present  address  the  same  year.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  store  and  basement,  20  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  an  upper  floor,  the  latter  being  used  as  a  department  f oi-  the  manufacture  of  furs,  to  order.  Furs  are  also  cleaned,  dyed, 
.stored  and  insured.  The  salesroom  contains  a  complete  stock  of  fine  hats  and  caps,  also  umbrellas  and  robes.  Mr.  Hatch  is  a  native  of  Maine 
and  has  resided  in  Boston  since  1874,  since  which  date  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  hat  trade. 


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IMITH  &  ANTHONY  STOVE  COMPANY,  Nos.  48  to  54  Union  Street.— This  company  operate  extensive  iron  and  brass 
foundries  at  Wakefield,  Mass.,  where  they  give  constant  employment  to  several  hundred  hands,  while  the  exigencies  o£ 
the  business  in  Boston  require  the  services  of  nearly  one  hundred  more.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1879.  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. :  William  E.  Smith,  presi- 
dent; E.  W.  Anthony,  ti'easurer;  J.  R.  Prescott,  secretary.  These  gentlemen  are  expert  and  practical  representatives 
of  the  business  in  all  its  branches,  starting  years  ago  with  a  purpose  to  manufacture  only  the  best  goods  of  the  most 
reliable  and  artistic  designs,  and  the  policy  then  adopted  has  never  been  deviated  from,  but  has  borne  fruit  in  the  present  immense  bus- 
iness. The  managers  have  steadily  enlarged  their  personality  so  as  to  keep  abreast  of  the  most  exacting  requirements,  and  have  enlisted  all 
the  agencies  of  the  artistic  and  decorative  professions  in  the  production  of  their  wares,  which  are  most  attractively  displayed  in  their  ware- 
rooms.  These  warerooms  comprise  an  entire  six-story  building,  7o  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  This  company  has  acquired  all  the  pat- 
terns, stock  and  good  ivill  of  the  old-established  firm  of  F.  Moraudi  &  Son,  which  includes  all  the  patterns  of  the  celebrated  Whiteley  ranges, 
ovens,  kettles,  etc.,  formerly  made  by  E.  Whiteley  &  Co.  This  consolidation  makes  this  company  the  largest  manufacturers  of  high-grade 
hotel  and  restaurant  goods  in  the  country.  They  are  now  prepared  to  estimate  on  kitchen  outfits,  from  the  smallest  restaurant  to  the  larg- 
est hotel  or  public  institution.  They  make  a  specialty  of  hotel  kitchen  utensils  of  every  description,  such  as  Enghsh  grills,  roasting  ovens, 
egg  boilers,  laundry  stoves,  confectioners'  stoves,  ventilators,  gas  griddles,  copper  kettles,  saucepans,  potato  fryers,  potato  slicers,  waffle 
irons,  broilers,  chafing  dishes,  ice  cream  freezers,  jelly  molds,  hotel  cutlery  and  other  requisites.  Their  French-wrought  iron  ranges  are 
fully  twenty-five  per  cent,  heavier  than  other  French  ranges,  and  have  a  much  greater  durability.  Among  the  company's  patrons  are 
included  such  prominent  hotels  as  the  Adams  House,  Young's,  Vendome,  Brunswick,  the  Parker,  the  Eevere,  the  Langham,  the  Crawford, 
Victoria  and  others  in  Boston;  the  Fabyan,  Profile,  Crawford,  Glen  and  Twin  Mountain,  at  the  White  Mountains;  Atlantic  House,  Nantasket; 
Louisburg,  at  Bar  Harbor;  Old  Orchard  House,  Fiske  House  and  Sea  Shore,  Old  Orchard;  Ocean  View  House,  Block  Island;  Ponce  de  Leon 
and  Casa  Monica,  St.  Augustine,  Fla.;  the  Everett.  Jacksonville,  Fla. ;  and  hundreds  of  hotels  and  public  institutions  throughout  the  coun- 
try. The  Anthony  steel  plate  furnace  has  been  constructed  by  this  company  to  meet  every  requisite  of  proper  ventilation  and  sanitary  fui'- 
nace  heating,  and  embodies  the  best  results  of  modern  sanitary  heating.  In  this  furnace  mechanical  skill  and  excellence  of  materials 
preclude  any  of  the  dangers  incident  to  the  escape  of  gas.  It  is  offered  by  this  company  as  the  most  perfect  sanitary  heater  in  the  mar- 
ket. Special  attention  is  given  to  the  export  trade  and  foreign  correspondence  is  solicited.  The  Hub  ranges,  heaters  and  furnaces  are  an 
extensive  and  popular  line  furnished  by  this  house,  and  include  as  specialties  the  Hub  Grand  and  Union  Hub  ranges  and  the  Jewel  and 
Pearl  Hub  heaters.  The  reflex  grate,  the  ordinary  flat  grate,  a  dumping  wood  grate  or  a  triangular  grate  is  furnished  as  desired,  and  the 
wonderful  wire  gauze  oven  door  is  also  applied  to  the  Hub  line  of  ranges.  This  door  is  officially  used  and  endorsed  by  the  Boston  and  New 
York  cooking  schools.  This  company  also  show  many  special  designs  and  inventions  for  artistic  fire-places.  The  entire  establishment  is  a 
storehouse  of  the  best  and  most  practical  productions  in  the  above  named  lines.'  The  president,  Mr.  Smith,  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by 
birth,  and  of  large  experience  in  this  branch  of  industry.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  Anthony,  and  the  secretary,  Mr.  Prescott,  are  natives  of  Rhode 
Island,  having  had  special  training  and  long  experience  in  this  line  of  business. 


BEACH  &  CO.,  Dyestuffs,  No.  71  Kilby  Street,  Rooms,  Nos.  26,  27  and  28.— A  leading  house  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  importation 
and  sale  of  dyestuffs,  chemicals,  etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Beach  &  Co.,  whose  offices  in  this  city  are  located  at  No.  71  Kilby 
Street,  Rooms  Nos.  26,  27  and  28,  with  factory  and  principal  office  at  Hartford,  Conn.  The  parent  house  has  been  in  opera- 
tion about  eighty  years  and  is  now  conducted  under  the  proprietorship  of  Messrs.  George  and  Charles  M.  Beach,  sons  of  the 
founder  of  the  business.  They  bring  to  bear  vast  practical  experience  and  import  direct  from  the  East  Indies,  Mediterra- 
nean ports,  Italy,  Australia,  New  Zealand  and  Europe,  and  are  constantly  receiving  supplies  such  as  enable  them  to  challenge 
■comparison  as  to  quality,  and  defy  competition  as  to  price.  Its  business  is  mostly  with  cotton  and  woolen  mills,  and  paper  and  leather  manu- 
facturers throughout  the  country.  This  house  holds  the  agency  for  Brooks,  Simpson  &  Spillar,  proprietors  of  the  Atlas  Aniline  Works,  of 
England,  also  of  the  British  Alizarine  Company  [Limited],  also  of  Mucklow  &  Co.,  of  Bury,  England,  and  is  in  a  condition  to  conduct  all  opera- 
tions under  the  most  favorable  auspices.  The  firm  have  attained  a  celebrity  only  equaled  by  the  most  sterling  manufacturers  of  the  coun- 
try and  it  is  a  house  with  whom  it  is  always  pleasant  and  profitable  to  deal. 


EW  ENGLAND  AUTOGRAPHIC  REGISTER  COMPANY,  No.  86  Union  Street.— The  New  England  Autographic  Register 
Company  was  incorporated  in  1889,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  is  licensed  for  New- 
England  by  the  National  Autographic  Register  Company,  of  New  York.  These  registers  are  used  by  merchants  for  charg- 
ing goods,  for  sending  goods  C.  O.  D.,  for  ordering  goods,  and  in  a  cash  business  with  equal  convenience  and  to  the  greatest 
advantage.  They  are  leased  on  moderate  terms,  and  any  information  regarding  the  system  for  the  absolute  control  by  the 
proprietor  of  a  retail  or  wholesale  business  will  be  furnished  at  the  office  of  the  company.  Over  one  thousand  registers  are 
leased  in  New  England,  and  among  well-known  parties  in  Boston  and  vicinity  using  them,  may  be  named  the  American  Baptist  Publishing 
■Company,  Boston  Woven  Hose  Company.  Connecticut  River  Lumber  Company,  R.  H.  White  &  Co.,  Shepard,  Norwell  &  Co.,  Geo.  C.  Good- 
win &  Co.,  Carter,  Carter  &  Kilham,  Macullar,  Parker  &  Co.,  Boston  Bolt  Co.,  and  Plummer's  Shoe  Store,  among  many  others  in  Boston ;  Boston 
Manufacturing  Company,  Waltham  Bleachery,  Waltham;  T.  Fred  King,  Burnham  &  Richardson,  Chelsea;  L.  Pedriek,  Standard  Shoe  Com- 
pany, Lynn;  Worcester  Corset  Company,  Cumner&  Bell,  Worcester;  J.  E.  Thompson,  A.  B.  Lawrence  &  Co.,  Fitchburg;  Taylor's  Music 
House,  A.  P.  Chapin  &  Bro.,  Springfield;  H.  M.  Bixby  &  Co.,  Salem.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  J.  C.  Shoup,  of  New  York,  president; 
W.  O.  Armes,  treasurer  and  manager;  both  of  whom  are  well-known,  enterprising  and  progressive  in  their  business  methods. 


I  HE  Mcdowell  portable  oven  company,  No.  86  union  street,— The  McDowell  Portable  Oven  Company  are  widely 
famous  as  manufacturers  of  the  McDowell  Portable  Oven,  which  was  invented  and  patented  by  Mr.  S.  J.  McDowell,  in  1884. 
In  1886  the  patents  were  purchased  by  Mr.  W.  O.  Armes,  who  organized  the  present  company  in  1888.  The  McDowell  Porta- 
ble Oven  has  been  before  the  public  for  the  past  eight  years  and  has  been  thoroughly  tested.  It  is  now  conced'ed  to  be  the 
only  portable  oven  in  the  world  that  will  bake  as  well  and  meet  all  the  demands  of  a  brick  oven.  This  can  be  readily  proved 
by  the  hundreds  now  using  them.  It  is  strictly  portable,  convenient  for  transportation,  needs  no  mechanic  to  put  it  up,  but 
:a  baker,  with  the  assistance  of  two  men,  can  have  it  in  running  order  inside  of  an  hour.  There  is  little  or  no  radiation,  perfectly  even  heat, 
and  more  economical  in  fuel,  which  makes  it  practically  a  perfect  oven.  This  company  also  manufacture  and  deal  in  all  kinds  of  confec- 
tioners' tools,  fixtures  and  findings.  Their  ovens  are  in  use  by  the  best  houses  everywhere,  by  Huyler's,  of  New  York;  Hotel  Berkeley, 
Boston;  Fiske  Hotel,  Old  Orchard,  Me.,  Louisburg  Hotel,  Bar  Harbor,  Me.,  Vienna  Cafe,  Providence,  R.  I. ;  Hart  &  Co.,  Honolulu,  S.  I.,  and 
others  too  numerous  to  particularize.    Agencies  are  established  in  Chicago,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  other  large  cities.    Mr. 


Armes,  the  moving  spirit  of  the  enterprise,  is  a  resident  of  Lexington,  Mass. 


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lENRY  ANDERSEN,  Ship  and  Steamship  Supplies,  No.  58  Long  Wharf.— In  the  important  branch  o£  industry  relating  to  ship 
and  steamship  supplies,  the  more  worthy  representatives  of  the  calling  in  the  city  have  received  a  notable  accession  to  their 
number  by  the  inauguration  of  the  business  o£  Mr.  Henry  Andersen,  at  No.  58  Long  Wharf,  on  January  1st,  1891;  the  newly 
mitiated  enterprise  being  specially  worthy  of  notice,  alike  by  reason  of  the  ripe  experience  of  its  principal,  and  the  wide 
scope  of  the  business  undertaken.  Mr.  Henry  Andersen  has  for  fourteen  years  been  intimately  identified  with  business  of 
this  description,  and  for  eleven  years  held  a  responsible  position  with  Mr.  George  Billings.  It  is  the  ripe  experience  thus  gained 
which  is  enabling  him  to  direct  with  marked  success  an  enterprise  relating  to  ship  supplies,  and  embracing  within  its  range  oils,  paints, 
varnishes,  groceries  and  provisions,  water  supply,  etc.  That  the  operations  of  the  house  are  on  an  extensive  scale  may  be  judged  from  the 
fact  that  the  premises  at  the  address  named  consist  of  three  floors  each  30  x  75  feet  in  amplitude,  and  each  utilized  to  the  full  for  the  storage 
of  a  heavy,  miscellaneous  and  complete  stock.  Everything  is  procured  from  the  best  direct  source  of  supply  for  each  kind  of  merchandise, 
and  offered  at  wholesale  and  retail  at  correspondingly  low  rates.  Mention  should  not  be  omitted  of  the  fact  that  in  the  supply  of  fruit  the 
house  has  the  advantage  of  representing  the  Boston  Fruit  Company.  Mr.  Andersen,  who  is  a  native  of  Norway,  has  lived  for  a  number  of 
years  in  Boston,  and  his  well-known  energy,  business  aptitude  and  integrity  renders  the  success  of  his  ventui'e  a  matter  of  no  surprise. 


N.  BIGELO\y,  Paper,  Twine  and  Marlins,  No.  17  South  Street.— Although  established  as  late  as  July  1,1891,  this  gentleman  has 
developed  an  extensive  patronage.  He  deals  at  wholesale  in  paper,  twine,  leather  board  and  kindred  supplies,  and  his  sales- 
rooms are  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  for  the  rapid  handling  and  perfect  preservation  of  stock.  The  lines  carried  em- 
brace plain  and  printed  wrapping  paper,  paper  bags,  ice  cream,  oyster  and  berry  buckets,  straw  and  manilla  paper,  tissue 
and  toilet  paper,  cards  and  leather  board,  and  twine  of  every  description.  The  stock  is  secured  from  manufacturers  direct  and 
the  field  has  been  cultivated  so  industriously  and  intelligently  that  most  valuable  advantages  are  enjoyed  by  the  proprietor, 
enabling  him  to  offer  the  best  productions  at  the  lowest  prices  known  to  the  market.  Mr.  Bigelow  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Holbrook,  Mass., 
was  for  two  years  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  J.  E.  Peckham  &  Co.,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  large  experience  and  fine  business  qualifications. 


IMERY  BEMIS  &  CO.,  Dealers  in.  Packers  and  Importers  of  Leaf  Tobacco,  No.  3-2  Central  Wharf.— Messrs,  Emery  Bemis  &  Co. 
are  extensive  dealers  in,  packers  and  importers  of  leaf  tobacco  for  the  manufacture  of  cigars  only.  They  import  large 
quantities  of  tobacco  from  Havana,  and  also  handle  the  Kentucky  and  other  domestic  products  very  extensively.  They 
have  large  packing-houses  at  Windsor  Locks,  Conn.,  and  Janesville,  Wis.  Their  warehouse  in  this  city  contains  four  floors, 
each  25  x  100,  and  they  have  additional  storage  accommodation  in  the  State  Street  block,  with  capacity  for  the  reception  of 
1,500  cases  of  tocacco.  Their  business  transactions  not  only  extend  to  all  parts  of  this  country,  but  include  heavy  shipments 
to  the  African  coast  and  other  foreign  markets.  The  domestic  trade  requires  the  services  of  two  traveling  representatives.  The  business 
was  established  under  the  present  firm  style  in  1859,  but  since  1871  has  been  carried  on  by  Mr.  Emery  Bemis,  a  native  of  Boston  and  thor- 
oughly conversant  with  the  tobacco  trade  in  all  its  details.    This  is  the  largest  house  in  its  line  in  the  city. 


P.  Squire. 


RED.  L.  BROWN  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Beef,  Pork,  Etc.,  No.  13  New  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— Messrs.  Fred.  L.  Brown  &  Co.,  deal  in 
both  Brighton  and  Western  meats,  and  carry  a  heavy  stock  of  beef,  pork,  lard,  hams,  tallow,  smoked  and  dried  beef;  smoked, 
corned,  and  saltpetered  tongues;  tripe,  sausages,  etc.  The  services  of  five  assistants  are  required  in  filling  orders  from  all 
parts  of  the  city,  and  numerous  localities  within  a  radius]  of  125  miles.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  largely  wholesale,  supply- 
ing hotels,  restaurants  and  dealei's,  but  they  also  have  a  very  flourishing  retail  business.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  native  of  Maine;  a 
young  man,  but  has  had  fifteen  years'  experience  in  the  business,  having  been  connected  with  the  well-known  house  of  Jno. 
The  firm  of  Messrs.  Fred.  L.  Brown  &.  Co.  was  established  in  1884,  and  the  enlargement  of  their  business  has  been  rapid. 


gEORGE  H.  HASTINGS,  Portraits,  No.  146  Tremont  Street.— Mr.  George  H.  Hastings,  the  photographer,  whose  popular  studio 
is  at  No.  146  Tremont  Street,  has  long  been  recognized  as  one  of  Boston's  leading  photographic  artists.  The  business  was 
established  twelve  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Ritz  &. Hastings,  and  eight  years  since  Mr.  Hastings  became  sole  proprietor.  Mr. 
Hastings  was  born  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  but  has  long  resided  in  Boston.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Photographers 
Association  of  America,  and  has  served  as  its  president,  ably  and  efficiently.  The  premises  occupied  are  two  floors  and  the 
roof,  the  latter  being  a  most  important  adjunct  in  this  business.  The  light  in  the  operating  gallery  is  one  of  the  best  in  Bos- 
ton, being  15  x  17  feet  in  dimensions.  The  equipment,  also,  is  unsurpassed,  for  the  latest  improvements  in|photographic  apparatus  are  to  be 
found  here,  including  a  large  camera,  25  x  30  inches.  Employment  is  found  for  twenty-three  hands  in  the  various  departments.  Photog- 
raphy in  all  its  branches  is  executed  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  The  excellence  of  Mr.  Hasting's  work  is  atteafcd  in  the  fact  that  his  exhib- 
its have  received  the  following  prizes:— silver  medal,  Boston,  1881 ;  gold  medal,  Boston,  1887;  grand  prize,  P.  A.  of  A.,  Washington,  1890;  bronze 
medal,  1890.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  the  finest  class  of  portrait  work,  individual  or  groups.  The  pictures  turned  out  by  this  house  are 
unsurpassed  for  delicacy  of  finish,  tone,  shading!  likeness,  naturalness,  and  the  indescribable  points  that  give  to  a  picture  the  salient  charac- 
teristics that  mark  the  work  of  the  artist.    Visitors  to  Boston  will  do  well  to  have  their  photos  taken  at  this  splendid  establishment. 


H.  WHITE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers'  Agents,  No.  78  Chauncy  Street.— This  prosperous  business  concern,  owned  and  controlled 
by  Messrs.  J.  H.  White  &  Co.  of  No.  78  Chauncy  Street,  Boston,  and  Church  Street,  New  York  City,  has  been  established  for 
seventeen  yeai-s,  during  which  time  its  name  has  remained  unaltered.  The  firm  are  selling  agents  for  the  Manchester  Mills 
•  of  N.  H.,  and  the  chief  commodities  handled  are  printed  cotton  goods  and  worsted  fabrics,  the  quality  of  the  same  being  a 
subject  of  common  admiration  throughout  the  entire  community.  The  headquarters  of  the  house  are  located  in  Boston. 
The  partnership  is  made  up  of  the  following  gentlemen;  Mr.  Joseph  H.  White,  Mr.  F.  D.  Lecompte,  and  Mr.  F.  O.  Barton. 
They  gentlemen  are  all  native  Bostonians  and  have  all  had  many  years  of  constant  experience  in  their  business. 


MERICAN  LEAF  TOBACCO  COMPANY,  Importers  and  Packers  of  Leaf  Tobacco,  No.  22  Central  Wharf.— Mr.  S.  Salomon, 
proprietor  of  the  American  Leaf  Tobacco  Company,  possesses  a  rare  amount  of  energy,  business  aptitude  and  -.vell- 
direeted  application  and  has  had  a  lengthy  experience  in  the  business,  he  having  for  thirteen  years  held  responsible  positions 
with  leading  New  York  and  Boston  tobacco  houses.  A  couple  of  years  ago  he  inaugurated  his  present  venture  and  his  trained 
judgment  in  distinguishing  the  intrinsic  merit  of  each  variety  of  leaf,  his  close  knowledge  of  current  market  prices  and  his 
thorough  familiarity  with  the  best  sources  of  supply  for  choice  domestic  and  imported  brands,  suitable  for  prime  cigars,  has 

enabled  him  to  procure  stock  greatly  appreciated  by  buyers  and  has  eventuated  in  the  rapid  building  up  of  an  enviably  large  connection. 

Foreign  varieties  are  imported  direct  by  the  firm.    Mr.  Salomon  is  of  New  York  birth,  and  is  well-known  and  greatly  respected  in  this  city. 


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ijjr^^^^ANIEL  McINERNEY,  Merchandise  Broker  and  Manufacturers' Agent,  No.  56  Chatham  Street.— One  o£  Boston's  mostenter- 
^^  ^^^^^  prising  and  best  known  merchandise  brokers  and  manufacturers'  agents  is  Daniel  Mclnerney,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the 
^^  ■  M  line  indicated  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  has  built  up  a  very  active  trade.  Mr.  Mclnerney  makes  a  specialty  of  handling, 
^^  W^^r  grocers'  supplies,  and  is  agent  for  the  Consolidated  Rice  Company ;  also  for  Alart  &  McGuire,  pickles,  and  J.  M.  Taylor,  soda. 
^^  GlitjyAL  He  represents  a  number  of  producers  and  sells  to  jobbers  throughout  the  New  England  States.  Mr.  Blclnerney  is  prepared  to 
ItfS^'i^Xrx^^  e.YBCUte  orders  tor  anything  in  the  Une  indicated,  quoting  manufacturers'  prices,  and  relations  once  established  with  him 
are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connection.  Correspondence  is  invited,  and  communications  of  a  business  nature 
receive  prompt  response,  while  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner. 

H.  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Paper  Mill  Machinery,  No.  53  State  Street.— A  leading  and  thoroughly  representative  house  engaged  in  the 
business  of  supplying  paper  mill  machinery  for  this  important  branch  of  commercial  activity,  is  that  of  Messrs.  P.  H. 
Davis  &  Co.,  No.  53  State  Street,  Room  No.  1019,  which  was  established  six  years  ago.  Mr.  F.  H.  Davis,  the  head  of  the 
firm,  is  a  native  of  Cambridge,  Blass.,  and  originally  established  himself  in  business  at  Holyoke,  removing  to  this  city  two 
*  years  ago.  He  deals  in  every  description  of  paper  making  machinery,  receiving  orders  for  alf  makes,  and  shipping  direct 
from  the  factories.  Owing  to  his  wide  and  influential  connections  with  the  leading  manufacturers  of  paper-making 
machinery  throughout  the  country,  he  is  enabled  to  offer  advantages  in  the  way  of  terms  and  prices  which  it  would  be  difficult  to  duplicate 
elsewhere,  and  manufacturers  and  mill-owners,  desiring  anything  in  his  line,  will  find  it  highly  advantageous  to  consult  him,  before  placing 
their  orders. 


Boston  Common— Tremont  Street  Mall. 

gEORGE  W.  CAPEN  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Plush  and  Leather  Toilet  Cases,  No.  13  Kingston  Street.— A  reliable  firm  engaged 
in  this  city  as  manufacturers  of  plush  and  leather  toilet  cases,  etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  George  W.  Capen  &  Co.,  who,  during  the 
six  years  of  their  standing  have  enjoyed  an  uninterrupted  prosperity  and  fast-increasing  support,  until  the  trade  they  now 
control  reaches  to  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States.  The  chief  lines  of  manufacture  are  flue  plush  and  leather  toilet  cases 
hand-sewed  tourists'  sets,  collar,  cuff  and  handkerchief  boxes,  blacking  sets,  etc.,  and  it  is  the  thoroughly  genuine  quality  and 
uniformly  reliable  make  and  finish  of  these  goods  which  have  been  mainly  instrumental  in  accruing  to  the  enterprise  the  very 

satisfactory  connection  already  noted.    The  business  owes  its  inception,  as  "well  as  its  vei-y  efficient  management  ever  since,  to  the  present 

proprietor,  Mr.  George  W.  Capen,  who  is  a  native  of  this  city. 

SHORN  &  WILSON,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Paper,  No.  20  Federal  Street.— The  old  and  responsible  house  of  Messrs.  Osborn  & 
Wilson,  wholesale  dealers  in  paper,  conduct  a  business  of  a  truly  national  character;  and  for  the  better  transaction  of  the 
trade  throughout  New  England,  a  branch  office  was  initiated  two  years  ago  in  this  city,  at  No.  20  Federal  Street,  by  Mr.  W.  J. 
Thompson,  the  firm's  duly  accredited  manager.  This  gentleman  has  since  conducted  the  affairs  here  with  marked  success, 
and  by  his  well-directed  energy,  ripe  experience  and  sound  ability,  has  materially  augmented  the  already  extensive  connec- 
tions of  the  house  throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  chief  lines  handled  are  manilla  paper,  hardware  paper,  book  and 
paper  bags  and  twine.    Mr.  Thompson  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  paper  trade  for  several  years. 


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JERMANN  C.  LAGREZE,  Insurance,  No.  70  State  Street.— There  is,  perhaps,  not  one  among  the  number  who  have  come  to 
the  front  in  the  domain  of  risks  in  this  city  within  recent  years  that  has.been  more  prosperous  than  Hermann  C.  La^reze.  He 
has  been  established  since  April,  18S9,  and  has  acquired  a  large  and  flourishing  patronage,  and  numbers  in  his  cHeutele  some 
of  Boston's  stanchest  citizens  and  largest  property  owners.  Mr.  Lagreze,  wnu  is  a  qualified  notary  public,  is  a  native  of 
Germany,  but  has  been  in  this  country  for  quite  some  time,  residing  at  Roslyndale,  and  is  secretary  to  the  German  Consulate 
in  Boston.  He  is  a  young  man  of  entire  reliability,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  every  feature  and  detail  pertaining  to 
insurance.  Mr.  Lagreze  is  a  general  insurance  broker,  placing  all  classes  of  desirable  risks  with  responsible  companies  at  lowest  rates  con- 
sistent with  absolute  security,  and  guarantees  prompt  adjustment  and  payment  of  losses.  He  enjoys  exceptional  facilities  for  handling  large 
fire  lines,  and  represents  many  of  the  foremost  European  and  American  institutions  devoted  to  this  class  of  risks,  being  agent  for  the  Ger- 
man-American, of  New  York,  the  Orient,  of  Hartford,  and  also  transacts  business  for  various  other  companies. 


H,  COOLIDGE,  Commission  Dealers  in  Lumber  and  Coal,  No.  71  Kilby  Street.— The  Chattaroi  Coal  Company  is  repre- 
sented in  Boston  by  A.  H.  Coolidge,  at  No.  71  Kilby  Street,  who  is  putting  on  the  market  their  most  excellent  coal  for 
open  grates.  It  is  mined  in  Eastern  Kentucky,  where,  it  is  a  well-known  fact,  the  richest  beds  of  high  grade  cannel  in  this 
country  are  located;  the  Chattaroi  being  mined  from  the  richest  and  purest  of  these  beds,  it  makes  a  small  percentage 
I  *  of  ash,  and  is  especially  selected  and  prepared  before  shipment,  insuring  delivery  in  good  condition,  and  with  a  minimum 
of  waste.  There  are  a  great  many  varieties  of  cannel  c6al  on  the  markets-good,  bad,  and  indifferent — and  a  large  experience 
in  handling  this  class  of  coal,  added  to  the  high  endorsement  received  from  many  prominent  dealers  and  gas  companies,  warrants  Mr.  Cool- 
idge in  asserting  that  in  the  Chattaroi  he  has  the  standard  American  cannel,  fully  equal  to  an  imported  article  at  a  considerable  less  cost  to 
the  consumer,  and  a  coal  that  will  give  the  best  satisfaction  to  the  highest  class  of  trade  fof  house  use,  fire  department  purposes,  and  gas 
enriching.  The  Chattaroi  is  shipped  in  sealed  box  cai*s,  holding  from  fifteen  to  thirty  tons,  direct  from  collieries  to  all  points  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada;  this  enables  dealers  to  purchase  in  convenient  quantities.  To  those  having  open  grates  in  their  houses  this  coal  is  by  far 
the  best,  as  there  is  no  fine  ash  to  speak  of,  and  it  is  a  favorite  among  dealers  on  account  of  there  being  no  coal  to  be  sold  for  "  chips,"  as  it 
is  all  hand  picked  before  leaving  the  mines.  No  better  recommendation  can  be  given  this  coal  than  to  say  it  is  used  almost  exclusively  in  Har- 
vard College,  and  among  the  richest  class  of  trade  in  Boston.  Mr.  Coolidge  has  introduced  his  coal  so  thoroughly  that  it  can  be  found  in 
the  yards  of  nearly  all  the  prominent  dealers  in  New  England. 


H.  FLANDERS,  Negotiator  of  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  43  Milk  Street.— Prominent  among  the  oldest  established 
real  estate  negotiators  in  this  city  is  the  well-known  and  re.sponsible  house  of  Mr.  O.  H.  Flanders.  A  leading  specialty  is 
made  of  the  transfer  of  Chelsea  and  centrally  located  property— of  the  former  of  which,  Mr.  Flanders  is  himself  an  exten- 
sive owner— and  of  these  a  number  of  highly  desirable  and  eligible  lots,  houses  and  premises  of  various  kinds  is  always  on 
hand  for  disposal.  The  firm's  skill  and  sound  judgment  are  now  called  into  constant  requisition  for  the  purchase,  sale 
and  exchange  of  realty  of  all  kinds— business  property  being  a  notable  feature- the  collection  of  rents,  the  letting  and  leas- 
ing of  houses  and  premises  of  every  description,  the  entire  management  of  estates,  and  the  negotiation  of  loans  upon  bond  and  mortgage. 
The  business  was  established  thirty-one  years  ago  by  Mr.  Flanders,  who  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  now  of  middle  age,  and  has  resided 
in  Chelsea  since  1860. 


F.  LOTT  &  CO.,  Commission  Stock  Brokers,  No.  540  Washington  Street.— Among  Boston's  leading  stock  brokers  may  be 
mentioned  the  name  of  Mr.  V.  F.  Lott,  trading,  as  V.  F.  Lott  &  Co.,  at  No.  520  Washington  Street.  Mr.  Lott,  whose  experi- 
ence covers  a  period  of  twenty  years,  transacts  a  general  commission  business  in  the  purchase  and  'sale,  for  cash  or  on  mar- 
gin, of  all  stocks,  bonds  and  miscellaneous  securities,  likewise  oil,  grain  and  provisions.  His  facilities  for  obtaining  the 
[  most  reliable  information  as  to  the  tendency  of  the  market,  are  of  the  most  perfect  kind,  he  thus  being  fully  quali- 
fied to  fill  orders  for  the  country  capitalists  or  city  operators  or  investors,  either  for  investment  or  speculation  purposes. 
Full  quotations  are  continually  received  for  the  benefit  of  patrons,  by  direct  wire  communication  with  the  New  York  market,  and  all  reli- 
able sources  are  searched  as  a  guide  to  profitable  investments  and  sales  of  stock.  Mr.  Lott  was  born  in  Tiffin,  Ohio,  and  has  been  a  highly 
respected  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  seven  years. 


&  P.  ENGRAVING  CO.,  Die  Sinking,  Designing  and  Engraving,  Nos.  58  and  60  Federal  Street.— The  leading  house  in  Boston 
in  the  die  sinking  and  engraving  business  is  the  Gram  &  Pletsch  Engraving  Co.,  Nos.  58  and  60  Federal  Street.  This  busi- 
ness was  established  three  years  ago,  and  by  the  character  of  its  work,  has  won  a  host  of  patrons  and  is  continually  showing 
signs  of  increase.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  and  equipped  with  all  the  most  modern  machin- 
*  ery  and  appliances  known  to  the  business,  including  an  improved  router,  taper,  band  saw,  circular  saw,  lathe,  press,  etc, 
power  being  furnished  by  a  new  and  improved  five  horse-power  motor.  Everything  in  the  line  of  die  sinking,  steel 
engraving,  and  letter  cutting  is  done  here,  in  an  absolutely  first-class  manner,  the  practical  experience  of  the  proprietors,  Messrs.  Theo.  C. 
Gram  and  Henry  Pletsch,  enabling  them  to  bring  their  art  to  a  high  plane  of  perfection.  Bronze  lathe,  index  and  name  plates,  boot  and 
shoe  stamps,  steel  lettei-s,  seals  and  presses,  door  plates,  memorial  tablets,  soap  moulds,  pebbling  rolls,  etc.,  are  made  to  order  at  the  shortest, 
notice,  and  in  a  thoroughly  first-class  manner.  Sheet  brass  in  any  shape  or  thickness,  i«  always  kept  in  stock.  A  staff  of  competent 
artisans  find  constant  employment,  and  all  work  is  closely  supervised  by  the  proprietors.  Mr.  Gram  came  to  this  city  from  Buffalo,  and  has 
resided  here  for  the  past  twelve  years.  Mr.  Pletsch  is  a  native  of  South  Boston.  Both  are  skilled  engravers  of  great  practical  experience, 
and  are  highly  esteemed  as  enterprising,  honorable  and  upright  business  men. 


^UGUST.  H.  FREESE,  Manufacturer  of  All  Kinds  of  Spring  Beds,  No.  6  Charlestown  Street.— It  gives  us  pleasure  to.call  the  atten- 
tion of  our  readers  to  the  products  of  a  house  which  has  established  a  trade  of  enduring  character,  and  which  is  annually 
increasing  to  a  marked  degree.  We  refer  to  the  concern  of  Mr.  August  H.  Freese,  which  is  desirably  located  at  No.  6  Charles- 
town  Street.  This  business  was  established  in  1871,  by  Messrs.  Geo.  T.  Connor  &  Co.,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  to  the 
control  in  1891.  The  business  premises  comprise  two  floors  25  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  everything  necessary  for 
the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business,  and  here  a  corps  of  experienced  workmen  are  employed,  manufacturing  all 
kinds  of  spring  beds,  and  mattresses,  slat,  canvas,  upholstered  and  woven  wire  cots,  a  specialty  being  made  of  the  Challenge  and  Supreme 
beds.  All  kinds  of  wire  mattresses  are  made  to  order.  The  concern  manufactures  principally  for  the  trade,  and  it  has  the  best  of  appU- 
ances  and  facilities  for  promptly  filling  all  orders  upon  the  most  reasonable  and  satisfactory  tei*ms,  while  the  established  reputation  of  the 
house  is  a  guaranty  that  every  article  furnished  will  be  of  the  very  best  quality.  Mr.  Freese  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  resided  in  the 
United  States  for  about  teu  years.    He  is  a  zealous  member  of  the  I.  0.0.  F.,  and  Knights  of  the  Golden  Rule. 


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HE  SULLIVAN  HARBOR  LAND  COMPANY,  No.  95  Milk  Street.— The  Sullivan  Harbor  Land  Company,  o£  No.  95  Milk 
Street,  has  made  an  excellent  move  in  its  reorganization,  which  it  has  just  carried  through,  and  which  will  furnish  it 
with  funds  to  continue  the  development  of  its  popular  summer  resort  at  the  head  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  Maine.  This  com- 
IDany  was  incorporated  in  18S8,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  acquired  a  large  tract  of  property  on  French- 
man's Bay,  opposite  Bar  Harbor.  It  has  a  capital  stock  of  $500,000.,  and  has  recently  reduced  the  par  value  of  shares  to 
■2.50.  and  also  issued  preference  shares  for  a  like  amount  at  $3.50  per  share,  to  be  offered  to  the  present  stockholders  at 
$1.35  per  share.  Preference  shares  are  exchangeable  at  par  for  land  at  schedule  prices  and  to  be  retired,  if  obtainable  at  par  or  less, 
before  ordinary  shares.  Great  improvements  are  in  operation  by  the  company  to  provide  better  means  of  fishing,  hunting,  boating,  etc ;  while 
the  early  advent  of  the  Maine  Shore  Railroad  through  the  town  of  Sullivan  will  materially  enhance  the  value  of  the  company's  property. 
Sales  are  now  being  made  at  very  low  figures,  and  there  are  now  within  the  company's  precincts  some  twenty  cottages,  costing  from 
$8,000  to  $15,000  each,  besides  two  hotels— the  Manor  Inn,  and  Waukeag  House.  The  inducements  now  offered  by  this  company  to 
parties  desirous  of  building  summer  residences  are  unequalled  by  any  other  on  the  Maine  coast,  and  the  established  reputation  of  the 
Manor  Inn  and  Chalet  afford  every  attraction  for  permanent  or  transient  guests  who  have  all  the  advantages  of  beautiful  views  and  fine 
drives,  together  with  boating,  fishing,  sailing,  etc.,  and  are  within  half  an  hour's  sail  of  Bar  Harbor.  The  executive  officers  of  the. 
company  are  as  follows,  viz.,  Amory  D.  Wainwright,  president;  Harry  Highley,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  Charles  P.  Simpson,  gen- 
eral manager,  at  Sullivan,  Me.,  and  the  utmost  confidence  in  all  the  statements  and  representations  of  these  gentlemen  is  fully  justified. 


jLDEN  COGGAN,  Dealer  in  Hides,  Calf  and  Lamb  Skins,  Rough  and  Tried  Tallow,  Nos.  00  and  62  Fulton  Street.— Known 
very  widely  among  butchers,  and  necessarily  to  very  much  the  same  extent  by  tanners,  is  the  business  of  Mr.  Alden 
gan,  as  a  dealer  in  hides,  calf  and  lamb  skins,  and  rough  and  tried  tallow,  a  business  in  which  the  gentleman 
named,  had  held  the  responsible  position  of  manager  for  Mr.  N.  E.  Hallis  for  fifteen  years  prior  to  his  succeeding  his 
erstwhile  employer  as  proprietor,  six  years  ago.  The  firm  purchases  hides,  skins,  and  tallow,  from  butchers,  and  after 
carefully  salting  and  pickling  the  former,  and  refining  the  latter,  sells  to  tanners  and  others,  the  high  reputation  its 
proprietor  has  for  sound  judgment  and  honorable  dealing  causing  its  services  to  be  in  constant  and  strong  request  by  both  classes  of 
patrons.  The  eligible  premises  occupied  are  located  at  Nos.  CO  and  62  Fulton  Street,  and  there  Mr.  Alden  Coggan  is  assiduous  in  his 
personal  and  active  attention  to  its  affairs,  as  he  is  also  outside,  and  he  is  duly  careful  in  giving  prompt  and  explicit  attention  to  patrons, 
requirements.    He  is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  prominently  associated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


W.  CHURCHILL,  Manufacturer  of  Zephyr,  Floss  and  Shetland  Shawls,  Fascinators  and  Mittens,  No.  26  Chauncy  Street.— 
Prominent  m  the  manufacture  of  shawls  in  Boston  is  the  reliable  firm  of  Mr.  N.  W.  Churchill,  of  No.  36  Chauncy  Street,  who 
now  controls  an  extensive  connection  with  the  best  wholesale  houses  throiighout  the  New  England  States,  its  volume  and 
scope  being  materially  augmented  from  time  to  time,  as  the  uniformly  excellent  quaiiity  and  reliability  of  the  goods 
'  handled  become  more  generally  recognized.  Mr.  Churchill  has  been  estabhshed  in  business  tor  the  past  twenty  years 
and  was  formerly  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Messrs.  D.  C.  Griswold  &  Co.,  afterwards  with  the  Highland  Knitting  Company, 
and  later  with  the  Churchill  Knitting  Company,  as  manager,  and  has  been  established  as  at  present  since  January  1,  1891.  The  chief  lines  of 
goods  dealt  in  are  zephyr,  floss  and  Shetland  shawls,  fascinators  and  mittens:  and  these  are  manufactured  expressly  for  Mr.  Churchill  under 
contract  and  are  only  accepted  by  him  when  the  quality  and  make  are  to  his  satisfaction  and  such  as  are  best  calculated  to  reflect  credit  upon 
himself  and  at  the  same  time  render  the  greatest  measure  of  satisfaction  to  his  many  patrons.  Mr.  Churchill  is  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, now  of  middle  age  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  thirty  years. 


j  AR'^'EY  G.  ROCKWELL,  ■\Vool  Dress  Goods,  Flannels  Etc.,  No.  3.3  Bedford  Street.— The  George  H.  Gilbert  Manufacturing  Co.,  of 
Ware  and  Gilbertville,  Mass..  is  an  industrial  concern  famous  for  its  wool  dress  goods,  flamiels,  etc.,  the  high  intrinsic  merits 
of  its  productions  having  become  very  widely  known  through  the  progressive  business  methods  of  Messrs.  Oelbermann, 
Dommerich  &  Co.,  of  No.  57  Greene  Street,  and  No.  65  Worth  Street,  New  York,  who  are  its  selling  agents,  the  exceed- 
ingly heavy  sale  for  its  goods  throughout  New  England  being  influenced  by  their  talented  representative  here,  Mr.  Harvey 
G.  Rockwell,  of  No.  .33  Bedford  Street,  this  city.  Messrs.  Oelbermann,  Dommerich  &  Co.  are  distinctly  prominent 
and  responsible  commission  merchants  in  foreign  and  domestic  dry  goods,  well  known,  and  implicitly  relied  upon  by  jobbers  and 
I'etailers,  and  the  experienced  principals  were  unquestionably  influenced  in  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Harvey  G.  Rockweil  to  his  important 
post  here,  by  a  consideration  of  his  thorough  experience  in  this  trade,  gained  during  eight  years  of  identification  with  it,  during  a  major  part 
of  which  period  he  was  with  Messrs.  Brown,  Wood  &  Kingman,  of  New  York;  as  well  as  by  his  high  business  qualifications  generally. 
Favored  by  this,  and  by  the  unexcelled  inducements  to  business  he  is  able  to  offer,  he  has  succeeded  in  greatly  developing  the  connection 
throughout  the  territory  under  his  control,  since  he  succeeded  Mr.  G.  Leonard  in  the  management  here,  about  two  and  one  half  years  ago; 
the  inclusion  of  the  choicest  of  new  goods  in  his  sample  stock,  as  soon  as  they  are  introduced,  greatly  promoting  the  extension  of  trade  with 
the  house,  which  now  receives  quite  a  large  proportion  of  its  patronage  through  this  agency.  Mr.  Rockwell  is  a  young  man  of  New  York 
birth,  who  is  as  highly  respected  here  as  in  the  city  of  his  birth. 


A.  MURTFELDT,  Roofing,  Office,  No.  133  Franklin  Street.— In  order  to  have  roofs  put  on  in  a  substantial  manner  it  is  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  engage  the  services  of  those  who  have  had  long  experience  in  the  business  and  can  be  depended  upon  to 
do  the  work  in  a  flrst-class  manner.  Of  those  engaged  in  this  business  in  Boston  there  is  none  more  capable  or  reliable 
than  Mr.  W.  A.  Murtfeldt,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  123  Franklin  Street.  This  gentleman  established  himself  in  the 
roofing  business  originally  in  New  York  City,  in  18T6,  removing  to  Boston,  in  1885,  and  has  obtained  an  excellent  reputation 
and  is  highly  endorsed  by  builders,  property  owners  and  architects,  owing  to  the  superiority  of  his  felt  composition  and 
gravel,  slate  and  metal  roofing.  He  also  deals  in  roofing  materials,  fire  and  waterproof  building  papers,  two  and  three  ply  ready  made 
roofing,  asphalt  floors,  etc.  He  is  a  thoroughly  practical  rooter,  possessing  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail  of  the  business  and  the 
requirements  of  patrons  in  this  direction  of  trade.  He  has  roofed  a  large  number  of  factories,  business  blocks  and  private  residences  in  this 
city,  giving  satisfaction ;  and  has  been  highly  complimented  for  the  perfect  and  thorough  manner  in  which  the  work  was  performed.  Among 
.such  jobs  may  be  mentioned  those  executed  for  the  Blake  Manufacturing  Co. ;  the  Fred.  Pope  Building,  No.  290  Commonwealth  Avenue; 
Messrs.  Hecht  Bros.  &  Co.  s  Wool  House,  No.  219  J^ederal  Street:  W.  D.  Vinal  Building,  on'Beacon  Street;  also  for  the  West  End  Street  Railway 
Co..  at  Everett  and  Dorchester.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  Sackett's  Water  Proof  Sheeting,  and  gives  skillful  attention  to  repairs  of  all  kinds. 
Orders  by  telephone  No.  2602,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  terms  and  prices  are  invariably  fair  and 
equitable.  Mr.  Murtfeldt  is  a  native  of  Orange  County.  N.  Y.,  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  is  highly  regarded  for  his  skill,  enterprise  and 
integrity,  justly  meriting  the  large  measure  of  success  achieved  by  him  in  this  field  of  labor. 


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iJALTER,  TUCKER  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  50  State  Street.— Messrs.  Walter,  Tucker  &  Co.,  of  No.  50  State  Street 
bankers  and  brokers,  date  their  establishment  in  business  trom  the  year  1888.  The  banking  business  is  conducted  upon  the 
principles  of  conservatism,  adequately  tempered  with  liberality,  the  connection  of  the  house  being  highly  valuable  and 
expanding.  The  brokerage  department  embraces  the  purchase  and  sale  upon  commission  of  bonds  and  stocks  and  invest- 
ment securities,  the  members  of  the  house  being  veritable  experts  upon  all  the  contingencies,  direct  or  remote,  which  have 
bearing  upon  the  trend  of  markets  and  affect  the  prices  of  securities.  The  house  controls  a  comprehensive  system  of  corre- 
spondence with  all  the  principal  centers  of  the  Union,  and  its  representative  is  the  firm  of  Lathrop,  Smith  &  Oliphant,  New  York.  The 
partners  are  Mr.  Howard  Walter  and  Mr.  Wm,  A.  Tucker,  both  gentlemen  of  commendable  ability.  Mr.  Walter  has  had  fourteen  years'  expe- 
rience in  his  business,  having  been  formerly  engaged  therein  in  New  York  City.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  a  member  of  the  Stock 
Exchange  of  this  city.  Mr.  Tucker  was,  prior  to  entering  upon  the  present  successful  career,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  aud  shoes 
He  is  a  young  min,  a  native  of  Boston  and  he  has  had  an  extended  business  experience,  three  yeare  of  which  have  been  in  his  present  line 
of  business. 


MERICAN  SPICED  FOOD  COMPANY,  James  O.  Boyle,  Proprietor;  Nos.  21  and  S5  India  Wharf,— The  American  Spiced  Food 
Company  was  inaugurated  twenty-six  years  ago  by  tlie  present  owner,  Mr.  James  O.  Boyle,  and  under  his  administration  has 
been  directed  with  ever  growing  success.  The  merit  possessed  by  his  goods  has  gained  for  them  an  enviable  reputation,  and 
they  are  now  sold  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  four-story  building,  25  x  75  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  it  is  equipped  with  every  facility  requisite  for  the  systematic  conduct  of  affairs.  The  specialties  manufac- 
tured here  are  "  American  Spiced  Food,"  "  Our  Dumb  Animals'  Friend,"  and  "  Kurr's  Celebrated  Liquid  Hoof  Ointment." 
The  "  American  Spiced  Food  "  is  for  horses,  cattle  and  sheep,  swine  and  poultry,  etc.,  and  among  its  advantages  are  the  following:  It  insures 
perfect  digestion ;  creates  a  healthy,  natural  appetite ;  makes  pure  blood ;  expels  humors ;  cures  scratches,  galls  and  sore  hack ;  will  put  horses 
n  good,  firm  flesh;  infuses  new  life  and  vigor;  gives  a  fine,  soft  skin  and  smooth  coat;  exterminates  worms  and  prevents  them,  from  secret- 
ng  in  the  animal;  prevents  and  cures  colic ;  is  a  sure  cure  for  heaves;  horses  will  shed  their  coats  more  quickly  and  easily;  cures  colds  and 
influenza;  prevents  overheating  in  warm  weather;  enables  horses  to  work  with  less  fatigue;  cows  will  be  equally  improved  in  health  and 
appearance,  and  give  more  and  richer  milk;  will  put  a  horse  in  condition  when  other  means  fail.  "  Our  Dumb  Animals'  Friend,"  is  a  com- 
pound for  the  cure  of  various  cuts,  scratches,  old  and  recent  sores,  sore  backs,  galls,  bruises,  lacerations,  and  all  inflammations  therefrom. 
Its  properties  are  soothing,  astringent  and  heaUng;  and  the  application  does  not  require  any  bandages,  as  it  forms  a  skinlike  coating,  exclud- 
ing atmospheric  action  and  other  maUfie  influences.  "  Kurr's  Hoof  Ointment  "  is  a  certain  cure  for  contracted  hoofs,  quarter  cracks,  corns, 
thrush,  soreness,  scratches,  and  grows  the  feet. 


BTH  W.  FOWLE  &  SONS,  Proprietors  of  Dr.  Wistar's  Balsam  of  Wild  Cherry  and  Peruvian  Syrup,  No.  81  High  Street.— 
Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  really  meritorious  and  effective  remedies  prepared  and  sold  by  the  well-known  house  of 
Seth  W.  Fowle  &  Sons,  at  No,  81  High  Street.  This  firra  are  widely  and  deservedly  prominent  as  proprietors  of  Dr.  Wistar's 
Balsam  of  Wild  Cherry  and  Peruvian  Syrup,  which  have  been  before  the  public  for  many  years,  and  are  in  steadily  increas- 
ing demand  throughout  the  country.  This  properous  house  was  founded  upwards  of  fifty  yeai-s  ago  by  the  late  Seth  W. 
Fowle,  and  subsequently  his  two  sons,  Messrs.  Seth  A.  and  Horace  S.  Fowle,  were  admitted  to  partnership.  The  honored 
founder  of  the  business  died  in  1867,  after  placing  the  enterprise  upon  a  solid  and  substantial  footing,  and  his  sons  have  since  continued  as 
sole  proprietors,  without  change  in  the  firm  name.  They  occupy  large  and  commodious  premises,  and  possess  every  facility  for  conducting 
all  operations  upon  the  largest  scale.  Dr.  Wistar's  Balsam  of  Wild  Cherry  is  an  effectual  remedy  tor  coughs  and  colds.  Its  valuable  proper- 
ties, and  unquestionable  efticacy  and  merits  are  recognized  by  all  who  have  used  it,  and  it  is  in  permanent  demand  by  druggists  and  the  trade 
everywhere.  The  Peruvian  Syrup  is  the  recognized  blood  purifier  of  the  age,  a  preparation  which  can  be  confidently  recommended  to  all  as  a 
preventative  and  a  cure  for  many  of  the  diseases  which  flesh  is  heir  to.  It  is  needless  to  give  a  long  list  of  so-called  references,  as  that' 
method  is  too  old  for  the  present  age.  All  quack  remedies  are  accompanied  by  such  a  list  of  parties  unknown  to  the  public,  most  of  whom  are 
dead  or  never  existed.  The  specialties  prepared  by  this  firm  are  of  standard  reputation,  and  are  conscientiously  maintained  at  the  highest 
point  of  excellence  and  efficiency.  They  also  make  Grace  Salve  for  burns,  sores,  etc.,  which  is  having  a  wide  sale.  The  Messra  j'owle  arc 
native  Bostonians,  and  of  the  highest  repute  and  standing,  alike  in  social,  professional,  and  trade  circ 


rJIBlLS  COMPANY,  of  the  United  States'  Fluid  Extract  of  Beef,  No.  38  Broad  Street.— Medical  science  has  of  late  years  made 
most  rapid  progress,  and  there  has  been  greater  ability  displayed  both  in  bringing  remedies  to  bear  upon  the  seat  of  disease 
and  in  furnishing  the  "ounce  of  prevention  "  which  is  worth  a  "pound  of  cure."  One  of  the  greatest  discoveries  and  triumph's 
of  the  present  age  is  the  Fluid  Extract  of  Beef,  prepared  and  sold  by  the  Cibils  Company  of  the  United  States,  whose  head- 
quarters are  located  at  No.  38  Broad  Street.  "  Cibils  Fluid  Beef  "  is  a  true  strength  broth,  or  meat  hquifled,  and  its  legitimate 
place  the  sick  room.  Believing  fresh  meat  to  be  a  food  already  sufficiently  concentrated,  this  company  have  sought  simply 
to  convert  it  into  that  form  most  easily  assimilated.  So  slightly  changed  is  it  from  its  natural  condition  that  the  company  place  this  prepa- 
ration in  the  hands  of  the  medical  profession  with  the  positive  assurance  that  it  is  simply  meat  liquified;  that  it  retains  all  the  nutritive  prop- 
erties of  fresh  beef,  but  sufficiently  cooked  to  avoid  the  dangers  incident  to  the  use  of  raw  meat  extracts  and  beef  scrapings.  The  albumen 
is  not  coagulated,  although  the  gelatine  is  dissolved  out  and  removed;  the  flavor  is  delicious;  the  saltiness  of  peculiar  advantage  and  the 
keeping  properties  perfect.  Cibils  Fluid  Beef  is  prepared  only  from  cattle  of  the  company's  own  raising,  and  at  the  ranch  where  they  were 
reared.  The  company  own  the  largest  ranch  in  the  world,  situated  in  Brazil  and  extending  along  the  Paraguay  Kiver  for  120  miles.  There 
they  own  .364  square  leagues  of  land,  and  240,000  head  of  cattle.  They  kill  60,000  head  of  cattle  per  year,  and  their  laboratoi-ies  are  on  a  high 
bluff  in  the  center  of  the  river  front,  in  the  fresh  untainted  air  of  the  widespreading  meadows.  Reared  as  they  are,  their  cattle  are  in  a  healthy, 
prime  condition,  having  never  to  undergo  the  hardships  and  privations  incident  to  the  long  drive,  and  crowded  cattle  car,  to  which  they  would 
necessarily  be  subjected,  were  their  laboratories  in  a  city;  while  it  is  highly  important  that  so  delicate  an  article  should  be  prepared  in  a 
pure  atmosphere.  "Cibils  "  was  the  only  extract  taken  by  the  Greeley  Relief  Expedition,  and  itis  now  used  exclusively  in  the  most  discrimi- 
nating hospitals  of  both  continents,  including  the  United  States  Naval  and  United  States  Marine.  It  has  the  support  and  cordial  endorse- 
ment of  such  undoubted  authorities  as  Wm.  Pepper,  M.  D.,  University  of  Pennsylvania;  D.  Hayes  Agnew,  M.  D,,  Philadelphia;  Wm.  S, 
Forbes,  M,  D,,  JefEerson  College;  Dr,  Ford,  president  of  board  of  health,  Philadelphia;  Albert  Day,  M,  D,,  Washingtonian  Home,  Boston;  W, 
H.  Long,  M.  D.,  surgeon  United  States  Marine  Hospital  service;  J.  A.  Allen,  M.  D,,  Rush  Medical  College;  Jos.  E.  Winters,  M.  D.,  C,  C.  Lee, 
M.  D.,  and  G.  B.  Fowler,  M.  D.,  of  New  York;  and  many  others  no  less  eminent  in  the  medical  world.  Its  extremely  low  price  brings  it 
within  the  reach  of  all,  and  it  is  for  sale  by  all  druggists.  The  Cibils  Company  of  the  United  States  was  organized  in  1884,  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  E.  D.  Lowe  as  president  and  general  manager;  J.  T.  Armable,  treasurer.  Its  trade  is  b.rgc  a,nd  inSu::itial 
throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada,  its  management  is  wise  and  judicious,  and  the  worth  of  its  extract  insures  the  ever  eclai'ging 
patronage  of  a  discriminating  public. 


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|MOS  F.  CHASE,  Manufacturer  of  Fine  Dress  Shirts,  Gtents'  Underwear  aud  Night  Shirts  a  Specialty  Pfo.  3  Franklin  Street.— 
Conducting  an  essentially  high-class  business  as  a  manufacturer  of  fine  dress  shirts,  and  making  a  leading  specialty  of  gen- 
tlemen's underwear  and  night  shirts,  the  reliable  house  of  Mi-.  Amos  F.  Chase  controls  an  extensive  trade  with  retail  houses 
for  work  to  oi'der.  and  with  various  classes  of  consumers  for  custom  work;  fine  goods  of  the  best  superfine  fabrics  and  high- 
est finish  only  being  manufactured.  The  business  was  established  twelve  years  ago,  in  the  Ditson  Building,  by  Messrs. 
Bellows  and  Chase,  and  in  September,  1890,  Mr.  Bellows  retired,  leaving  Mr.  Amos  F.  Chase  in  sole  control  of  affairs;  the 
'  occupied  having  been  assumed  in  January,  1891.  These  latter  consist  of  the  third  floor,  used  as  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment, being  well  equipped  with  twelve  sewing  machines,  and  other  accessories  pertaining  to  tlie  trade,  and  twenty  skilled  assistants  are 
regularly  employed.    The  able  and  experienced  principal,  Mr.  Chase,  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Lynn,  Mass. 


premises 


UGAR  RIVER  FARM  CAFE,  No.  7  Hayward  Place,  near  Washington  Street.— The  Sugar  River  Farm  Caf^,  owned  and  con- 
trolled by  Mr.  E.  S.  Fletcher,  of  No.  7  Hayward  Place,  is  one  of  the  best  and  most  atti'active  establishments  of  its  class  in  the 
city.  The  eaf6  is  for  business  men  and  women  to  take  breakfast,  dinner,  luncheon,  or  supper,  the  specialty  of  the  proprietors 
being  breakfasts  and  suppers.  The  cafe  has  an  enviable  reputation  for  steaks,  chops,  ham,  hot  raised  biscuit,  corn,  and  gra- 
ham gems,  etc.  Chase  &  Sanborn's  standard  Java  coffee,  the  strongest,  richest  and  most  fragrant  in  the  world,  is  used,  and 
butter  and  eggs,  fresh  from  the  Sugar  River  Farm,  owned  by  the  proprietor,  are  always  obtainable.  The  premises  comprise 
one  floor  and  a  basement,  and  the  seating  capacity  is  seventy-five,  the  average  patronage  per  diem  being  two  hundred  and  twenty-five. 
Every  modern  convenience  designed  to  enhance  the  comfort  of  the  guest  is  employed,  and,  among  others,  mention  should  be  made  of 
the  perfect  electric  fans  used  for  cooling  the  premises.  The  chief  specialty  is  the  thirty  cent  dinner,  served  every  day  from  11  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m. 
and  the  public  may  judge  of  the  character  of  the  repast  from  the  foUowiug  copy  of  a  recent  bill  of  fare:  Soups.— Chicken  with  Rice,  Con- 
somme Imperial.— Fish.— Fried  Smelts.— Boiled.— Fowl,  Oyster  Sauce;  Kentucky  Mutton,  Caper  Sauce.— Roasts.— Turkey,  Cranberry  Sauce; 
Sii'loin  and  Rib  Beef,  Dish  Gravy:  Spring  Lamb,  Mint  Sauce;  Stuffed  Shoulder  of  Veal;  Pork  with  Apple  Sauce,  Country  Style.  Entrees.— 
Chicken  Fricassee,  Macaroni  with  Cheese.  Vegetables. —Mashed  Potatoes,  Sweet  Potatoes,  Spinach  in  Cream,  Hubbard  Squash.  Pastry. 
—Three  kinds  of  Pie,  Three  kinds  of  Pudding.  Ice  Cream  and  Fruit.  Mr.  Fletcher  buys  and  provides  from  the  farm  the  very  best  in  the 
market,  and  he  employs  the  most  skilled  cooks,  and  ensures  prompt  service.  The  Sugar  River  Farm  is  at  Newport,  N.  H.,  on  the  Sugar 
River,  and  covers  an  area  of  125  acres;  Mr.  Fletcher  raising  on  the  estate  poultry  and  daii-y  produce,  Ayrshire  cattle,  Berlcshire  pigs,  Hamp- 
shire sheep,  etc.    The  original  proprietor  was  Mr.  A.  W.  Fisher,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  owner  at  the  beginning  of  1891. 


;]LBERT  E.  SANFORD,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  53  State  Street.— Prominent  ia  the  real  estate  world  in  this  city  is  Mr. 
Albert  E.  Sanford,  who  has  during  the  last  few  years  been  entrusted  with  the  negotiation  of  some  of  the  most  important 
transactions  on  record.  The  business  was  instituted  eight  years  ago  by  Mr.  Albert  E.  Sanford,  who  in  1869  admitted  Mr. 
Albert  F.  Sadler  into  partnership,  Mr.  Sanford  assuming  sole  control  during  1891.  The  chief  lines  pui'sued  are  the  pur- 
chase, sale  and  exchange  of  realty  of  every  description,  the  collection  of  rents,  care  of  estates,  etc.,  the  letting  and  leasing 
of  house  property,  business  premises,  etc.,  the  entire  management  of  estates,  aud  the  negotiation  of  loans  upon  bond  or 
mortgage;  while  the  duties  incidental  to  the  position  of  justice  of  the  peace  are  also  undertaken.  Mi*.  Albert  E.  Sanford  having  held  this  posi- 
tion for  the  past  eight  years.  Moreover,  the  insurance  against  fire  of  real  and  personal  property  of  all  kinds  also  comes  within  the  scope  of 
the  business,  and  in  common  with  the  other  branches  is  transacted  in  a  highly  satisfactoi-y  manner.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  Dorches- 
ter, Wellesley  and  Hyde  Park  real  estate,  and  Boston  business  property,  of  both  of  which  a  register  is  kept  of  some  very  eligible  and  highly 
desirable  lots,  premises,  etc.    The  able  and  experienced  proprietor  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  resident  of  Hyde  Park. 


DLLAMORE  &  CO.,  Diamond  Polish  Soap,  Oil  Polish  Blacking,  Etc.,  No.  4  Charlestowu  Street.— For  forty-six  years  and  more 
or,  to  be  exact,  since  1845,  CoUamore  &  Co.,  agents  for  W.  Collamore's  Diamond  Polish  Soap,  Oil  Polish  Blacking,  and  wood 
saws;  also  "Dead  Sure  Thing,"  have  been  engaged  in  the  preparatioq  and  sale  of  the  articles  above  indicated.  These  prepa- 
rations are  of  a  distinctly  superior  character,  being  compounds  of  exceptional  merit  for  the  purposes  intended;  and  of  their 
excellence  certainly  no  more  unfailing  cfiterion  could  be  adduced  than  the  extensive  sale  they  command  all  over  New 
England  and  in  other  sections  of  the  country.  W.  CoUamore's  Diamond  Polish  Soap  has  long  been  noted,  and  has  secured  an 
enduring  hold  on  popular  favor  all  over  the  country,  being  by  general  assent  the  most  effective  and  excellent  article  for  cleaning  and  polish- 
ing tin,  brass,  copper,  Brittania,  earthern  and  iron  ware  ever  placed  on  the  market,  while  for  cleaning  and  restoring  paint  it  is  without  a 
rival.  This  soap  is  the  result  of  the  experiments  of  an  old  experienced  soap  manufacturer.  It  is  a  chemical  combination  of  the  best  soap 
material,  with  the  celebrated  Diamond  Polishing  Powder,  pronounced  by  the  State  Assayer,  Dr.  Hayes,  to  contain  a  larger  percentage  of  the 
necessary  properties  of  a  polishing  powder  than  any  other  ever  analyzed  by  him.  After  having  it  thoroughly  tested  in  private  familiea, 
hotels,  stores,  machine  shops  and  other  places,  from  whom  numerous  testimonials  can  be  given  of  its  great  value,  it  is  now  offered  in  ail 
confidence  to  the  public  as  being  the  best  soap  preparation  in  the  world  for  all  household  purposes.  W.  CoUamore's  Improved  Oil  Polish 
Blacking  in  also  a  highly  meritorious  prepai-ation,  and  is  in  widespread  demand  as  a  leather  preservative;  and  W,  CoUamore's  "  Dead  Sure 
Thing  "  is  an  indispensable  insect  powder  for  the  destruction  of  all  insects  obnoxious  to  man  and  domestic  animals,  injurious  to  agriculture 
and  horticulture,  or  destructive  to  woolen  goods,  furs,  feathers,  grain,  herbariums,  and  collections  of  natural  history,  such  as  water-bugs,  cock 
roaches,  bedbugs,  fleas,  moths  and  their  larvae,  maggots,  red  and  black  ants,  weevil,  crickets,  flies,  lice  on  plants,  fowls  and  the  human  bod> 
—and  in  fact  all  the  insects  that  are  such  an  annoyance  to  mankind.  The  "  Dead  Sure  Thing  "  is  entirely  innocuous  to  man,  r.vxl  can  be 
taken  into  the  mouth  and  swallowed  without  danger.  The  premises  occupied  as  office,  salesroom,  etc.,  at  No.  4  Charlestowu  Street  are  spa- 
cious, commodious  and  well  ordered,  and  half  a  dozen  in  help  are  here  employed.  Mr.  CoUamore,  the  proprietor,  was  born  at  Anson,  Mass., 
and  is  a  man  favorably  known  in  commercial  circles,  and  as  a  member  of  Pilgrim  Fathers,  the  F.  and  A.  M.,  the  K.  of  P.,  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 


lEORGE  Z.  COLLINS  &  CO..  Manufacturers  of  the '' G."  Leather  Board,  and  Dealers  inLeather  Board  and  Straw  Board,  Etc. 
No.  173  Summer  Street.— Messrs.  George  Z.  Collins  &  Company,  as  manufacturers  of  leather  board  and  canvas  inner  soling, 
operate  a  factory  at  Lynn,  Mass..  where  they  turn  out  10,000  sheets  of  canvas  inner  soling  per  month,  and  mills  at  Ashland, 
N.  H.,  where  they  produce  500  tons  of  leather  board  per  year.  The  business  so  successfully  conducted  by  them  was  origi- 
nally established  over  twenty  years  ago.  The  proprietors  are  thoroughiy  practical  and  experienced  as  manufacturers,  giving 
their  business  the  benefit  of  their  large  experience  and  close  personal  attention.  Their  prod'-icts  ;olo  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  are  in  especially  heavy  and  influential  demand  by  the  trade  in  Boston,  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Brockton,  Salem,  Beverly,  Marblehead, 
Natick,  Marlboro,  Hudson,  Spencer,  Rockland,  Weymouth,  Stoneham,  Stoughton,  Milford  and  other  shoe  towns  in  Massachusetts  and 
throughout  New  England  and  New  York.  Always  at  the  head,  and  offering  superior  inducements  in  quality,  Vj  is  no  wonder  that  '-he  produc- 
tions of  this  house  have  a  standard  value  in  every  market.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  George  Z.  Collins  r.nd  JI,  N.  Goodridge,  are 
-experts  in  this  line,  prominent  residents  of  Lynn  and  gentlemen  of  high  standing  in  commercial  circles. 


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W.  SELDON,  Builder,  No.  134  Eliot  Street.— As  the  wealth  and  culture  of  a  community  increases,  and  the  standard  of  taste  is- 
elevated,  there  arises  a  demand  for  the  introduction  of  systems  in  the  construction  of  dwehings  and  public  buildings  which 
shall  represent  the  latest  advance  in  architecture.  A  prominent  builder  and  contractor  in  Boston  is  Mr.  E  W.  Seldon. 
whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  13-1  Eliot  Street.  The  business  was  established  in  1887,  and  lias  since  been  conducted 
*  with  great  success.  Mr.  Seldon  has  a  comprehensive  and  far-reaching  knowledge  of  every  detail  of  his  profession,  and 
this,  together  with  the  reliable  and  responsible  character  of  his  work,  has  secured  for  him  a  large  and  influential  patronage 
aud  given  him  a  most  valuable  and  important  position.  Mr.  Seldon  is  prepared  to  build  all  classes  of  houses  and  makes  a  specialty  of  fitting 
up  banks,  offices,  stores,  etc.  He  furnishes  plans  and  estimates  and  enters  into  contracts  for  work  of  all  kinds  in  his  line.  A  point  is  made 
of  filling  all  contracts  promptly  and  in  accordance  with  his  terms.  BIr.  Seldon  is  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city 
twenty  years.  He  is  an  honorable,  reliable  business  man,  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
F.  and  A.  M.  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 


D.  DUNCAN  &  NICKERSON,  Submarine  Divers,  Wrecking  and  Contracting,  Office,  No.  195  Atlantic  Avenue.— Messrs. 
Duncan  and  Nickerson  have  been  alfied  in  business  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  the  date  of  tlie  foundation  of  the 
business,  however,  occurring  in  the  year  1879;  the  title  of  the  house  at  the  date  of  the  inception  of  its  fortunes  being, 
"  Messrs.  W.  D.  Duncan  &  Co."  The  firm  undertake,  among  other  things,  wall  and  bridge  work,  wrecking  and  contracting, 
and  they  solicit  general  diving  and  pride  themselves  upon  the  promptitude  with  which  they  execute  all  work  entrusted  to 
them.  The  region  covered  by  the  operations  of  Messrs.  Duncan  &  Nickerson  extends  along  the  New  England  coast,  and 
their  connection  is  highly  valuable  and  expansive.  Among  the  many  important  enterprises  engaged  in  by  the  firm  during  recent  years  was. 
the  recovery  of  the  steamer  "  Professor  Morse,"  at  Block  Isle;  steamer  "  City  of  Columbus,"  off  Gay  Head;  the  "  Gate  City,"  in  Vineyard 
Sound;  the  "Pavonia,"  near  Plymouth;  the  "Penobscot,"  at  Rockland,  Me.;  the  "Startled  Fawn,"  at  Lawrence,  Mass.;  the  "  H.  T.  Dim- 
mock,"  off  "  Dog  Fish  Bar,"  near  BassRiver,  and  the  firm  is  engaged  at  present  on  the  Marine  Railway  at  Elizabeth  port,  N.  J.  Mr.  Duncan 
resides  at  present  at  Charlestown,  Mass.  He  has  had  over  thirteen  years'  experience  in  his  calling  and  he  is  the  inventor  of  the  "  Safety  " 
jacket  or  hood  for  vessels  and  of  a  patent  "  shackle  "  for  anchor  or  ship  chains.  He  was  for  a  continued  and  lengthy  period,  prior  to  enter- 
ing upon  his  present  business,  master  of  a  vessel.  To  him  belongs  the  honorable  distinction  of  recovering  certain  ancient  relics  at  the 
bottom  of  Lake  Champlain,  among'which  were  portions  of  the  steamer''  Royal  Savage,"  the  flag  ship  of  Arnold,  sunk  Oct.  11,  1776,  and  found 
just  one  hundred  years  afterwards,  to  the  very  day. 


HAMBLIN,  Sailmaker,  No.  396  State  Street.— The  scene  of  BIr.  H.  Hamblin's  original  endeavor  upon  the  commercial  high- 
way is  laid  at  St.  George,  in  the  State  of  Maine,  where  he  commenced  his  career  fourteen  years  ago,  his  sojourn  in  this 
city  dating  from  the  year  1884.  Mr.  Hamblin  is,  among  other  things,  a  sailmaker,  his  business  embracing  transactions  in 
the  purchase  and  sale  of  old  canvas  and  the  manufacture  of  wagon  covers  and  flags.  Mr.  Hamblin  is  an  active  member  of 
•  *  the  Bay  View  Yacht  Clu^.  His  business  premises  are  eligibly  located  at  No.  396  State  Street,  at  the  corner  of  Atlantic 
Avenue,  and  cover  an  area  of  3710  square  feet;  Mr.  Hamblin  having  Been  in  occupation  of  the  premises  for  six  years  past. 
Mr.  Hamblin's  connection  is  of  extensive  and  highly  valuable  character,  embracing  the  entire  shipping  trade  of  the  New  England  coast. 
The  gentleman  makes  all  the  sails  for  Morse  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  who  have  thix'teen  schooners  sailing  from  Boston,  and,  among  the  noted  ves- 
sels for  which  he  has  done  work,  mention  is  due  of  the  "  Carrie  Phillips,"  the  "  Nellie  Dixon,"  the  "  Susan  R.  Stone,"  the  "  James  Warren," 
the  "Allen  Jones,"  the  "Ethel  Maud,"  the  "  Emily  P.  Wright,"  the  "  Emma  Brown,"  the  "Isaac  Collins,"  and  the  yachts  "Kitty,"  "Pil- 
grim," "  Anilda,"  "  Minnie  B.  Cosicca,"  "  Georgia  "  and  "  Lucille."  He  is  also  authority  on  yacht  building,  which  fact  is  generally  conceded 
by  the  yachtsmen  of  New  England  and  the  West.  Mr.  Hamblin  is  a  gentleman  of  many  and  varied  accomplishments  and  he  combines  with 
his  business  proper,  the  manufacture  of  the  celebrated  remedy,  "  Hamblin''s  Ocean  Cardial  Cure  for  Consumption."  He  is  a  native  of  the 
State  of  Maine. 


]  OHNSON  &  GLOVER,  Manufacturers  of  Papier  Mach^  Foi-ms,  Etc.,  No.  51  Commercial  Street.— One  of  the  most  unique 
industries  in  Boston  is  that  carried  on  by  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Glover,  who  are  mauufacturers  of  papier  mach6  forms,  and 
have  their  factory  at  No.  .51  Commercial  Street.  This  enterprise  was  originally  founded  in  1854  by  the  Papier  Mache  Com- 
pany; and  about  1865,  W.  W.  W^ebster  succeeded  to  the  control,  continuing  the  business  up  to  1891,  when  he  was  in  turn  suc- 
ceeded by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  T.  R.  Johnson  and  C.  F.  Glover,  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
trade  in  which  they  are  engaged.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  three  lofts,  each  25  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  and  equipped 
with  all  appliances  requisite  for  the  production  of  a  superior  output.  Employment  is  found  for  twenty  expert  hands,  whose  labors  are  person- 
ally supervised  by  Messrs.  Johnson  and  Glover.  They  manufacture  papier  mache  formsof  every  description,  for  the  display  of  ladies',  girls' 
men's  and  boys'  clothing,  etc.,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  corset  busts,  and  dress  forms.  All  the  work  is  done  by  a  special  process 
that  insures  toughness  and  durability,  and  is  light  but  very  strong.  The  products  include  ladies""  suit  forms,  ladies' wrapper  forms,  ladies 
wire  skirt  forms,  ladies'  coat  forms,  girls'  and  misses'  dress  forms,  high-back  corset  forms,  high-necked  forms,  fichu  forms,  Jersey  forms, 
ladies'  cape  forms,  ladies'  hosiery  leg,  child's  waist  form,  child's  kilt  form,  boys'  forms,  men's  coat  forms,  men's  vest  forms,  men's  half-coat 
forms,  turtle  shoulders,  upright  turtle  shoulders,  men's  pant  forms,  pants  holder,  drapery  forms,  bazar  forms,  etc.  Neatly  illustrated  cata- 
logues and  price  lists  of  these  goods  are  furnished  free  on  application,  and  all  orders  sent  Messrs.  Johnson  &  Glover  from  any  part  of  the 
country  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filled. 


I  OHN  D.  WAYNE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers'  Agents,  No.  117  Central  Street.— A  firm  of  manufacturers'  agents  which  has  very 
quickly  gained  for  itself  recognition  on  the  part  of  jobbers  as  one  of  the  most  important  and  responsible  of  its  kind  in  Boston, 
is  that  of  Messrs.  John  D.  Wayne  &  Co.,  which,  though  only  founded  during  the  year  1891,  already  commands  a  trade  of 
large  volume.  The  titular  head  of  the  firm,  Mr.  J.  D.  Wayne,  has  long  been  influentially  associated  with  the  business,  be 
having  been  for  twelve  years  prominently  connected  with  it,  and  for  ten  years  was  with  the  "  Sawyer  Crystal  Blue  Co.;  "  while 
his  partner,  Mr.  W.  F.  Double,  was  formerly  with  Higgins,  Snow  &  Co.,  in  the  wholesale  paper  trade.  Tlie  firm  handles  far  too 
great  a  variety  of  goods  to  find  mention  in  the  space  at  command,  but  it  may  be  stated  that  its  specialties  include  the  Terrios  French  blueing, 
jellies,  sauces,  etc.,  Julian  Alvarez's  lemon  juice,  Mortimer's  lime  juice,  Davenport's  English  table  sauce,  the  Triumph  tomato  catsup,  and 
salad  dressing  of  Meyer,  Bain,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Lowell's  powdered  Vanilla,  of  Buffalo:  fine  chocolate  goods  and  bon-bons,  and  the  prod- 
ucts of  a  large  number  of  the  most  famed  industrial  concerns,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  Originally  premises  were  occupied  at  No.  17 
Batteryriiarch  Street;  but  on  July  10,  1891,  the  firm  entered  upon  the  occupation  of  commodious  quarters  at  No.  117  Central  Street,  where  a 
floor  25  x  7'5  feet  in  expanse  is  heavily  stocked  with  full  lines  of  goods,  and  from  which  a  brisk  and  heavy  trade  is  done  with  patrons  in  all 
parts 'of  New  England  and  the  provinces,  the  sustained  support  of  every  customer  with  whom  an  account  is  opened  being  secured  by  the 
conscientious  care  bestowed  in  the  accurate  filling  of  oi'ders.  and  the  supply  of  goods  of  the  best  grades  at  the  lowest  figures.  Both  the 
partners  are  of  Boston  birth  and  are  regarded  as  ranking  with  its  most  highly  and  justly  esteemed  citizens;. 


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IDWIN  S.  SMALL,  Eeal  Estate  and  Insurance,  John  Hancock  Building,  No.  178  Devonshire  Street.— Mr.  Small  is  a 
native  of  Maine,  and  was  a  graduate  of  Coiby  University,  of  Maine.  Before  commencing  his  present  business,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  profession  of  teaching,  and  also  studied  to  be  a  clergyman.  Ill  health  compelled  him  to  abandon  these  pur- 
suits, and  two  years  ago  he  founded  his  present  business.  Mr.  Small  undertakes  all  kinds  of  real  estate  business  and  makes  a 
specialty  of  residential  and  business  property  in  the  city.  He  deals  largely  in  estate  located  in  the  suburbs  and  used  for  sum- 
mer resorts,  and  his  books  contain  some  of  the  best  selections  and  advantageous  investments  that  can  be  met  with  in  the  city. 
Mr.  Small  also  manages  property  during  the  absence  of  owners,  collects  rents  and  negotiates  loans,  mortgages,  and  other  important  finan- 
■cial  operations.  The  leasing  of  city  property  is  a  department  to  which  Mr.  Small  devotes  special  attention.  His  knowledge  of  commercial 
and  residential  values  is  accurate  and  extensive,  and  his  opinion  on  the  important  question  of  real  estate  investment,  may  always  be  acted 
upon  with  confidence  and  certainty. 


j  EO.  F.  MULLETT,  Weigher,  Office  at  Constitution  Wharf.— The  immense  amount  of  business  transacted  annually  through 
the  Bostbn  Custom  House  has  given  lite  to  many  contingent  enterprises  relative  to  the  weighing  and  the  appraising  of  goods 
coming  into  the  country  subject  to  the  tariff  laws.  Pre-eminent  among  these  is  the  business  carried  on  by  Mr.  Geo.  F.  Mul- 
lett,  whose  office  is  located  at  Constitution  Wharf.  Mr.  Mullett  is  a  weigher,  and  in  pursuit  of  his  vocation,  thoroughly  looks 
after  and  protects  the  interests  of  his  patrons,  who,  by  engaging  his  services  are  released  from  the  annoyances  and  "red- 
tape  "  technicalities  generally  incidental  to  merchants  who  have  goods  in  transit  through  the  custom  house.  He  weighs 
goods  for  all  manner  of  trades,  possessing  scales  ranging  from  an  ounce  up  to  five  thousand  pounds,  and  does  a  most  profitable  ijiiddle-man's 
business  for  parties  throughout  New  England  and  in  New  York  who  have  branch  houses  m  Boston.  In  every  instance  Mr.  Mullett  gives 
accurate  and  honest  returns,  and  his  known  reputation  for  reliability  and  trustworthiness  is  such  that  implicit  confidence  is  reposed  in  him 
by  the  importer  and  buyer  claiming  liis  services.  Mr.  Mullett  employs  fully  twenty-five  assistants.  He  is  a  native  of  this  state  and  was 
formerly  book-keeper  for  the  Damon  Wharf  Company,  at  Charlestown. 


OVEET  brothers;  Ship  Stores  and  Chandlery,  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Supplies  for  Vessels,  No.  17  Central  Wharf.— The 
prosperity  of  a  seaport  is  influenced  in  no  small  measure  by  the  facilities  which  exist  for  the  procuring  of  provisions  and 
general  supplies  upon  favorable  conditions  and  terms,  and  the  ranks  of  those  who  render  signal  service  to  Boston  by  cater- 
ing to  its  shipping  interests  received  an  important  accession  about  two  years  ago  by  the  inauguration  of  the  busi- 
ness of  Messrs.  Covert  Brothers,  at  No.  17  Central  Wharf.  The  firm  specifically  referred  to  has  justly  taken  its  place  in  the 
front  ranks  in  the  estimation  of  well-informed  ship-owners  and  sea-captains,  well  known  as  critical  judges  and  close  buyers; 
and  that  not  alone  by  reason  of  the  strictly  competitive  basis  upon  which  its  lousiness  is  done,  but  also  by  reason  of  the  exceedingly  wide 
range  of  goods  handled;  the  very  heavy  lines  of  judiciously  purchased  and  carefully  selected  ship  stores  and  chandlery  with  which  the  spa- 
cious establishment  is  constantly  replenished,  being  supplimented  with  about  every  description  of  supplies  for  vessels.  The  brothers — Mr. 
H.  H,  and  Mr.  W.  O.  Covert— in  whom  is  vested  the  sole  proprietary  control,  are  essentially  qualified  to  manage  a  business  of  this  character; 
the  first-named,  after  an  honoi-able  career  as  a  sea  captain,  having  for  a  considerable  time  pursued  the  avocation  of  a  grocer  at  Nantucket ; 
and  the  last-named  having  been  a  sea-captain  for  no  less  than  twenty  years.  The  store  is  25  x  75  feet  in  size  and  the  very  choice  selection  ot 
merchandise  there  contained  affords  striking  evidence  of  having  been  procured  by  traders  thoroughly  in  touch  with  the  requirements  of 
their  numerous  patrons.  Natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  BIr.  H.  H.  and  Mr.  W.  O.  Covert  reside  respectively  at  Maiden  and  Boston,  and  are 
deservedly  esteemed  alike  in  mercantile  and  social  circles. 


JOTEL  GRAND  VIEW,  P.  A.  Sheehan  &  Co.,  Proprietors,  Atlantic  Avenue,  Corner  of  India  Street,— This  popular  hotel  was  first 
opened  in  1868,  being  then  known  as  the  City  Hotel,  but  in  188"  it  was  entirely  remodeled  and  given  its  present  name,  which 
was  suggested  by  the  splendid  view  which  can  here  be  had  of  Boston  Harbor.    The  building  occupied  is  a  fine,  commodious 
structure,  having  five  floors  and  a  basement.    The  place  is  provided  with  all  modern  innovations,  including  Are  escapes, 
steam  heat,  caf«  and  restaurant,  gas,  electric  bells,  reading-room,  parlors,  etc.,  while  the  drainage  and  ventilation  are  per- 
fect.   There  are  thirty-five  sleeping  apartments,  all  airy,  and  kept  in  faultlessly  clean  condition.    The  house  is  furnished 
1  tasteful,  neat  style,  every  comfort  having  been  provided  for  the  benefit  of  guests.    The  terms  are  reasonable,  and  a  more  desir- 
able stopping  place  could  not  be  desired.    Mr.  P.  A.  Sheehan,  the  genial  proprietor  of  the  establishnjent,  was  formerly  proprietor  of  the 
Ellen  House,  Gloucester.    He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Boston  Liquor  Dealers'  Protective  Association,  and  has  a  host  of  friends. 


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iJOVELL  &  ROUK,  Men's  Furnishers,  No.  162  Court  Street.— The  popular  establishment  of  Messrs.  Covell  &  Rouk  at  No.  162 
Court  Street,  was  established  in  1884  by  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Covell,  who  conducted  the  business  with  great  success  until  1891,  when 
Mr.  Frank  J.  Rouk  was  admitted  to  partnership  and  the  present  firm  name  adopted.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a 
spacious  store  and  basement  fitted  up  in  an  appropriate  manner  with  every  convenience  for  the  storage  and  display  of  the 
large  stock  of  goods  carried,  which  embraces  the  latest  correct  styles  of  fine  white  and  fancy  colored  dress  shirts,  neglige 
flannel  shirts,  collars  and  cuffs;  underwear  ot  all  weights,  sizes  and  styles,  gloves,  hosiery,  latest  novelties  in  neckwear,  etc. 
The  stock  also  includes  a  fine  line  of  umbrellas,  canes,  and,  in  fact,  everything  usually  found  in  a  store  of  this  kind  will  be  seen  here.  The 
lowest  prices  at  all  times  prevail  and  orders  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filled.  Four  experienced  assistants  are  employed  and  custom- 
ers are  always  courteously  served.  The  firm  handle  only  the  best  grade  of  goods  and  this  handsome  establishment  is  one  of  the  most 
attractive  features  in  this  section  ot  the  city.  The  members  ot  the  firm,  Messrs.  C.  A.  Covell  and  F.  J.  Rouk,  are  natives  of  Boston  and  are 
enterprising,  highly  esteemed  young  business  men,  who  are  worthy  of  the  success  they  have  attained. 


IJIOTHY  CEOWELL,  Commissiou  Merchant  for  the  Sale  of  All  Kinds  of  Lumber,  No.  144  State  Street.— Mr,  Timothy 
Crowell,  commission  merchant  tor  the  sale  of  all  kinds  of  lumber,  has  for  the  past  thirty-three  years  or  more  been  prominent 
in  this  trade.  He  handles  pine,  spruce,  hemlock  and  other  varieties  ot  lumber  of  every  description,  also  shingles,  lath  and 
kindred  building  supplies,  i*eceiving  consignments  from  Maine,  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  and  is  agent,  likewise,  for 
the  Red  Beach  Plaster  Company.  His  business,  which  is  large  and  active,  is  of  a  wholesale  character  entirely  selling  in 
cargo  and  car-lots  exclusively,  and  all  orders  are  executed  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner,  while  bottom  prices 
are  quoted,  exceptional  inducements  being  offered  to  dealers  and  large  consumers.  Mr.  Crowell,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  full  middle  age, 
active  and  energetic,  is  a  native  ot  Cape  Cod,  He  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity  as  well  as  energy  and  sagacity,  and  main- 
tains an  A  No.  1  standing  in  the  trade.  Coming  to  Boston  in  1847,  he  entered  the  office  of  Flint  &  Kent,  lumber  dealers,  who  dissolved  part- 
nership in  1858,  when  he  became  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  William  H,  Kent  St.  Co.,  succeeding  the  latter,  in  1878,  and  has  since  conducted 
'the  business  alone  with  uninterrupted  success. 


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E.  WOODWARD  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Salt  and  Pickled  Fish,  Fort  Hill  Wharf,  Nos.  446  to  464  Atlantic 
Avenue.— Among  the  commercial  industries  of  Boston  there  is  probably  no  single  one  that  supplies  a  wider  field  of  trade  than 
that  devoted  to  the  handling  of  flsh.  No  city  in  the  country  is  so  well  represented  in  this  line  as  Boston,  and  annually  the 
trade  shows  marked  increase  and  development.  A  prominent  establishment  occupying  a  representative  position  in  the 
industry,  is  that  of  H.  E.  Woodward  &  Co.,  of  Nos.  446  to  454  Atlantic  Avenue;  and  who  also  have  storage  warehouses  on 
Fort  Hill  Wharf.  This  house  was  originally  founded  in  1851,  by  Clark,  Jones  &  Co.,  the  firm  becoming  Clark  &  Woodward, 
in  1SG7,  and,  in  1873  iMr.  Harrison  E,  Woodward  became  sole  proprietor,  adopting  the  firm  name  of  H.  E.  Woodward  &  Co.  The  firm  are 
wholesale  dealers  and  packers  of  all  kinds  of  salt  and  pickled  flsh,  codfish,  mackerel,  herring,  salmon,  etc.,  and  possess  the  best  of  facilities 
for  securing  the  choicest  goods,  and  supplying  the  same  at  lowest  market  prices.  The  trade  of  the  house  reaches  to  all  parts  of  the  'United 
States,  and  large  shipments  are  also  made  to  the  West  Indies;  and  the  goods  are  everywhere  known  for  their  superior  excellence  of  quality. 
Mr.  Woodward  is  a  gentleman  of  mature  experience  in  the  flsh  trade,  understanding  thoroughly  all  its  requirements.  He  devotes  his  active 
personal  attention  to  the  supervision  of  his  business,  and  the  well  recognized  position  his  house  maintains  in  the  trade  is  thoroughly  deserved. 

D.  CEESSY  &  CO.,  Teamsters  and  Forwarders,  Offlce  No.  107  S.  Market  Street.— The  industry  represented  by  the  teamster 
and  forwarder  is  not  so>impIe  as  it  would  appear  at  first  glance.  On  the  contrary,  to  succeed  in  this  field  of  usefulness 
energy,  experienfie,  enterprise,  and  first-class  business  qualifications  are  requisite.  In  this  connection  special  mention 
should  be  accorded  the  firm  of  M.  D.  Cressy  &  Co.,  teamsters  and  forwarders  of  tliis  city,  whose  offlce  is  centrally  located 
*  at  No.  107  S.  Market  Street.  This  firm  is  a  thoroughly  representative  one,  being  one  of  the  oldest,  largest,  most  efficient  and 
popular  in  the  city.  The  bu_siness  was  organized  in  1874  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  M.  D.  Cressy  and  A.  W.  Preston, 
and  under  their  able  management  a  most  substantial  success  was  soon  achieved.  The  trade  has  steadily  increased,  and  the  extent  of  the 
patronage  at  present  demands  the  employment  of  fifty  horses,  trucks  and  wagons,  and  a  force  of  fifty-two  experienced  drivers  and  assistants. 
The  stables,  which  are  owned  by  the  firm,  are  large  and  well  kept,  the  best  care  being  given  the  stock.  Teaming  in  all  its  branches  is 
attended  to,  orders  being  filled  without  delay,  while  the  scale  ot  prices  is  of  the  most  reasonable  character.  All  goods  are  carefully  handled, 
and  customers'  interests  promoted  in  every  respect.  Mr.  Cressy  is  a  native  ot  New  Hampshire,  but  has  long  resided  in  this  city.  Mr.  Pres- 
ton is  a  native  of  Beverly  Farms,  Mass. ,  and  manager  ot  the  Boston  Fruit  Company,  who  are  both  growers  and  importers  of  large  quantities  ot 
tropical  fruits.    Both  gentlemen  are  popularly  known,  and  bear  an  excellent  reputation  as  progressive,  liberal,  and  wide-awake  business  men. 

HANDLER  &  FARQUHAR,  Machinists'  Supplies,  Tools  and  General  Hardware,  Stubs'  Swiss  and  American  Files,  Etc.,  Nos. 
177  and  179  Washington  Street,  and  Nos.  a3  and  23  Purchase  Street.— This  firm  estabUshed  their  business  here  in  1882  and 
early  achieved  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  superiority  ot  all  goods  handled.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  Frank  Chandler 
and  Charles  S.  Farquhar,  bring  to  bear  special  qualifications  for  the  business,  including  vast  practical  experience,  perfected 
facilities  and  intimate  relations  with  leading  manufacturers  throughout  the  country.  The  salesrooms  and  warehouses  are 
large  and  commodious,  giving  ample  accommodations  tor  supplying  the  most  extensive  demand.  They  carry  an  immense 
stock  and  one  which  reflects  the  highest  credit  upon  the  firm.  Here  are  Stubs'  Swiss  and  American  files;  bolts,  set,  cap  and  machine  screws; 
drills,  taps  and  dies;  chucks,  reamers  and  lathes;  wires  and  sheet  metals,  and  everything  coming  under  the  head  of  general  hardware  and 
machinists'  supplies.  The  firm  are  New  England  agents  for  the  W.  F.  &  John  Barnes  toot-power  machinery,  made  in Rockford,  III.;  also 
for  Lodge,  Davis  &  (jo.,  machine  tools,  ot  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  have  a  very  large  and  influential  trade  at  both  wholesale  and  retail,  in  this 
city  and  throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road.  Mr. 
Chandler  is  a  native  of  Augusta,  \la.,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1863,  and  tor  some  fifteen  years  with  the  house  ot  A.  J.  Wilkinson  as  sales- 
man. Mr.  Farquhar  was  born  in  HoUiston,  Mass.,  and  served  his  apprenticeship  in  this  branch  of  trade  with  Messrs.  Burditt  &  Williams. 
Both  are  young  men  of  experience,  ability  and  integrity. 

INDICOTT  &  MACOMBEE,  Insurance,  No.  71  Kilby  Street.— One  ot  the  most  important  departments  ot  insurance  is  that 
devoted  to  mariners'  interests.  The  largest,  and  leading  business,  transacted  in  marine  insurance  in  Boston  at  the  present 
day  is  done  by  Messrs.  Endicott  &  Macomber,  the  well-known  agents  and  brokers  in  flre  and  marine  insurance,  at  No.  71 
Kilby  Street.  This  firm  established  their  business  here  in  1874,  and  it  is  no  flattery  to  say  that  they  occupy  a  flrst-class  posi- 
tion among  our  home  institutions,  and  enjoy  the  entire  confidence  ot  the  business  community  by  reason  ot  their  prompt  and 
equitable  methods  of  adjustment  and  the  liberal  and  reliable  policy  that  hasever  characterized  their  transactions.  They  now 
represent  the  British  and  Foreign  Marine  Insurance  Company,  and  the  Union  Marine  Insurance  Company,  both  ot  Liverpool,  Eng.  This  firm 
have  developed  an  extensive  and  influential  connection  with  all  classes  of  ship,  vessel  and  property  owners  in  this  city,  and  along  the  Massa- 
chusetts coast,  while  they  command  all  the  advantages  naturally  accumulated  by  long  years  of  identiflcation  with  a  special  line  ot  business, 
and  possess  unequaled  facihties  for  conducting  all  kinds  ot  marine  underwriting  on  vessels  and  cargoes.  The  copartners,  Messrs,  Geo.  M. 
Endicott  and  Frank  Q,  Macomber,  are  natives  of  Massachusetts,  and  personally  are  eminently  popular  with  the  shipping  and  mercantile 
community. 

No.  31  Hartford  Street.— The  fame  of  the  Boston  Gear  Works  is  national  in  extent,  and  deservedly  so,  as 
the  management  has  secured  the  enviable  reputation  of  manufacturing  the  strongest,  truest  and  most 
elaborate  brass  and  other  gearing  in  the  market.  The  works  were  established  in  1875,  by  Mr.  Geo.  B. 
Grant,  and  on  May  20,  1891,  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Frank  Burgess,  who  had  been  connected  with  the 
works  as  superintendent  tor  a  period  of  ten  years.  The  works  are  thoroughly  spacious  in  size,  supplied 
with  new  and  improved  machinery,  ample  power,  and  electric  lights;  and  superior  facilities  are  at 
hand  for  furnishing  and  cutting  gear  wheels  of  every  description,  and  for  the  manufacturing  oi;  brass 
gearing.  The  business  includes  brass  and  noiseless  flberoid  list  gearing,  small  or  large  iron  or  brass  gear- 
ing with  cut  or  cast  teeth  to  order,  gear  jobbing  ot  all  descriptions,  and  light  or  heavy  gear  work  in  gen- 
eral. Iron  gear  cutting  on  large  lots  or  on  heavy  gears  will  be  executed  with  little  delay.  Mr.  Burgess 
has  made  the  cutting  of  gears  a  special  study  tor  many  years,  and  he  can  furnish  at  short  notice,  gears, 
either  spiral,  spur,  bevel,  or  mitre,  of  any  pitch  and  any  number  of  teeth.  A  new  departure,  in  making 
gears  ot  flberoid,  is  proving  to  be  a  success.  This  material  weighs  only  one  seventh  as  much  as  iron,  and 
when  cut  properly,  will  outwear  any  metal  gear.  It  has  the  quality  of  not  shrinking,  and  is  not  affected  by  oil  or  the  weather.  Running 
with  metal  gears,  it  polishes  the  teeth  and  thus  reduces  the  friction.  The  success  of  this  material  lies  in  the  tact  not  only  ot  its  durability, 
but  that  it  reduces  the  noise  of  fast  running  metal  gears  to  a  minimum.  An  illustrated  catalogue  is  now  ready  for  distribution,  which  con- 
tains a  complete  list  ot  gearing  with  many  illustrations.  It  also  contains  several  useful  tables,  and  same  will  be  sent  tree  on  application. 
With  the  use  of  the  best  materials,  and  the  execution  of  superior  workmanship  and  the  highest  finish,  his  gears  are  rarely  duplicated  io 
quality  and  utility,  by  any  rival  concern.  Mr.  Burgess  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  an  expert  and  practical  machinist,  and  an  able  and  pro- 
gressive business  man. 


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|ONES  &  COMPANY,  New  York  City  Roller  Flour  Mills,  George  R.  Nazro,  Agent;  Office,  No.  18:2  State  Street.— An  examination 
of  the  statistics  of  the  daily  capacity  of  some  of  the  Hour  mills  of  this  country  results  in  an  experience  almost  akin  to  a 
challenge  to  the  conception.  Witness  the  daily  output  of  the  house  of  Jones  &  Company,  proprietors  of  the  New  York  City 
Roller  Flour  Mills,  which  exceeds  an  average  of  3,000  barrels,  and  marvel  upon  the  magnitude  of  American  industry.  The 
house  of  Jones  &  Company  is  represented  in  Boston  by  Mr.  George  R.  Nazro,  whose  business  premises  are  at  No.  183  State 
Street.  The  gentleman  has  been  established  as  an  agent  and  broker  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  he  transacts  a  general 
business  as  a  millers'  agent;  representing,  in  addition  to  Jones  &  Company,  the  C.  A.  Gambrell  Manufacturing  Company,  of  thePatapsco  Mills. 
Mr.  Nazro's  connection  is  located  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section,  the  goods  being  disposed  of  in  lots  to  .jobbers  and  retail  gro- 
cers. Mr.  Nazro  occupies  an  excellently  located,  and  suitably  arranged  office,  which  is  situated  upon  the  second  floor  of  the  building, 
and  requiring  in  its  management  the  assistance  of  three  able  employees.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  and  merits,  undeniably,  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 

■jORCROSS,  MELLEN  &  CO.,  Crockery,  China  and  Glassware,  Nos.  14  to  30  Merchants  Row.— The  house  of  Norcross, 
Mellen  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  14,  16,  18  and  20  Merchants  Row,  was  founded  in  1815,  seventy-seven  years  ago,  by  Mr.  M. 
Mellen,  in  Union  Street,  under  the  style  of  M.  Mellen  &  Co.  They  removed  to  No.  18  Merchants  Row,  in  1826,  at  about 
the  time  of  the  erection  of  Quincy  Market,  where  they  have  continued  the  ousiness  until  the  present  date,  adding 
adjoining  estates  from  time  to  time  as  their  increasing  business  has  required.  The  original  style  of  the  firm  continued 
for  about  forty  years  as  M.  Mellen  &  Co.,  when  it  was  changed  to  Norcross,  Mellen  &  Co.,  the  present  style.  The  late 
W.  R.  Norcross,  who  died  in  1888,  was  the  senior  partner  from  the  death  of  M.  Mellen,  senior,  in  1849,  forty-three  years  ago.  The  present 
firm  is  comprised  of  Henry  A.  Mellen,  Theo.  E.  Chamberlin,  and  George.  B.  BuUard.  Mr.  Mellen  came  into  the  firm  in  1848,  Mr.  Chamher- 
lin  in  1857,  and  Mr.  Bullard  in  1889.  While  doing  a  general  wholesale  and  retail  business  in  earthern,  china  and  glass  ware,  they  specially 
devote  their  attention  to  the  New  England  jobbing  trade,  for  which  their  location  and  facilities  are  well  adapted.  They  have  also  an 
extended  hotel,  steamboat  and  restaiu-ant  trade,  for  which  they  carry  ample  lines.  Their  retail  rooms  are  well  stocked  with  a  care- 
fully selected  assortment  of  china  and  fancy  goods,  as  dinner  sets,  special  sets  for  oysters,  soups,  fruit,  and  game,  with  other  choice 
wares  for  table  use;  also  artistic  pottery  and  glassware  for  Christmas  and  wedding  gifts.  The  record  of  the  liouse  for  fair  and  honorable 
dealing  during  so  many  years  is  well  known  in  this  city,  and  is  one  of  which  the  firm  may  be  justly  proud. 

C.  F.  SORELL,  Wliolesale  Commission,  Lmuber  and  Lime,  No.  11  Doane  Street.— Prominent  among  the  young,  vigorous 
and  prosperous  houses  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Boston  may  be  mentioned  that  of  Mr.  A.  C.  F.  Soroll,  wholesale 
commission  merchant,  located  at  No.  11  Doane  Street.  This  business  was  founded  in  1888,  and  has  added  much  to  the  facil- 
ities of  this  city  in  the  procurement  of  special  grades  of  lumber.  Car  and  cargo  lots  of  white  pine  from  Canada,  hemlock 
•  from  Pennsylvania;  also  spruce  and  cedar  shingles,  from  New  Brunswick  and  Maine.  Mr.  Sorell  also  deals  largely  in  Maine 
and  N.  B.  Lime  and  in  1890  imported  about  66,000  barrels.  This  house,  during  the  short  period  of  its  existence,  has  risen  to 
a  prominence  of  no  ordinary  character,  receiving  consignments  of  an  extensive  nature  direct  from  the  best  producing  sources,  selling  them 
readily  to  customers  and  dealers,  and  making  prompt  returns.  Mr.  Sorell  enjoys  a  genei'ous  patronage  from  the  hands  of  all  who  have 
come  in  contact  with  the  house  in  a  business  way;  has  the  perfect  confidence  of  the  public,  and  is  gaining  friends  in  all  his  movements.  In 
this  way  the  business  is  in  a  healthy  condition,  and  is  becoming  a  strong  competitor  with  the  old-established  houses  of  the  city  in  this  coccial 
line  of  trade.  Mr.  A.  C.  F.  Sorell,  the  enterprising  proprietor  of  this  house,  is  a  native  of  England,  and  was  for  twelve  years  a  resident  of 
New  Brunswick.    He  now  resides  in  Everett,  Mass.,  and  is  highly  respected  and  esteemed  in  business  circles. 

OBINSON  &  WOOD  WORTH,  Tea  Importers,  No.  28  Broad  Street.— From  a  commercial  point  of  view,  tea  constitutes,  as  it  is 
needless  to  remark,  a  factor  of  surpassing  importance  in  all  our  great  cities.  The  trade  in  this  product,  here  in  Boston,  in 
the  course  of  a  year,  reaches  enormous  proportions,  and  represents  millions  of  dollars,  while  the  volume  of  business  grows 
apace.  Among  the  firms  contributing  most  extensively  to  the  sum  of  activity  in  the  line  indicated,  can  be  named  that  of 
Robinson  &  Woodworth,  whose  office  and  salesroom  are  at  No.  28  Broad  Street,  and  who  have  a  branch,  also,  in  New  York, 
They  are  direct  importers  from -China  and  .Japan,  and  sell  to  jobbers;  their  trade,  which  is  exceedingly  large,  extending 


throughout  New  England  and  the  Northern  States.  ELEPHANT  CHOP 

lished  in  1862  by  A.  S.  Woodworth,  who  -conducted 

name  was  adopted,  and  as  such  the  business  has 

although  Mr.  Robinson  was  removed  by  death  in 

was  admitted  into  partnership.    The  quarters  occu- 

pointed  and  an  efficient  staff  of  salesmen  are  em-    'iTRADE 

in  the  New  York  warehouses,  and  shipments  are 

all  teas  were  marked  on  the  faces  of  the  chests, 

which  they  were  carried,  but  in  that  year  Mr.  A.  S. 


This  well-known  and  responsible  house  was  estab- 
the  same  alone,  up  to  1874,  when  the  present  firm 
since  been  continued  with  uninterrupted  success, 
1888,  when  H.  G.  Woodworth,  son  of  the  founder, 
pied  as  office,  etc.,  are  commodious  and  well  ap- 
MARK  ployed.  A  large  stock  of  teas  is  constantly  carried 
made  direct  from  that  city.  Prior  to  the  year  1875 
either  with  letters,  or  the  name  of  the  vessel  in 
Woodworth,  who  was  then  living  in  China,  after 


FORMOSA  TEA. 

much  study  and  experiment,  was  able  to  produce  a  Formosa  tea  of  a  distinct  character  and  flavor,  specially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  New 
England  trade.  This  tea  he  named  "Elephant  Chop  Formosa,"  and  ever  since  then  these  teas  have  been  imported  to  the  extent  of  a  great 
many  thousand  chests  yearly,  and  they  are  unquestionably  the  best,  as  they  are  the  most  popular  of  each  season's  crop.  The  Elephant  Chop 
represents  only  teas  of  superior  to  choicest  grade.  They  are  always  specially  fired,  and  although  they  have  been  extensively  copied  so  that 
half  the  Formosa  teas  are  now  called  some  chop  or  other,  they  have  always  maintained  their  high  standard,  and  are  to-day  the  foremost,  as 
they  were  the  pioneer  chop  of  all  Formosa  teas.  The  Messrs.  Woodworth,  who  are  Eostonians  by  birth  and  residence,  are  gentlemen  of  entire 
reliability  in  their  dealings,  as  well  as  men  of  energy  and  thorough  business  experience;  deservedly  esteemed  in  commercial  circles  and 
highly  regarded  in  the  tea  trade. 

lAVID  H.  JACOBS  &  SON,  Masons  and  Builders,  No.  166  Devonshire  Street.— This  business  was  founded  in  1855,  or  there, 
abouts,  by  Mr.  David  H.  Jacobs,  and  in  1861  the  Boston  City  Hall,  a  splendid  structure,  was  built  by  him.  In  1873  Mr.  Jacobs 
admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Mr.  Arthur  Jacobs,  when  the  firm  name  of  David  H.  Jacobs  &  Son  was  assumed.  In  May, 
1888,  a  break  in  the  partnership  occurred  through  the  death  of  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  after  a  long,  honorable,  and 
useful  business  career.  Mr.  Arthur  Jacobs  has  since  continued  alone,  but  has  retained  the  old  and  well-known  firm  name  of 
David  H.  Jacobs  &  Son.  Among  the  notable  contracts  that  have  been  done  by  the  firm  was  the  erection  of  the  City  Hall,  the 
Phoenix  Building,  hotel  on  Berkeley  Street,  store  on  Kingston  Street,  large  warehouse  on  Atlantic  Avenue,  for  S.  S.  Pierce  &  Co.,  extension  to 
the  Quincy  House,  etc.,  etc.  Mr.  Jacobs  enters  into  contracts  for  the  construction  of  buildings  of  all  kinds,  but  makes  a  leading  specialty 
of  mason  work.  Estimates  and  plans  are  promptly  furnished.  Employment  is  furnished  to  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  workmen.  Mr.  Jacobs 
is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  practical  mason  and  bricklayer.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Masonry  Builders'  Association,  of  Boston,  and  a  director 
of  the  Master  Builders'  AsKociation. 


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INDIA  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  Office  No.  13  Congress  Street.— A  time-honored,  prosperous,  and  popular  home 
institution  is  the  India  Mutual  Insurance  Company.  This  company  was  organized  March  39,  1867,  under  the  State  laws  of 
Massachusetts,  and  under  prudent,  able  and  conservative  management  a  thorough  success  was  achieved.  The  company  is 
in  a  most  flourishing  condition,  as  is  shown  by  the  annual  statement,  presented  December  31,  1S90.  The  report  is 
appended:  Assets.— Railroad  stocks,  $79,943.00;  railroad  bonds,  $90,970.00;  bank  stocks,  $8,940,00;  subscription  notes,  $47,500.00; 
marine  premium  notes,  $51,134.85;  cash,  $10,875.  88;  total,  $289,363.73.  Liabilities.— Estimated  losses,  $18,750,00;  reinsurance 
fund,  $49,808.61 ;  total,  $68,558.61.  Surplus.— $220,805.13.  Guarantee  fund,  $47,500.00.  Scrip.  $156,272.00;  making  a  net  surplus  of  $17,033.13. 
The  president  of  the  company,  Mr.  John  H.  Dane,  has  held  this  position  since  1867,  and  in  a  manner  that  has  reflected  the  utmost  credit  and 
honor  upon  his  abihty  and  integrity.  The  secretary,  Mr.  H.  B.  Alden,  who  has  been  with  the  company  for  sixteen  years,  has  been  the  incum- 
bent of  his  present  office  since  1886,  He  is  a  popular,  able,  business  man.  The  directors,  prominently  known  in  financial  and  general  busi- 
ness circles,  are  Nathan  Crowefl,  Charles  J.  Morrill,  Andrew  Nickerson,  Edward  Whitney,  P.  Francis  Wells,  James  Baker,  John  H.  Dane, 
John  G.  Moseley,  Joshua  Baker,  Sylvester  B.  Hinckley  and  H.  B.  Alden.  Agencies  of  the  company  are  at  No.  16  Beaver  Street,  New  York, 
Curry  &  Whitney,  managers;  No.  39  S.  Holliday  Street,  Baltimore,  Wilson  Bros.,  managers;  and  No.  63  Prince  William  Street,  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick,  B.  G,  Taylor,  manager.  Both  marine  and  inland  insurance  is  effected  at  lowest  premium  rates,  to  any  amount,  and  all  losses 
that  occur  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  settled. 


METHPORT  EXTRACT  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Pure  Extract  of  Hemlock  Bark,  L.  J.  Backer,  Agent,  No.  101  High  Street.— 
One  of  the  important  manufacturing  enterprises  represented  in  Boston  is  that  of  the  Smethport  Extract  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  pure  extract  of  hemlock  bark,  evaporated  in  vacuum,  whose  works  are  located  at  Smethport,  Pa.,  with  salesrooms 
at  No.  101  High  Street,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  L.  J.  Backer,  as  agent  for  the  company.  These  works  were  esta,blished 
in  1879,  and  are  among  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  "the  United  States,  and  the  entire  product  is  shipped  to  this  city  for  dis- 
tribution to  the  tanners  throughout  the  country.  Mr.  Backer  deals  also  in  black  and  chestnut  oak  extract.  Many  of  the 
largest  tanners  in  the  Union  make  all  their  purchases  of  this  class  of  supplies  from  this  house,  being  attracted  both  by  the  superiority  of  the 
goods  handled,  and  the  liberal  inducements  ofl;ered.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  large,  first-class,  and  permanent  in  the  shoe  and  leather  centers 
of  Massachusetts;  including  Boston,  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Brockton,  Salem,  Woburn,  Marblehead,  Beverly,  Peabody,  Newburyport,  Natick,  Marl- 
boro, Hudson,  Weymouth,  Rockland  and  other  towns;  in  Lewiston,  Auburn,  Portland,  Biddeford  and  Bangor,  Maine;  in  Portsmouth,  Dover, 
Rochester,  Nashua,  Farmington  and  other  New  Hampshire  towns;  in  Burhngton,  Montpelier,  and  other  Vermont  to^vus;  in  Hartford  and 
New  Haven.  Conn. ;  Providence,  R.  I. ;  New  York  City,  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Cincinnati,  O. ;  Chicago,  lU. ;  Detroit,  Mich. ;  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  and 
other  noted  cities  throughout  the  country.  Mr.  Backer  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Smethport 
Extract  Works  and  a  thoroughly  experienced  representative  of  this  special  branch  of  industry. 


G.  BUZZELL  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Boot  and  Shoe  Machinery,  No.  115  High  Street.— One  of  the 
oldest  and  most  famous  houses  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  all  kinds  of  boot  and  shoe  machinery 
is  that  of  Messrs.  J.  G.  Buzzell  &  Co.  The  seniorlpartner  established  the  business  originally  some  twenty  years  ago,  in  com- 
pany with  Blessrs.  George  W.  Emerson  and  N.  C.  Ellis,  as  J.  G.  Buzzell  &  Co.,  and  in  1880  he  retired  from  obcifc  firm  and 
established  the  present  business  as  sole  proprietor,  admitting  Mr.  S.  E.  Puffer  to  partnership  in  1889.  The  business  premises 
comprise  two  floors,  40  x  100  feet  each,  supplied  with  steam  power  and  all  modern  facilities.  The  firm  handle  both  new  and 
second-hand  machinery,  repairs  and  duplicate  parts,  and  make  a  specialty  of  the  latest  and  best  inventions  in  their  Une,  such  as  buffers,  heel 
scourers,  heel  breast  finishers,  bottom  polishers,  and  moulded  sandpaper.  These  specialties  are  not  only  of  superior  make,  but  are  sold  to 
the  trade  by  this  house  at  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  in  America.  The  business  transacted  extends  not  only  to  all  sections  of  the 
United  States,  but  also*  to  England,  France,  Germany,  Canada,  Belgium,  and  other  foreign  countries.  The  firm  secure  their  supphes  in  vast 
quantities  and  at  the  most  advantageous  rates,  and  they  can,  therefore,  offer  such  inducements  to  their  patrons  as  render  business  relations 
of  the  most  profitable- nature.  Mv.  Buzzell  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  an  expert  and  practical  millwright  and  machinist,  with  forty 
years'  experience  in  this  branch  of  industry,  and  of  high  repute  as  an  accomplished  manufacturer.  Mr.  Puffer  was  formerly  a  shoe  manufac- 
turer at  Lynn,  a.n6,  has  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  trade  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 


IgOYAL  B.  LEIGHTON,  Insurance,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  27  Kilby  Street.— One  of  the  most  successful  real  estate  and 
insurance  agents  in  Boston  and  Melrose,  is  Mr.  Royal  B.  Leighton,  who  has  had  twenty  years'  experience  in  his  vocation,  and 
*^1l  HI  "^IK^  has  been  established  independently  for  the  past  fifteen  years.  He  deals  in  realty  of  all  kinds,  and  his  sound  judgment  and 
S**!  91  11^  accurate  estimate  of  present  and  prospective  values  have  enabled  many  of  the  leading  capitalists  and  investors  to  make 
judicious  selections;  and,  in  the  case  of  improved  property,  to  be  sure  of  a  steady  income,  and  a  progress  in  enhancement  of 
value.  Mr.  Leighton  carries  on  a  general  business  in  buying,  selling,  renting,  leasing,  and  exchanging  property  of  all  kinds; 
negotiating  loans  on  mortgage  security,  collecting  rents,  and  assuming  the  entire  charge  of  estates.  Special  attention  is  paid  to  the  insurance 
department  of  the  business;  and  Mr.  Leighton  is  local  agent  at  Melrose,  and  sub-agent  in  Boston,  for  the  following  well-known  companies:  the 
North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Company,  Liverpool  and  London  and  Globe  Insurance  Company,  Hamburg  and  Bremen  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company,  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company,  American  Fire  Insurance  Company,  Niagara  Fire  Insurance  Company,  London  and  Lan- 
cashire Insurance  Company,  Western  Insurance  Company,  Queen  Insurance  Company,  Scottish  Union  and  National  Insurance  Company, 
Risks  are  assumed  to  any  amount,  at  reasonable  rates,  and  all  losses  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  adjusted.  Attention  is  also  given  to 
marine,  accident,  and  life  insurance.  Mr.  Leighton  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  resident  of  Melrose,  and  piresident  of  the  Maiden  and  Melrose 
Board  of  Underwriters. 


HOMAS  W.  EMERSON  &  CO,,  Growers  and  Jobbers  in  Garden,  Field  and  Grass  Seeds,  Nos.  74  and  76  S.  Market  Street.— This 
firm  are  extensive  growers  and  jobbers  of  garden,  field  and  grass  seeds;  and  beans  and  peas  of  every  description  for  cooking 
purposes.  The  business  was  established  in  1839  by  Mr.  Hezekiah  Blanchard,  who  died  in  1861,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
George,  and  in  1862  the  firm  of  Blanchard  &  Emerson  was  organized.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Blanchard  in  1866,  Mr.  Thomas 
W.  Emerson  became  sole  proprietor.  His  house  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  prominenD  of  its  class,  carry- 
ing its  operations  to  all  parts  of  New  England,  New  Fork  and  the  Provinces.  The  business  premises  comprise  an  entire 
four-story  building,  25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  unsurpassed  facilities  are  afforded  for  conducting  all  operations.  The  very  large  and 
complete  stock  here  carried  is  of  a  superior  character,  and  the  goods  are  placed  upon  the  market  with  every  guarantee  as  to  quality  and  con 
dition.  The  assortments  are  always  full,  fresh  and  choice,  and  the  very  lowest  market  prices  are  quoted.  Mr.  Emerson  is  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  who  came  to  Boston  in  1852;  was  with  the  Ames  Plow  Company  for  thirteen  years;  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
and  a  merchant  of  the  highest  repute  and  standing. 


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JEOEGE  E.  EATON,  Auctioneer  and  Appraiser,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  178  Washington  Street.— Mr.  George  E.  Eaton 
is  one  of  our  oldest  and  best  known  business  men.  Thirty-five  years  ago  he  established  himself  as  an  auctioneer,  appraiser 
and  real  estate  and  insurance  broker,  but  for  the  twenty-five  years  prior  to  that  he  had  carried  on  business  as  a  carpenter 
and  builder.  Consequently  he  possesses  an  expert  knowledge  of  the  values  of  property,  and  can  afford  the  most  valuable 
advice  to  those  engaging  his  services.  Mr.  Eaton  makes  a  specialty  of  buying  and  selling  business  and  residential  property 
in  West  and  Southwest  Boston,  also  of  farms.  He  represents  the  Co-operative  Farm  Agency  for  the  sections  included 
within  a  radius  of  twenty-five  miles  of  Boston,  and  possesses  every,  facility  for  advantageously  disposing  of  farm  property.  Fire  insurance 
is  effected  in  any  flrst-class  company  at  lowest  premium  rates,  the  policies  being  placed  [through  the  .agency  of  John  C.  Paige.  Mortgages 
and  loans  are  negotiated,  rents  collected,  estates  managed  and  all  business  coming  under  the  general  head  of  real  estate  executed  in  the  most 
acceptable  manner.    Mr.  Eaton  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

kHOTO-ELECTRO  ENGRAVING  COMPANY,  No.  275  Washington  Street.— The  Photo-Electro  Engraving  Company,  of  No.  S75 

'C'^^^^^l  Washington  Street,  has  been  established  since  the  year  1876,  the  foundation  of  the  corporation  having  taken  place  under  the 
ASh^^^  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  The  business  of  the  company  embraces  the  execution  of  engraving  of  every  descrip- 
tion and  by  every  process,  and  an  important  department  is  the  one  devoted  to  electrotyping  ;from  type  or  cuts;  the  specialty 
being  the  preparation  of  half  tone  plates  from  photographs.  The  premises  wherein  the  house  conducts  its  business  are 
excellently  located  at  the  head  of  Water  Street,  and  in  the  respective  matters  of  management  and  equipment  are  excellent- 
They  comprise  apartments.located  upon  the  first  floor  of  the  building  and  a  workroom  upon  the  fourth  floor.  The  connection  of  the  company  is 
distributed  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section  and  the  west,  and  is  highly  valuable  and  influential  in  character.  The  direction  of  the 
company  embraces  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Jas.  H.  Stark  jas  president,  and  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Churchill  as  manager.  Mr.  Stark  is  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  while  Mr.  Churchill  devotes  undivided  attention  to  the  business  of  the  company.  He  is  a  young  man  and  a  native  of  Boston, 
and  has  had  a  lengthy  and  continuous  experience  in  this  line. 

lOMER'S  COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE,  No.  666  Washington  Street.— To  all  contemplating  a  course  of  business 'study,  we  would 
strongly  commend  the  nationally  famous  Comer's  Commercial  College,  the  oldest  business  college  in  America,  and  the  best. 
It  was  founded  in  this  city  in  1840,  by  George  N.  Comer,  a  native  of  England,  who  had  been  thoroughly  trained  in  all  the 
requirements  of  a  business  life  in  the  great  banking  house  of  Baring  Brothers,  in  London,  and  who  had  enriched  his  knowl- 
edge by  an  extensive  experience  in  both  liemispheres.  The  honored  founder  died  in  1877,  after  placing  the  college  upon  a 
sound  and  permanent  basis,  and  the  work  was  continued  by  his  son,  Mr.  Charles  E.  Comer,  who  admitted  his  brothei',  Mr. 
Arthur  Comer,  to  partnership  in  1888.  This  is  one  of  the  reliable  colleges,  where  each  student  receives  direct  tuition  under  the  guidance  and 
instruction  of  experienced  professors,  and  where  diplomas  are  granted  and  graduation  permitted  only  upon  the  manifest  proof  of  pro- 
ficienoy  as  afforded  by  severe  examinations.  The  college  year  begins  September  1,  and  closes  June  30.  The  day  session  is  from  9  a.  m.  until 
3  p.  M. ;  the  evening  sessions  begin  October  5,  and  close  March  31.  In  making  a  comparison  of  prices,  it  will  be  well  to  note  that  this  college 
quarter  is  thirteen  weeks,  and  not  the  usual  school  quarter  of  ten  weeks,  making  its  charges  less  than  those  of  any  other  first-class  school- 
The  commercial  course  at  this  college  consists  of  a  thorough,  practical,  working  knowledge  of  book-keeping,  commercial  arithmetic,  com- 
mercial law,  commercial  correspondence,  penmanship,  business  papers,  businessjeconomics,  English  branches,  actual  business  practice  and 
banking,  while  short-hand  and  type-writing  are  also  taught  by  expert  instructors.  Each  student  conducts  actual  business  transactions  upon 
his  own  account;  he  is  given  a  capital  in  college  money  and  certificates  of  merchandise,  and  then  enters  the  world  of  trade,  buying  from  and 
selling  to  his  fellow  students,  opening  bank  accounts,  shipping  .and  receiving,  giving  and  taking  promissory  notes,  making  out  and  handling 
checks,  drafts,  notes,  invoices,  account  sales,  due  bills,  manifests,  etc.;  and  conducting  a  general  mercantile  business  in  all  its  ramifications. 
Every  feature  of  a  business  education  is  most  carefully  elaborated,  and  the  Messrs.  Comer  are  well  worthy  of  the  large  measure  of  success 
achieved. 

B.  BARRETT.  Importer  of  German  Peat  Moss,  No.  45  N.  Market  Street.— The  business  conducted  by  Mr.  C.  B.  Barrett,  as  an 
importer  of  German  peat  moss  for  stable  bedding,  was  established  in  1885,  and  has  a  trade  connection  co-extensive  with  the 
limits  of  the  entire  country.  German  peat  moss  is,  without  question,  the  best,  cheapest  and  ^healthiest  article  in  the  world 
for  stable  bedding,  keeping  the  horses  clean,  feet  soft,  and  giving  pure  air  in  the  stable.  It  deodorizes  the  manure,  makes  a 
*  soft,  clean  bed,  will  not  burn,  and  is  especially  adapted  to  box  stalls.  Its  lasting  qualities  alone  make  it  worth  double  the 
price  of  straw.  Boston  is  using  it  in  the  city  stables,  and  it  is  giving  the  utmost  satisfaction  in  every  particular,  saving  much 
labor;  ingroomingandsoftening  the  feet,  it  is  all  that  is  desired.  Recommendations  are  received  from  many  veterinary  surgeons  and  sta- 
blemen who  have  used  it,  all  of  whom  say  it  cannot  be  recommended  too  highly,  and  cheerfully  commend  it  to  every  one  that  keeps  cows  or 
horses.  Five  dollars  worth  of  peat  moss  will  go  further  and  better  than  ten  dollars  worth  of  straw.  Six  dollars  worth  will  last  one  horse  a 
year.  It  is  imported  from  Germany,  and  in  use  in  Europe  most  extensively.  Mr.  Barrett  is  selling  from  five  thousand  to  si.x;  thousand  bales 
a  year,  to  livery  men,  florists  and  others,  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Orders  by  mail  are  filled  promptly,  by  the  bale,  ton  or  car  load, 
at  lowest  cut  prices.  He  also  supplies  Petrolatum  Hoof  Stuffing,  "  nature's  own  remedy;  "  a  combination  of  petroleum  products,  so  mixed 
with  moss  as  to  form  a  paste  for  packing  horses' feet.  It  is  especially  recommended  to  horse-shoers  in  place  of  tar  and  oakum.  It  will 
•improve  the  condition  of  the  feet,  and  is  more  easily  applied.  It  was  formerly  sold  by  the  Bay  State  Hoof  Packing  Company,  and  is  supplied 
to  the  trade  by  Mr.  Barrett.    He  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  and  is  worthy  of  every  trust  and  confidence. 

k  ARK,  BROTHER  &  CO.  [Limited],  Black  Diamond  Steel  Works,  Lake  Superior  Copper  Mills,  Warehouse,  No.  77  Oliver  Street. 
Vj^H^^^B  —In  the  metal  market  and  in  an  ever-widening  circle  of  consumers  of  steel  and  copper,  the  products  of  Park,  Brother  &  tJo. 
'— *"™^''"'®  [Limited],  of  Pittsburg,  are  justly  celebrated  for  superiority  and  a  uniform  high  standard  of  excellence.  The  plant  at  Pitts- 
burg comprises  the  largest  steel  works  in  the  United  States,  and  the  equipment  includes  the  latest  improved  furnaces,  cruci- 
bles, rolls,  etc.  for  the  manufacture  of  steel ;  while  the  Lake  Superior  Copper  Mills  are  widely  noted  for  the  superior  quality 
of  their  product.  The  New  England  agency  for  the  sale  of  these  products  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Edgar  L.  Reed, 
and  is  located  at  No.  77  Oliver  Street.  This  branch  was  opened  in  1866,  and  since  1889  has  been  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Reed,  an  experi- 
enced iron  and  steel  merchant,  who  has  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  wants  and  requirements  of  the  New  England  market  in  this 
direction  of  trade.  He  occupies  two  floors,  50  x  90  feet  each,  and  carries  in  stock  some  seven  hundred  tons  of  steel  and  twenty  tons  of  copper. 
The  assortment  comprises  fine  grades  of  crucible  steel  for  tools,  taps,  dies,  chisels,  drills,  shear  l;nives,  etc. ;  machinery,  and  spring  steell 
inclusive  of  the  heaviest  steel  shafts,  car,  locomotive  axles  and  forgings ;  and  copper  of  the  highest  quality  for  all  purposes  of  the  arts  and 
industries.  Among  the  staple  lines  which  can  best  be  contracted  for  ahead,  or  purchased  in  quantities  to  suit  from  this  house,  are  open 
hearth  machinery  steel,  lathe  cut  ends,  special  qualities  of  machinery  steel  from  hammered  billets,  cut  to  special  lengths  as  required ;  steel 
tire  in  sets,  toe  calk  steel,  sleigh  steel,  carriage  axle  steel,  etc.  As  proprietors  of  the  Black  Diamond  Steel  Works,  Park.  Brother  &  Co. 
[Limited],  are  maintaining  an  important  trade,  national  in  extent  and  of  great  magnitude.  Mr.  Reed,  the  manager,  has  been  identified  with 
the  steel  trade  for  nearly  thirty  years. 


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I  NION  PASTE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Chase's  Prepared  Paste,  Etc.,  No.  102  Central  Street.— A  good  article  of  paste  is 
a  very  important  item  in  the  materials  used  by  various  manufacturers  and  in  other  lines  of  business,  including  bookbinders, 
shoe  and  harness  makers,  paper  bag  makers,  paper  hangers,  etc. ;  and  the  increasing  demand  has  stimulated  the  production 
i"  -mr  ~im  "^  paste  of  greatly  improved  quality.  There  is,  perhaps,  no  better  article  of  the  kind  in  the  market  than  Chase's  prepared 
^)j||tt^B^  paste,  manufactured  by  the  Union  Paste  Company,  No.  102  Central  Street.  Its  composition  is  such  that  it  is  entirely  free 
St?^  >»^^^  from  the  objectionable  qualities  so  generally  found  in  common  paste.  Perhaps  the  best  test  of  the  superiority  of  this  paste 
which  it  is  held  by  leather  workers;  while  for  paper  and  pasteboard  work  it  is  of  course  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  com- 
oanufacturers  of  a  superior  glutinant  tor  labeling  on  tin,  and  make  a  specialty  of  the  importation  of  Dextrine.  The  business 
was"  established  twenty-three  years  ago  by  Woodward  &  Chase,  who  were  succeeded  by  Joshua  S.  Chase  and  Mr.  A.  Kelley,  the  present  pro- 
prietors having  had  sole  control  of  the  business  for  the  past  three  years.  They  occupy  spacious  manufacturing  premises,  employ  a  number 
of  experienced  workmen,  and  do  a  large  business,  the  demand  for  their  goods  coming  from  all  sections  of  the  country. 


JACOB,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Antique  Furniture,  Etc. ,  No.  6  Beacon  Street.— Lovers  of  the  rare,  curious  and  beautiful  in 
art  and  nature  will  find  ample  opportunity  for  the  gratification  of  their  taste  by  inspectmg  the  large,  varied  and  unique 
assortment  of  goods  displayed  at  the  warerooms  of  Mr.  S.  Jacob,  No.  6  Beacon  Street.  He  is  an  exteusive  importer  of, 
and  dealer  In  antique  furniture,  china,  works  of  art,  books  and  engravings,  arms.  South  Sea  and  Indian  relics,  sea  shells, 
etc. ;  in  fact,  relics  from  all  over  the  world,  and  is  the  largest  specialist  in  his  line  in  the  city.  He  gives  particular  attention 
to  antique  furniture,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  best  and  most  thoroughly  posted  judges  in  this  country.  His  wareroom  is  25 
X  50  feet  in  dimensions,  with  basement  of  the  same  size.  He  has  ten  persons  in  his  employ,  and  has  a  large  trade  with  all  sections  of  the 
United  States.  In  connection  with  the  above,  Mr.  Jacob  also  carries  on  fine  cabinet  making,  repairing  and  upholstering.  His  business  was 
established  in  1876— and  is  still  continued— at  Nos.  119, 121  and  123  Bellevue  Avenue,  Newport,  R.  I.  The  Boston  store  was  opened  in  1878.  Mr 
Jacob  is  a  native  of  London,  England,  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  and  has  been  connected  with  his  present  line  of  business  since  early 
youth.    He  is  the  oldest  in  his  line  in  Boston. 

NEWMAN  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Jewelers,  Importers  of  Precious  and  Imitation  Stones,  Nos.  43  and  44  Chauncy  Street.— A  lead- 
ing wholesale  jewelry  establishment  in  Boston  is  that  of  L.  Newman  &  Co.,  which  has  been  in  active  operation  for  the  past 
quarter  of  a  century.  The  business  was  founded  twenty-flve  years  ago  by  the  present  owner,  Mr.  L.  Newman,  and  his  large 
splendid  trade  now  extends  all  throughout  New  England,  and  is  of  the  most  permanent  character.  Two  traveling  salesmen 
are  employed.  The  premises  occupied  have  an  area  of  23  x  110  feet,  and  are  tastefully  appointed.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried 
consisting  of  lockets,  charms,  precious  and  imitation  stones,  and  jewelry  of  every  description,  the  assortments  being  complete 

in  every  respect.    Mr.  Newman  gives  personal  attention  to  the  requirements  of  his  customers,  and  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  at  the  lowest  and 

most  reasonable  prices. 

H.  DINSMORE,  U.  S.  War  Claim  Agent,  Room  39,  No.  34  School  Street.— In  very  nearly  thirty  years  T.  H.  Dinsmore,  the 
well-known  U.  S.  war  claim  agent,  who  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  business,  has  successfully  prosecuted  about  three  thou- 
sand pension  claims.  Mr.  Dinsmore,  who  is  a  native  of  Maine,  established  himself  in  business  at  Skowhegan,  Me,  in  1862, 
and  moved  to  Boston  in  1885,  his  clientele  extending  all  over  the  New  Engfand  States.  He  invites  correspondence,  all 
communications  receiving  prompt  response,  and  all  interests  entrusted  to  him  are  certain  to  be  handled  in  the  most  careful, 
competent,  and  trustworthy  manner.    Mr.  Dinsmore  is  prepared  to  examine  claims  of  every  description  against  the  U.S. 

government,  and,  if  found  valid,  will  prosecute  the  same  to  a  successful  issue,  requiring  no  advance  tee,  and  gives  special  attention  to 

rejected  claims,  while  his  terms  are  invariably  of  the  most  reasonable  character. 


HORLE  &  SON,  Manufacturers  of  Paper  Boxes,  of  Every  Description,  Nos.  18  and  20  High  Street.— A  popular  and  reliable 
house  engaged  in  this  city  in  the  important  industry  of  paper  box  manufacture  is  that  of  Messrs.  A.  Horle  &  Son,  who  by 
manufacturing  genuine  and  durable  boxes  at  commensurate  prices,  have  succeeded  in  a  comparatively  short  time  in  estab- 
lishing a  tar-reaching  and  flourishing  trade.  The  business  was  initiated  about  two  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietors,  Mr.  A. 
'  Horle,  his  son,  Mr.  J.  P.  Horle,  and  Mr.  Charles  B.  Heard,  and  the  perpetual  demand  which  is  now  made  upon  the 
resources  of  the  house  necessitates  the  regular  employment  of  a  staff  of  twenty-flve  competent  assistants,  as  well  as  the 
maintenance  of  premises  at  the  location  indicated  above,  consisting  of  a  spacious  floor,  35  x  135  feet  in  superficial  area,  where  they  manu- 
facture every  description  of  paper  boxes,  except  folding  ones.  Mr.  A.  Horle  was  born  in  Germany,  and  was  formerly  in  New  York,  and  with 
his  son— a  native  of  the  Empire  City— reached  Boston  in  1874. 


OSTON  ORANGE  GROWERS'  COMPANY,  M.  D.  Brooks,  General  Agent,  No.  34  School  Street.— A  company  that  has  been 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  raising  a  superior  grade  of  Florida  oranges  is  that  of  the  Boston  Orange  Growers'  Company. 
This  company  was  organized  and  incorporated  under  the  State  laws  of  Maine  in  1890,  with  a  capital  of  $110,000,  and  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  as  officers:  President,  D.  P.  Ives,  banker  and  broker,  Boston;  treasurer,  William  E.  Murdock,  of  Sampson 
Murdock  &  Co..  directory  publishers;  general  agent,  M.  D.  Brooks,  Boston.  These  gentlemen  are  prominently  and  favor- 
ably known  in  financial  and  general  business  circles.  The  company  own  185  acres  of  orange  lands.  The  shares  of  stock  are 
$60  each,  this  allowing  twelve  shares  of  stock  for  each  acre  of  one  hundred  choice  trees.  Over  one  hundred  and  five  acres  are  now  under 
cultivation,  10,500  orange  trees  having  been  set  out  in  1889.  Six  per  cent,  interest  is  assured  for  the  first  six  years,  while  those  who  prefer 
may  take  the  fruit  raised  on  the  land  represented  by  their  shares. 


IILLIAM  B.  BUTCHERS,  Manufacturer  of  Harnesses,  Saddlery,  Etc.,  No.  71  Sudbury  Street,  Room  No.  1.— One  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  of  the  houses  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  William  B.  Butchers,  located  at  No.  71  Sudbuiy  Street,  Room  No.  1 
The  business  was  originally  founded  forty  years  ago  by  Mr.  S.  E.  Slogle,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  up  to  1873,  when  his 
death  occurred  and  the  present  proprietor  succeeded  to  the  control.  Mr.  Butchers  is  a  native  of  England,  born  in  1841,  and 
came  to  Boston  in  1857.  He  has  followed  his  present  vocation  since  a  young  man  and  is  thoroughly  expert.  Mr.  Butchers  is 
the  i]iventor  of  a  number  of  specialties,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  Butchers'  Improved  Quarter  Boots,  and  Butchers' 
Patent  Crupper,  for  holding  the  tail  of  a  horse  in  position,  preventing  switching,  throwing  over  reins,  etc.  The  spacious  store  occupied  ia 
admirably  appointed  with  all  necessary  facilities,  and  employment  is  furnished  a  staff  of  expert  workmen.  A  leading  specialty  is  the  manu- 
facture of  goodstoorder,  everything  being  done  by  hand.  A  large  stock  is  at  all  times  carried  of  fine  harnesses,  saddlery,  and  speed-cut 
boots,  carriage  dressings,  oils,  whips,  brushes,  and  stable  goods  in  general,  blankets,  robes,  and  horse  millinery  of  every  description.  Both  a 
wholesale  and  retail  trade  is  supplied.    Wherever  known,  the  house  bears  a  reputation  of  the  highest  order. 


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B.  GRIFFIN  &  CO.,  Produce  Commission  Merchants,  No.  Ill  S.  Market  Street.— For  a  period  of  sixteen  honored  years,  the 
name  of  the  reputable  house  of  H.  B.  Griffin  &  Co.  has  remained  as  a  prominent  feature  in  the  mercantile  prosperity  of  the 
capital  city  of  the  Bay  State.    Messrs.  H.  B.  Griffin  &  Co.  are  produce  commission  merchants  and  wholesale  dealers  in  eggs, 
egg  cases,  butter,  and  live  and  dressed  poultry,  but  they  make  a  specialty  of  eggs,  handling  all  grades  from  every  section 
*  of  the  country  and  the  British  proviuces,  and  also  of  egg  cases,  and  pride  themselves  upon  the  promptitude  with  which  they 
make  returns  to  shippers.    The  connection  of  the  concern  is  located  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section,  extending 
largely  throughout  the  country  in  general,  and  consignments  are  solicited.    The  premises  are  located  in  probably  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous sections  of  the  city,  and  they  embrace  two  floors,  each  covering  an  area  of  25  x  50  feet, 
and  they  evince  in  their  management  an  inspiring  and  creditable  example  of  systematic  control. 
They  are  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience,  having  for  its  design  the  facile  conduct  of  a 
heavy  volume  of  business,  including  telephone  connection,  the  number  of  the  house  being  2069. 
Mr.  H.  B.  Griffin  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  resides  at  present  in  Wintbrop.    He  is 
a  middle  aged  gentleman,  possessing  unusual  commercial  abilities,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Butter,  Cheese  and  Egg  Association,  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Fruit 
and  Produce  Exchange.    He  commands  the  greatest  respect,  and  demands  for  his  name  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  upon  a  record  of  Boston's  prosperity.    Mr.  J.  F.  Brock,  for  eight  years  in 
the  employ  of  the  firm,  was  admitted  to  partnership  a  year  since,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  rare 
business  ability  and  highest  integrity.    The  association  of  these  two  gentlemen,  and  their 
peculiar  adaptability  to  each  other,  and  to  the  business  in  which  they  are  engaged,  together 
with  the  unbroken  prosperity  which  the  house  has  thus  far  enjoyed,  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of 
its  continued  success. 


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SPLANE  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Vessels,  Lumber,  Produce  and  Fish^  No.  220  State  Street.— This  concern  was  estab- 
lished in  1886  by  Mr.  Splane,  under  the  firm  name  of  R.  Splane  &  Co.,  and  three  years  ago  he  admitted  to  partnership  Mr. 
Wm.  A.  Robertson,  who  retired  in  August,  1891.  Mr.  Splane  is  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  but  has  long  resided  .in  Boston* 
and  is  most  favorably  known  in  its  commercial  circles,  his  standing  being  A  1  in  every  respect.  The  firm  conduct  general 
transactions  as  commission  merchants  in  vessels,  lumber,  produce  and  fish,  and  their  perfected  facilities  allo^^  them  to  meet 
all  demands  upon  the  most  favorable  basis.    They  handle  on  commission  all  kinds  of  fresh,  salt  and  pickled  fish,  Canada 

lumber,  railroad  ties,  wood  pulp,  etc.,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  ship  brokerage,  and  in  all  dealings  Messrs.  Splane  &  Co.  endeavor  to 

promote  their  patrons'  best  interests. 

E.  BROWN,  Real  Estate  and  Commercial  Brokei-,  Stores,  Houses,  Tenements  and  Offices  to  Let,  No.  266  Washington- 
Street,  Room  No.  2.— The  late  course  of  events  in  the  financial  world  has  fully  demonsti-ated  the  fact  that  there  is  no  form 
of  investment  so  secure  and  with  such  certain  returns  of  income  as  real  estate.  In  this  connection  the  special  attention  of 
our  readers  is  directed  to  the  reliable  real  estate  brokerage  house  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Brown,  located  at  No.  326  Washington  Street. 
•  Mr.  Brown  established  himself  here  in  1888,  bringing  to  bear  a  wide  range  of  practical  experience  in  real  estatfe  matters 
and  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  various  residential  and  business  sections  of  the  city.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston/for 
fifteen  years  and  is  known  to  possess  special  qualifications  for  success  in  every  branch  of  the  real  estate  trade.  He  has  the  fullest  confidence 
and  esteem  of  our  leading  capitalists  and  property  owners,  and.  owing  to  the  wide  range  and  supei-ior  character  of  his  connections,  he  is 
prepared  to  promptly  dispose  of  realty  at  fair  values,  while  offering  bargains  to  conservative  investors  that  are  guaranteed  to  produce  a 
steady  income  and  a  prospective  increase  in  values.  He  is  at  all  times  prepared  to  effect  insurance  upon  city  property  in  reliable  com- 
panies, quoting  the  lowest  rates  of  premium  and  guaranteeing  a  prompt  and  liberal  adjustment  of  all  losses.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  native  of 
New  Hampshire.  He  now  enjoys  a  large  and  rapidly  increasing  patronage  and  performs  every  duty  entrusted  to  his  care  with  the  utmost 
promptness,  fidelity  and  success. 

]  OTTON,  DURGIN  &  MAAG-,  Manufacturers  of  Mineral  Waters,  No.  155  Albany  Street.— This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1888,  at 
the  above  address,  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  J.  E.  Cotton,  B.  F.  Durgin,  and  J.  K.  Maag,  all  young,  energetic, 
wide-awake  business  men.  The  works  are  comprised  in  a  floor  and  basement,  each  95  x  50  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with 
the  most  improved  generators,  bottling  machines,  and  appUances  suitable  to  this  branch  of  industry,  and' the  machineiy  is 
driven  by  water-po^\-er.  Twenty  hands  and  six  delivery  teams  comprise  the  working  force.  The  firm  are  manufacturers 
and  bottlers  of  all  the  different  [flavors  of  tonic  beers,  ginger  ale,  crab  apple  charapei^ne,  Tizer  beer  and  soda  in  Mathews 
steel  foimtains,  ale,  porter  and  cider,  and  they  are  sole  Boston  agents  for  Eldredge's  Portsmouth  lager  beer.  All  the  goods  handled  are 
of  strictly  superior  quality,  and  are  held  in  popular  demand  by  the  trade  and  public.  Messrs.  Cotton  and  Durgin  are  natives  of  Maine,  Mr. 
Maag  of  Switzerland.  The  latter  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Foresters,  Mr.  Cotton  of  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  All  three  gentle- 
men have  long  resided  in  Boston,  and  are  popularly  Imown  in  business  circles. 

I OHN  J.  HENRY  &  CO..  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  115  Federal  Street.— The  oldest  and  leading  auctioneers  and  commission  mer- 
chants for  the  sale  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers  in  Boston,  are  Messrs.  John  J.  Heniy  &  Co.,  who  have  recently  taken  posses- 
sion yf  their  new  quarters  at  No.  115  Federal  Street.  This  house  is  the  legitimate  successor  of  the  old  firm  of  M.  M.  Landers  & 
Co.,  in  whose  employ  Mr.  John  J.  Henry  remained  from  1857  until  1367,  when  he  established  business  for  himself,  and  soon 
laid  the  foundation  for  his  future  success.  In  1872,  occurred  the  great  Boston  fire,  but  although  his  house  and  stock  were 
completely  destroyed^  having  a  policy  in  the  old  and  reliable  .Etna,  of  Hartford,  Mr.  Henry  was  enabled  to  pay  his  con- 
signees in  full  for  all  goods— something  which  no  other  house  in  his  line  could  do.  This  took  much  more  money  than  he  realized  from  his 
insurance,  but  his  action  commanded  the  confidence  and  consequent  co-operation  of  all  shoe  manufacturers,  and  his  business  was  quickly 
re-established  and  upon  a  sounder  basis  than  ever.  In  1877,  Mr.  Henry  opened  a  branch  house  in  Chicago,  under  the  style  of  Henry  &  Hatch, 
which  did  a  prosperous  business  for  seven  years  when  Mr.  Hatch  assumed  sole  control.  Mr.  Henry  afterwards  admitted  as  partner  Mr. 
W.  J.  Fegan,  under  the  firm  name  of  John  J.  Henrys  &  Fegan,  and  these  gentleman  did  an  immense  business  for  years  at  No.  82  Summer 
Street  and  No.  295  Devonshire  Street.  On  Januarj'  1,  1891,  the  business  was  removed  to  the  present  location,  and  Mr.  Henry  is  now  sole  pro- 
prietor. He  deals  extensively  in  a  great  variety  of  goods,  receiving  consignments  of  all  kinds  of  boots,  shoes,  brogans,  slippers  and  rubber 
boots  and  shoes,  and  controlling  the  production  of  several  factories  at  Lynn,  Haverhill,  Brockton  and  Marblehead.  Auction  sales  are  held 
every  Tuesday  at  10.30  a.  m.  His  auction  sales  are  freely  attended  by  reliable  buyers  Avho  want  to  secure  bargains,  "  drives  "  and  "job  lots." 
The  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England,  the  west  and  south,  and  over  20,000  cases  are  sold  [here  every  year.  Mr.  Henry  is  a  Massa- 
chusetts man  by  birth,  has  served  as  President  of  the  Boston  Boot  and  Shoe  Club,  and  as  Treasurer  of  the  Boston  Merchants  Association. 

|VERETT  MILLS,  Manufacturers  of  Denims  Cottonades,  Ginghams,  Etc.,  George  S.  Silsbee,  Treasurer,  Mills,  Lawrence,  Mass., 
Office,  No.  40  Water  Street.— This  extensive  enterprise  was  founded  in  1860,  being  incorporated  under  the  State  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts with  a  capital  stock  of  $800,000.  Under  the  skilled  management  that  has  ever  been  at  its  head,  the  affairs  of  the 
company  have  ever  been  directed  with  the  most  substantial  success;  the  products  of  the  mills  have  found  favor  with  the 
trade  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  they  sustain  a  standard  reputation  in  the  market.  The  selling  agents  are  Messrs. 
Smith,  Hogg  &  Gardner,  whose  warehouses  are  at  No.  66  Chauncy  Street,  Boston,  and  No.  115  Worth  Street,  New  York.  The 
agent  of  the  mills  at  Lawrence  is  Mr.  F.  C.  McDuffie,  who  is  thoroughly  skilled  in  all  the  details  of  the  cotton  spinning  industry,  and  has  a 
■competent  staff  of  superintendents  and  clerks.  The  mills  are  equipped  with  1,300  looms,  35,000  spindles,  and  all  modern  improved  machinery; 
while  employment  is  found  for  1,100  operatives.  The  products  include  a  superior  grade  of  Denims  cottonades,  ducks,  ginghams,  shirtings 
skirtings,  and  napped  colored  goods,  made  in  a  vast  variety  of  styles,  new  designs  constantly  being  introduced.  Over  12,000  bales  of  col  ton 
are  consumed  yearly,  while  the  output  'amounts  to  upward  of  14,000,000  yards  of  goods  per  annum.  The  president  of  the  company,  Mr. 
James  Longley,  and  the  treasurer,  Mr.  George  S.  Silsbee,  both  reside  in  Boston,  and  are  numbered  among  Boston's  representative  citizens. 

A.  B.  ARNOLD,  Commission  Merchant,  No.  46  Merchants  Row.— One  of  the  most  enterprising  and  successful  houses 
engaged  in  the  cpmmission  business  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  A.  B.  Arnold  at  No.  46  Merchants  Row.  The  business  was 
first  established  in  1885  by  both  Mr.  A.  A.  B.  Arnold  and  Mr.  J.J.  Donnelly,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  in  1890.  He 
occupies  a  commodious  shop,  fully  supplied  with  evei'ything  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business,  and 
keeps  at  all  times  a  full  stock  of  beef  and  poultry,  making  a  specialty  of  dressed  beef.  He  is  agent  for  Armour  Packing  Com- 
pany of  Kansas  City,  whose  products  are  world  renowned  and  need  no  words  of  commendation  from  us.  The  trade,  which 
is  wholesale  exclusively,  is  extensive  and  annually  increasing.  Large  consignments  are  received  dafly,  and  the  stock  is  always  fresh,  choice 
and  extensive.  Promptitude,  quick  sales  and  low  prices  form  the  policy  upon  .which  the  business  is  conducted.  Mr.  Arnold  is  a  native  of 
Medway,  Mass.  He  is  a  young  man  of  spirited  business  enterprise,  possessing  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade,  and  is  eminently  popular 
in  business  circles  and  with  his  hosts  of  patrons. , 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


HOMSON  &  PESSENDEN,  Importers  of  Lineu  and  Jute  Goods,  No.  264  Devonshire  Street.— Of  the  immense  trade  now  carried  on 
in  tiiis  city  in  the  importation  of  fine  Irish  and  Scotch  hnen,  a  liberal  share  conies  within  the  comprehensive  scope  of  the  old 
established  business  of  Messrs.  Thomson  &  Fessenden,  importers,  No.  2(54  Devonshire  Street,  corner  Winthrop  Square.  "With 
the  immense  demand  that  has  been  created  of  late  years  for  the  finest  qualities  of  linen  that  the  world  produces— and  which, 
admittedly,  have  their  origin  in  Ireland— the  trade  of  this  reliable  house  has  proportionately  increased,  and  in  the  same  ratio 
its  reputation  has  been  enhanced  as  a  house  whose  goods  may  at  all  times  be  thoroughly  depended  upon,  both  as  to  quality 
and  price.  They  were  pioneers  in  introducing  French  elastic  canvas  for  the  dry  goods  trade.  The  business  was  established  eighteen  years 
ago,  by  the  present  proprietors,  Mr.  T.  D.  Thomson  and  Mr.  E.  S.  Fessenden;  and  to  ensure  the  securing  of  a  steady  and  consistent  supply  of  the 
different  grades  O-  Irish  and  Scotch  linens,  a  branch  house  is  maintained  at  No.  11  Panmure  Street,  Dundee,  Scotland,  where  the  whole  of  the 
purchasing  is  conducted  and  the  shipment  to  Boston  arranged,  by  the  surest  and  most  expeditious  means.  These  and  many  other  facilities 
which  the  firm  possess,  have  been  mainly  instrumental  in  accruing  to  the  house  a  sonnd_  and  endm-ing  connection  among  jobbers,  dealers, 
manufacturers  and  the  trade  generally,  testending  to  all  the  principal  seats  of  industry  in  the  country.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a 
spacious  floor,  25  x  100  feet  in  superficial  area,  comprising  office,  store  and  salesroom,  togetlier  with  storehouses;  all  of  which  are  well  fur- 
nished and  fitted  with  every  convenience  for  facilitating  the  transaction  of  the  important  trade  carried  on,  a  duly  qualified  executive  staff 
being  retained  for  the  clerical  duties  which  devolve  upon  the  undertaking.  A  large  stock  of  the  firm's  own  imported  linens,  of  various  grades 
is  carried,  from  which  all  but  the  heaviest  orders  can  be  filled  without  loss  of  time.  Both  of  the  able  and  efficient  proprietors  are  members 
of  the  Merchants'  Association  and  the  Trade  Club;  and  are  natives,  respectively,  Mr.  Thomson  of  New  York  City,  and  Mr.  Fessenden  of 
Arlington;  Mass. 

HARRIS  &  CO.,  Auctioneers  and  Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  325-227  State  and  122-124  Central  Streets.— For  the  past  forty 
years  the  house  of  H.  Harris  &  Co.,  auctioneers  and  commission  merchants  of  this  city,  has  held  a  prominent  position  in 
its  special  field  of  business  usefulness,  and  has  ever  sustained  an  excellent  reputation  for  the  progressive  principles  and 
stability  shown  in  its  management.  The  business  was  founded  in  1848  by  Horatio  Harris,  and  in  1876,  on  the  death  of  Mr. 
Harris,  Mr.  S.  Bowen  succeeded  to  the  control  of  affairs.  Five  years  later,  Mr.  Frank  Mostley,  who  had  Iield  a  clerical 
position  in  the  house  for  ten  years,  was  admitted  to  partnership,  and,  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Bowen  in  October,  1888,  Mr. 
Edward  C.  Moseley  also  came  into  the  firm.  He  also  has  been  connected  with  the  house  for  the  past  twenty  years.  The  Messrs.  Moseley  are 
natives  of  Boston,  and  active  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange.  They  possess  an  expert  knowledge 
of  all  the  branches  of  the  trade  in  which  they  are  embarked,  and  are  popularly  known  in  produce  circles.  The  premises  used  for  the  busi- 
ness comprise  a  building  having  seven  floors,  each  30  x  120  feet  in  dimensions,  and  it  is  fitted  up  w  ith  every  accommodation  for  the  storage 
and  preservation  of  goods.  The  firm  handle  all  kinds  of  foreign  and  domestic  fruit  and  general  merchandise,  making  a  leading  specialty  of 
fruits.    An  active  trade  is  supplied,  and  those  who  have  dealings  with  the  Messrs.  Moseley  will  have  their  interests  carefully  advanced. 

A.  WILLIAMS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Nos.  332  to  336  Congress  Street.— Prominent  among  the  manufacturing  en- 
terprises of  Boston  is  that  conducted  by  the  H.  A.  Williams  Manufacturing  Company,  successors  to  The  Draper  Oil  Company, 
F.  Draper  &  Co.,  Albert  Hallowell  Brass  Manufacturing  Company  and  the  Williams  Manufacturing  Corporation,  and  are 
noted  for  producing  patent  specialties  for  both  cotton  and  woolen  mills,  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  machinists,  etc.  The 
company  was  incorporated  in  January,  1887,  with  a  capital  of  $150,000,  and  is  officered  and  managed  by  H.  A.  Wilharas, 
agent;  J.  W.  Hobart,  treasurer.  The  various  factories  heretofore  operated  for  the  manufacture  of  specialties  at  Taunton, 
East  Cambridge  and  Lowell,  have  now  been  combined  in  one  large  manufactory  in  this  city,  containing  six  floors,  and  supplied  with  new 
and  improved  machinery,  ample  steam  power,  and  every  modern  facility,  while  steady  employment  is  given  to  one  hundred  skilled  hands. 
The  leading  specialties  which  this  company  manufacture  are  Williams'  -Excelsior  Crimping  Tacks,  the  best  tack  in  the  market,  used  by  all 
the  principal  manufacturers;  sewing  awls,  stitching  awls,  stabbing  awls,  pegging  awls,  harness  awls,  seating  awls,  marking  awls,  chair  awls, 
belt  awls  and  printers'  bodkins,  made  from  the  best  engravers'  steel,  adapted  to  the  use  of  wood-workers,  machinists,  tinsmiths,  engravers, 
etc.,  and  guaranteed  superior  to  any  offered;  the  "  Williams,"  "  Draper  "  and  "  Siphon  "  steel  and  brass  oilers  and  lamps,  the  best  in  the' 
world;  the  "  Williams  "  solid  bronze,  steel  tip  plumb  bobs,  used  and  "approved  by  the  most  prominent  engineers  in  the  country;  the  ''  Auto- 
matic "  compression  faucet,  made  of  the  best  quality  of  composition,  and  aside  from  the  advantages  of  the  automatic  shut-off,  they  are  the 
best  made  goods  in  the  market;  the  "  Perfection  "  self-closing  water  cocks,  superior  in  beauty  of  design,  sensitiveness  of  operation,  adjust- 
able length  of  valve  stem,  great  wearing  sui'face,  universal  valve  lift  and  thorough  workmanship;  the  "  Peerless  "  spray  and  solid  stream 
garden  and  fire  hose  nozzles,  the  only  uozzle  giving  a  perfect  solid  stream  and  spray,  and  the  only  one  having  a  solid  felt  packing.  Tlie  com- 
pany have  already  achieved  a  solid  reputation  for  the  superiority  of  their  various  specialties,  and  fully  live  up  to  it.  This  company  sell  from 
Maine  to  California,  and  manufacturers  and  others  save  money  and  obtain  better  service  through  this  enterprising  house,  with  its  magnifi- 
cent facilities,  than  by  dealing  with  any  other  in  the  United  States. 

ENNY,  POOR  &  CO.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants,  No.  36  Bedford  Street.~The  dry  goods  interests  of  the  country 
present  one  of  its  most  active,  valuable  factors  in  develoj^ing  the  national  progress,  and  the  aggregate  annual  transactions  in 
this  line  reach  an  enormous  figure.  The  dry  goods  commission  trade  is  an  important  branch  of  the  industry,  and  one  of  the 
oldest  and  best  known  of  the  prominent  houses  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  Denny,  Poor  &  Co.,  of  No.  114  Worth  Street, 
New  York,  and  at  No.  36  Bedford  Street,  this  city.  The  business  was  founded  twenty  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietors,  the 
copartners  being  Messrs.  Daniel  Denny,  Edward  E.  Poor  and  James  E.  Dean.  The  two  latter  are  in  charge  of  the  New  York 
establishment,  while  Mr.  Denny  is  in  charge  of  affairs  in  this  city.  Mr.  Denny  was  formerly  of  the  dry  goods  house  of  Denny,  Rice  &  Co., 
and  all  three  members  of  the  firm  have  had  mature  experience  in  this  field  of  commerce.  Messrs.  Denny,  Poor  &  Co.  are  selling  agents  for 
the  following  manufacturers,  the  Parkhill  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  ginghams;  the  Johnson  Manufacturing  Company, 
•of  North  Adams,  Mass.,  ginghams;  the  Passaic  Print  AVorks,  of  Passaic.  N.  J.,  cotton  goods.  Sales  are  made  largely  by  sample,  the  trade 
tends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  orders  are  promptly  filled. 

\I.  BOYNTON,  Real  Estate,  No.  4  Post  Office  Square.^Mr.  William  Boynton,  of  No.  4  Post  Office  Square,  has  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  real  estate  matters  the  whole  of  his  commercial  career,  and  is  now  counted  among  Boston's  prominent 
residents;  possessing,  along  with  many  other  holdings,  a  considerable  quantity  of  real  estate  in  Winchester,  a  suburb  of  the 
city.  Mr.  Boynton's  energies  and  resources  are  largely  taken  up  in  building  houses  and  letting  or  selling  them  at  a  small  mar- 
gin of  profit  on  the  outlay;  and  his  phenomenal  success  in  this  direction  is  largely  attributable  to  his  wise  selection  of  local- 
ity and  to  the  fact  that  he  only  erects  the  best  class  of  residential  property.  There  are  many  clients  of  his  to-day,  who  have 
to  thank  Mr.  Boynton  for  the  possession  oi  iiighly  desirable  and  eligible  houses,  etc.,  which  have  been  enhanced  in  value  to  a  considerable 
extent  since  they  were  purchased  from  him;  and  this  fact,  together  with  his  rigid  adherence  to  the  highest  principles  of  integrity  and  hon- 
orable dealing,  have  led  to  his  being  entrusted  with  a  large  volume  of  general  real  estate  business,  the  chief  features  of  which  are  the  pur- 
chase, sale  and  exchange  of  realty  of  all  kinds,  the  entire  management  of  estates  and  the  negotiation  of  loans  upon  bond  or  mortgage.  Mv. 
Boynton  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Real  Estate  Exchange,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  now  of  middle  age. 


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HOLT  &  COMPANY,  Steam  and  Water  Heating,  No'  65  Federal  Street.  The  only  economical  system  of  warming  buildings 

which  has  met  with  universal  approval  wherever  properly  introduced,  is  that  of  heating  by  the  use  of  steam  or  hot  water. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  and  thoroughly  progressive  houses  engaged  in  this  industry  in  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  A. 

Holt  &  Company,  located  at  No.  65  Federal  Street.  This  representative  house  was  established  ten  years  ago,  and  makes  a 
*  specialty  of  contract  work,  supplying  any  system  of  steam  and  hot  water  heating  desired,  and  placing  all  transactions  on  a 

thoroughly  substantial  and  satisfactory  basis.  Mr.  Holt,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  practical  steam  and  hot 
water  engineer,  and  is  the  inventor  of  a  new  improved  steam  and  hot  water  boiler  which  was  patented  Jan.  1,  1SH4.  This  boiler  is  made  of 
either  wrought  or  cast-iron  tubes,  and  in  its  construction  is  combined  all  the  necessary  qualities  of  a  first-class  steam  and  water  heater.  It 
is  built  compactly,  is  low  enough  to  set  in  any  cellar  1:hat  is  six  feet  high,  and  is  specially  adapted  for  private  houses.  Simplicity  in  the 
adjustment  of  any  house-heating  apparatus  is  a  great  item,  as  it  is  frequently  left  in  the  charge  of  servants.  It  is  no  more  trouble  to  attend 
to  a  steam  boiler  of  this  make  than  a  common  range,  as  it  runs  automatically,  and  the  grate  is  made  of  sufficient  size  to  keep  the  fire  in  good 
order  for  a  long  time,  without  adding  water;  but  it  is  not  considered  a  good  plan  to  do  so,  as  the  boiler  steams  better  when  the  water  is 
renewed  occasionally.  This  firm  now  has  undoubtedly  the  most  powerful  and  durable  boiler  on  the  market.  It  is  made  in  various  sizes  and 
patterns,  so  that  any  and  all  places  can  be  fitted  and  for  either  wrought  or  cast-iron  pipes;  while  the  firm  also  arrange  for  a  combination  job, 
to  run  either  steam  or  hot  water  in  the  same  apparatus  and  with  the  best  of  results.  This  combination  is  a  great  advantage  in  many  houses 
especially  in  the  coldest  weather,  as  many  prefer  to  use  water  in  the  mildest  weather  and  steam  in  the  coldest,  as  it  will  heat  up  so  much 
quicker  if  the  house  gets  cooled  down.  This  house  also  furnishes  the  Holt  Radiator,  the  Mahony  Direct  Draft  Hot  Water  Heater,  the  Port- 
able Water  Heater,  the  Ideal  Radiator,  and  the  Union  Water  Radiator.  Their  patronage  is  large  and  influential  throughout  New  England, 
constantly  increasing  in  magnitude  and  importance  under  enterprising  and  reliable  management.  Mr.  Holt  is  a  native  of  Danville,  Vt.,  an 
engineer  of  twenty  years'  experience  in  this  line,  and  widely  known  and  honored  for  his  genius  as  an  inventor  and  his  creditable  business 
record. 

iOHN  PICKERING  &  MOSELEY,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  40  State  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  and  most  rehable  of  the  Boston 
houses  engaged  in  the  banking  and  stock  brokerage  business,  is  that  of  John  Pickering  &  Mosele.w  whose  well-equipped 
offices  are  at  No.  40  State  Street.  This  time-honored  concern  was  originally  founded  in  1849  by  Mr.  John  Pickering,  of 
Salem,  and  conducted  by  him  alone  up  to  1869,  when  Mr.  C.  W.  Moseley  was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  present  firm  title 
being  adopted.  In  1883  Mr.  Pickering's  death  occurred,  and  in  him  the  city  of  Salem  lost  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  the 
Boston  Stock  Exchange  one  of  its  oldest  and  most  respected  members.  Mr.  Moseley  has  since  remained  sole  proprietor,  but 
has  retained  the  original  firm  name.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  in  1880,  and  has  been  an  active  member  of 
the  Boston  Stock  Exchange  since  March,  1888,  and  is  popularly  known  by  his  colleagues  of  those  institutions.  He  employs  four  experienced 
assistants,  and  is  a  general  broker  in  stocks  and  bonds,  buying  and  selling  on  conunission,  and  making  advances  on  securities.  His  ample 
means  enable  him  to  meet  the  requirements  of  his  patrons  upon  the  most  satisfactory  basis.  The  New  York  correspondents  are  Messrs.  A. 
M.  Kidder  &  Co.,  and  Dominick  Dickerman.  All  market  news  is  received  by  private  wires,  and  ti'ansaotions  are  conducted  in  a  manner  con- 
ducing to  the  best  interests  of  patrons.  Mr.  Moseley  resides  at  his  birthplace,  Newburyport,  Mass.,  during  the  summer  months,  and  he 
enjoys  a  patronage  extending  to  all  parts  of  New  England.  Both  in  financial,  commercial  and  social  circles  he  bears  ah  unsullied  reputation, 
and  commands  the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 

«^^se^wNITED  STATES  SEWAGE  FILTERING  AND  FERTILIZER  COMPANY,  Exchange  Building,  No.  53  State  Street,  Room  No. 
y"J,'^^5*-.H  833.— It  is  a  pleasure  to  call  the  attention  of  cities  and  towns  to  the  United  States  Sewage  Filtering  and  Fertilizer  Company, 
V^M^>jifl  which  was  incorporated  April  13,  1891,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  .Maine,  with  an  authorized  capital  of  $1,000,000,  and  is 
^U^Buaf  officered  as  follows,  viz:  James  H.  Waite,  president;  Arthur  B.  Champlin,  vice-president;  Geo.  J.  Bicknell,  treasurer; 
teiiA^SS**  William  J.  Calder,  secretary;  Asher  F.  Black,  manager.  The  main  office  of  the  company  is  in  the  Exchange  Building,  Room 
llt^*^  ■=?%«  jfo  83.3^  and  a  limited  number  of  shares  of  the  stock  are  now  ofEered  at  a  price  that  cannot  fail  to  arrest  the  attention  of 
intelligent  and  conservative  investors.  Drafts  and  plans  of  operations  are  now  open  to  investigation  at  the  company's  ofHce,  from  U  a.  m., 
to  8  p.  M.  The  business  of  the  company  is  the  clarifying  of  sewage,  for  cities  and  towns,  and  disposing  of  the  residue  for  fertiUzing  purposes. 
They  take  up  the  crude  sewage  from  the  sewer,  at,  or  near  its  mouth,  separate  the  gas  and  solids  f  i-om  the  water,  and  let  the  water  run  freely. 
Practical  results  of  the  greatest  importance  and  value  to  humanity  have  already  resulted  therefrom.  The  company  are  rapidly  and  per- 
manently extending  their  business,  and,  as  the  great  sanitary  appliance  of  the  age,  their  apparatus  is  now  warmly  endorsed  and  commended 
by  health  officers,  sanitary  engineers,  munincipal  authorities  and  experts  generally.  By  its  use,  the  whole  sewage  of  a  city  or  town  is  purified, 
at  a  saving  of  thousands  of  dollars,  which  it  would  be  compelled  to  expend  in  conducting  the  present  flow  of  sewage  beyond  a  point  where  it 
would  no  longer  be  a  source  of  offence  and  danger.  One  million  gallons  of  sewage  are  clarified  in  twenty-four  hours,  while  the  apparatus  can 
be  enlarged  or  dupUcated  on  the  same  plant,  to  clarify  two  oi'  three  millions  as  well.  Their  first  complete  plant  is  to  be  in  operation  at 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  about  April  1,  1892.  The  manager,  Mr.  Asher  F,  Black,  is  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  the  system  and  apparatus,  and  his 
supervision  of  the  business  insures  the  success  of  all  operations  of  the  company. 

A.  TUCKER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Leather  Garments,  Etc.,  No.  115  High  Street.-The  eminent  and  enterprising  house 
of  Messrs.  J.  A.  Tucker  <&  Co.,  established  their  enterprise  here  in  1880,  and  have  become  widely  renowned  as  manufactur- 
ers of  the  "  Goat  Brand  "  leather  jackets,  vests,  pants,  sporting  goods  and  water-proof  garments.  Both  as  regards  practi- 
cal experience,  perfected  facilities  and  the  character  of  their  productions,  they  stand  unrivalled  on  the  continent  to-day, 
and  maintain  the  highest  standard  of  excellence  for  workmanship  and  finish,  and  are  justly  celebrated  for  the  originality 
HSm^  and  perfection  of  design  of  their  Goat  brand  of  coats,  ulsters,  pants,  vests,  and  garments  generally  for  men  and  boys; 
calf  tennis  caps,  and  ooze  calf  English  walking  and  riding  jackets.  They  warrant  all  their  garments  full  sizes  and  perfect  fitting  and  all , 
goods  to  be-"  genuine  oiled  tanned."  Every  dealer  should  keep  a  line  of  these  goods,  as  the  demand  is  constantly  increasing.  Professional 
men,  sportsmen,  teamsters,  car  drivers,  engineers,  firemen,  brakemen,  switchmen  and  all  railroad  men  say  they  are  a  necessity.  Mr.  J.  A. 
Tucker,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  was  a  member  of  the  shoe  manufacturing  firm  of  James  Tucker.  &  Co. 
for  several  years,  retiring  therefrom  to  enter  his  present  business. 

LOWRY  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Linen,  No.  26  Chauncy  Street,— This  business  was  established  in  1843  by  WiUiam  Lowry  &Co., 
who  were  succeeded  in  1S47  by  W,  and  M.  Lowry.  The  latter  retired  in  1854  and  entered  upon  the  same  line  of  business 
alone,  continuing  it  until  1866,  when  he  was  again  joined  by  Mr.  William  Lowry  under  the  firm  style  of  M.  Lowry  &  Co.  The 
death  of  Mr.  William  Lowry  took  place  in  1873,  and  the  business  has  since  been  carried  on  by  Mr.  M.  Lowry  without  change 
of  the  firm  name.  As  linen  importers  and  commission  merchants,  the  firm  do  a  large  business,  handling  such  goods  as 
burlaps,  buckruras,  artists'  canvas,  sheetings,  hoUands,  elastic  canvas,  linen  handkerchiefs,  towels,  etc.    The  sales  of  the 

house  are  principally  to  the  trade  in  Massachusetts.    Mr.  M.  Lowry  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  has  lived  in  Boston  ever  since  his  arrival  m 

this  country  in  1846. 


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]OBES,  HAYWAED  &  CO.,  (Incorporated)  Manufacturing  Confectioners,  Nos.  42  to  B3  Chardon  Street.— The  largest  and  leading 
manufacturing  confectioners  in  Boston  is  the  corporation  known  under  the  name  and  style  of  Fobes,  Hay  ward  &  Co.,  doing 
business  at  Nos.  42  to  58  Chardon  Street.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1848,  by  Daniel  Fobes  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded 
in  1860  by  the  firm  of  Fobes,  Hay  ward  &  Co.  The  honored  senior  partnfer,  Mr.  J.  H.  Hay  ward,  died  in  I8S5,  after  a  long  and  cred- 
itable business  career,  and  the  following  year  a  stock  company  was  formed  and  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $150,000,  and  with  A.  F.  Hay  ward,  president  and  treasurer;  E.  F.  Fobes,  vice  presi- 
dent; and  F.  H.  Woodward  as  one  of  the  incorporators.  The  building  occupied  for  the  business  contains  six  stories  and  a  basement,  00  x  125 
feet  each,  with  offices  and  warerooms  on  the  ground  floor,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  five  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  manufactur- 
ing plant  is  the  finest  and  best  equipped  of  its  kind  in  New  England,  and  one  of  the  largest  in  the  United  States,  while  the  house  is  engaged 
in  the  manuf ac '  ure  of  the  finest  grade  of  goods  known  to  the  trade,  including  plain  and  decorated  creams,  raarshmallows.  plain  and  fancy 
chocolate  creams,  vanilla  chocolates,  cream  almonds,  maccaroons,  mixed  candies  and  bon-bons,  containing  all  the  rare  and  exquisite  flavors 
so  difficult  to  obtam  in  their  pristine  excellence  elsewhere.  The  management  has  shown  marked  enterprise  in  widening  the  field  of  their 
styles  and  novelties  in  flavors,  combinations,  etc.,  and  confectioners  handling  these  goods  can  ^meet  every  taste  and  fancy  in  fine  and  whole- 
some confectionery.  The  officers  and  managers  believe  in  giving  the  public  the  best  only,  and  have  adopted  as  their  motto,  "  Not  how  cheap, 
but  how  good."  They,  consequently,  use  only  the  best  and  choicest  of  sugars,  flavors,  extracts,  vegetable  colors,  chocolates,  and  other 
ingredients,  all  manipulated  in  the  most  cleanly  and  scientific  manner  by  their  own  processes,  with  the  result  that  purchasers  accept  their 
trade-mark  as  proof  of  quality,  and  demand  their  goods  in  preference  to  all  others.  The  trade  is  conducted  exclusively  at  wholesale,  and 
extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  being  large  and  active  in  Chicago,  as  well  as  in  Boston;  in  Kansas  City  as  well  as  in 
Providence,  E.  I. ;  in  Portland,  Ore.,  as  well  as  in  Portland,  Me. ;  in  St.  Louis,  St.  Paul  and  San  Francisco;  in  New  Orleans,  Atlanta  and  Balti- 
more, as  in  Lowell,  Lawrence  and 'Lynn,  Hartford,  New  Haven  and  Bridgeport,  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  President  Hayward  is  an 
experienced  confectioner,  and  an  honored  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.  Fobes,  the  vice-president,  is  a  son  of  Daniel  Fobes, 
and  was  trained  in  the  business  from  his  early  youth.  Both  gentlemen  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth,  and  stand  deservedly  high  in  com- 
mercial, financial  and  social  circles. 

IHE  MON'UMENT  NATIONAL  BANK,  of  Charlestown,  Thompson  Square. — As  a  natural  result  of  the  industrial  and  commercial 
interests  of  the  Charlestown  district,  her  manufacturers  and  business  men  have  need  of  the  most  extended  financial  facihties, 
and  it  is  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  the  RIonument  National  Bank  of  Charlestown  has  so  long,  so  ably,  and  so  satisfac- 
torily met  evevy  demand  of  the  public,  and  afforded  such  a  safe  and  reliable  depository  to  our  btisiness  men.  This  bank  has 
had  a  lengthy  and  honorable  career.  It  was  originally  incorporated  in  1S&4,  and  was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking 
laws  in  186.5.  It  has  a  capital  stock  of  8150,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz. :  President,  Amos  Stone ;  cashier,  Warren  San- 
ger. Directors:  Amos  Stone,  Henry  C.  Eand,  Francis  Hall,  George  B.  Neal,  Warren  Sanger  and  Mark  P.  Burns.  These  names  are  synony- 
mous with  stability  and  integrity,  and  their  sound  discretion  and  administrative  capacity  have  become  generally  recognized.  In  President 
Stone  this  community  recognizes  one  of  its  most  substantial  and  public-spirited  citizens,  who  has  done  much  for  the  city  in  various  ways. 
He  has  been  a  director  of  the  bank  since  1863,  and  succeeded  to  the  presidency  on  the  death  of  James  O.  Curtis  in  1891.  He  gives  the  bank 
the  benefit  of  his  personal  attention,  while  he  is  also  president  of  the  Charlestown  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank,  and  of  the  Mutual  Protection  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  The  cashier,  Mr.  Sanger,  came  to  the  position  upon  the  retirement  of  the  first  cashier,  Mr.  George  L.  Foote,  Jan.  1, 
1866.  His  long  term  of  service  affords  substantial  evidence  of  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his  associates  in  the  management  of  the 
bank.  This  bank  transacts  a  general  business  in  deposits,  loans,  collections  and  exchange;  issues  drafts,  handles  commercial  paper,  loans  on 
good  security,  and  in  every  legitimate  way  seeks  to  advance  its  customers'  best  interests.  It  has  accumulated  a  surplus  fund  of  $160,000.00, 
with  undivided  profits  approximating  $60,000,  and  has  individual  deposits  amounting  to  $450,000,  while  it  is  well  worthy  of  its  ever-increasing 
measure  of  strength  and  usefulness. 

B.  WEIGHT  MANUFACTUEING  COMPANY,  Chemists  and  Importers,  Standard  Flavoring  Extracts,  Perfumes,  Toilet 
Articles,  Adhesives,  Etc.,  No.  17  Bowker  Street.— The  wide-spread  and  increasing  demand  for  an  improved  class  of  flavor- 
ing extracts  and  kindi*ed  articles  has,  in  the  nature  of  things,  resulted  in  placing  upon  the  market  some  notably  superior 
goods  of  the  character  indicated,  of  late  yeai"s.  Some  of  our  leading  Boston  manufacturers  in  this  line  turn  out  prepara- 
tions of  exceptional  excellence,  and  among  these  may  be  named  the  S.  B.  Wright  Manufacturing  Company,  chemists  and 
importers,  No.  17  Bowker  Street,  whose  productions  command  extensive  sale  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
Their  Standard  flavoring  extracts,  Wright's  everlasting  cologne,  essential  oils.  etc. ,  are  noted  for  purity,  choice  quality  and  all  other  features 
of  merit,  being  prepared  from  absolutely  pure  and  select  ingredients,  in  accordance  with  the  most  approved  methods,  and  have  secured  an 
enduring  hold  on  favor  everywhere.  They  are,  in  fact,  conceded  to  be  unsurpassed  by  anything  of  the  kind  on  the  market,  and  are  in  con- 
stantly increasing  demand.  The  S.  B.  Wright  Manufacturing  Company,  of  which  Mr.  L.  C.  Paul  is  the  efficient  manager,  was  established  in 
1885,  and  the  signal  success  that  has  attended  the  enterprise  from  the  start  abundantly  attests  the  superiority  of  the  goods.  The  business 
premises  are  spacious,  commodious  and  perfectly  equippe<l,  and  ten  to  a  dozen  in  help  are  employed.  Besides  Standard  flavoring  extracts, 
Wright's  everlasting  cologne  and  essential  oils,  they  also  manufacture  high-grade  perfumes,  fine  toilet  articles,  adhesives,  castor  oil,  machine 
oil,  rhubarb,  paregoric,  Jamaica  ginger,  ammonia  and  other  pharmaceutical  specialties,  keeping  on  hand  always  a  large  stock,  and  selling 
exclusively  to  the  jobbing  trade. 

|ILL  &  LOOTZ.  Ship  Brokers,  No.  149  Congress  Street.— Of  the  many  firms  who  have  been  instrumental  in  building  up 
and  fostering  the  maritime  business  that  has  been  the  stepping-stone  to  this  city's  greatness,  no  one  house  has 
done  more  than  that  of  Messrs.  Gill  &  Lootz,  the  well-known  ship  brokers,  at  No.  149  Congress  Street.  The  business 
was  founded  about  1840.  by  Christian  Bors,  the  present  firm  coming  into  control  in  the  sixties.  The  partners  early 
proved  themselves  as  possessing  all  the  qualifications  for  the  successful  conduct  of  their  business,  and  have  developed 
intimate  and  influential  connections  on  both  sides  the  Atlantic.  They  buy,  sell  and  chaiter  vessels  of  all  kinds,  and 
do  an  extensive  business  as  commission  merchants  for  the  sale  of  general  merchandise.  They  receive  consignments  direct  from  the  . 
manufacturers  and  producers  on  both  continents,  handling  the  same  with  scrupulous  care  and  disposing  of  the  same  to  the  best  possible 
advantage.  They  are  agents  for  White  Cross  Line  of  Antwerp  steamships,  and  transact  a  general  maritime  business.  Mr.  C.  S.  Gill, 
the  senior  partner,  is  a  native  of  Maine,  who  came  into  this  house  as  clerk  for  its  founder  over  forty  years  ago,  and  was  appointed 
consul  to  Belgium,  which  office  he  still  holds,  and  was  knighted  by  King  Leopold  of  Belgium  as  a  chevalier  of  the  Order  of  Leopold.  Mr.  G. 
Lootz  was  born  in  Norway,  and  became  a  sea  captain  in  early  life,  emigrating  to  Boston  thirty  years  ago.  He  holds  the  consulate  of  the 
Netherlands,  the  vice-consulate  of  Sweden  and  Norway,  and  the  vice-consulate  of  Denmark,  and  was  knighted  by  the  King  of  Sweden 
with  the  order  of  Wasa.  The  experience  enjoyed  by  the  proprietors  in  foreign  lands  and  on  the  sea  give  them  peculiar  advantages  in  their 
business,  while  their  high  character  for  business  reliability  is  a  sufficient  assurance  that  all  orders  will  receive  prompt  and  faithful  attention. 


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^^j^JjiNCHESTER  LOCOMOTIVE  WORKS,  Manufacturers  ot  Locomotives  and  Amoskeag  Steam  Fire  Engines,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
OfiQce,  No.  40  Water  Street. — In  the  production  of  locomotives  and  steam  fire  engines,  skill  and  science  have  been  utihzed  to  the 
utmost,  and  yet  among  the  multitude  of  manufactures  it  is  well  to  pause  and  endeavor  to  weigh  the  comparative  merits  of 
the  various  styles,  and  select  upon  a  critical  basis  of  merit.  There  are  a  few  old-established  concerns  in  the  United  States 
that  have  achieved  a  solid  reputation  for  the  superiority  of  their  engines,  and  fully  live  up  to  it,  and  foremost  in  the  list 
stands  the  Manchester  Locomotive  Works,  who  are  specially  prominent  as  manufacturers  of  locomotives  and  Amoskeag 
steam  fire  engines,  with  headquarters  at  Manchestei-.  JJ.  H.  The  foundation  of  this  successful  business  was  laid  in  1850,  by  Messrs.  Bayley, 
Blood  &  Co. ,  and  in  1854  the  Manchester  Locomotive  Works  were  duly  incorporated,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000.  In  1877,  the  company 
acquired  the  right  to  manufacture  the  Amoskeag  Steam  Fire  Engines,  and  have  since  conducted  both  branches  of  industry  with  signal  ability 
and  steadily  increasing  success.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  W.  G.  Means'  ofSce  is  located  at  No,  40  Water  Street,  Boston.  The  works  at  Man- 
chester comprise  a  machine  shop,  two  stories  high,  84  x  400  feet;  a  woodshop,  two  stories  high,  40  x  100  feet;  a  sraithshop,  50  x  330  feet; 
boilershop,  52x250  feet;  and  an  iron  foundry  with  two  furnaces.  Steady  employment  is  given  to  seven  hundred  hands,  and  the  pay  roll 
averages  over  $32,000  per  month.  Their  locomotives  are  used  upon  the  Boston  &  Maine,  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal,  the  Michigan 
Central,  the  C.  B.  &  Q.,  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph,  the  Grand  Trunk,  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe,  the  Mexican  Central,  the  Carohna 
Central,  and  other  railroads  of  the  country;  while  their  steam  fire  engines  are  in  use  by  New  York,  Boston,  Brooklyn,  Fitchburg  and 
other  cities  throughout  the  country.  The  managers  are  close  students  of  mechanics  and  steam  engineering,  and  have  included  in  their 
engines,  every  improvement  that  conduces  to  economy  in  running  and  increased  power.  Tlie  best  of  material  only  is  used,  and  every 
part  is  fashioned  and  put  together  with  the  greatest  accuracy  and  care.  Every  locomotive  and  fire  engine  is  severely  tested  before  ship- 
ment, and  is  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.  Prices  are  at  bed-rock,  and,  quality  considered,  are  the  cheapest  quoted  by  any  like  institu- 
tion in  the  land.  The  president,  Mr.  Juo.  A.  Burnham,  succeeded  his  father,  who  had  filled  that  position  from  1854  to  1887.  The  treasurer, 
Mr.  Wm.  G.  Means,  has  been  steadily  in  that  ofBoe  since  1854,  and  was  also  president  of  the  First  National  Bank,  ot  Manchester,  from 
1855  to  '59.    The  superintendent  ot  the  works,  Mr.  Aretas  Blood,  has  sei-ved  in  that  responsible  capacity  since  1864. 


HURCH  CLEANSING  COMPANY,  No.  149  Tremont  Street.— The  Church  Cleansing  Company  was  established  in  1875,  by  Mr 
Church,  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  the  Invincible  Carpet  Beating  Machine,  and  of  the  Heated  Naphtha  Process  for  purify- 
ing mattresses,  feather  beds,  bedding,  rugs  and  carpets.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1889,  under  the  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  give  skillful  attention  to  all  forms  of  cleansing  and  disinfecting,  and  have  in  use  the  best  machinery  and 
methods  for  cleansing  wool,  cotton,  and  silk  robes  and  blankets^  and  for  disinfecting  furniture,  carpets,  rugs,  bedding 
etc.,  after  sickness,  and  ridding  them  ot  moths  and  insect  pests.  No  expense  has  been  spared  in  fitting  up  the  works  so  as  to 
insure  rapid  and  effective  service  at  all  times.  The  best  and  only  scientific  method  of  thoroughly  cleaning  carpets  without  the  slightest 
injury  to  the  fabric,  color  or  design,  is  in  application  here,  and  patrons  are  invited  to  call  and  see  the  work  executed  and  the  machinery  in 
operation.  It  their  rugs  or  carpets  are  simply  full  of  dust,  they  should  have  them  cleaned  by  the  Invincible  Carpet  Beating  Machine- 
Clmrch's  patent,  which  .removes  all  dust  without  fraying  or  shrinking.  If  their  rugs  or  carpets  are  much  soiled  or  stained,  or  it  moths  or 
beetles  are  discovered,  they  should  be  put  through  the  Heated  Naphtha  Process,  Church's  patent,  which  is  used  only  by  this  company.  It 
their  mattresses,  feather  beds  and  bedding  are  soiled,  or  rendered  unwholesome  by  long  use,  or  it  vermin  are  suspected,  they  should  be 
purified  and  made  over  by  this  patent  process.  This  is  also  the  surest  disinfectant  after  sickness.  A  large  force  of  skilled  workmen  con- 
tribute to  the  successful  operations  of  this  enterprise,  and  teams  call  for  and  deliver  goods  without  charge.  The  patronage  ot  the  company 
comes  from- all  parts  ot  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine,  and  is  steadily  enlarging  under  enterprising  and  reUable  management. 
Prices  are  made  as  low  as  is  consistent  with  a  service  which  will  be  satisfactory  to  all.  Mr.  Jno.  G.  Phillips,  the  treasurer  ot  the  company,  is 
a  well-known  Bostonian,  who  gives  his  personal  attention  to  the  wants  of  patrons,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 


B.  SMALL  &  CO.,  Agricultural  Implements,  No.  26  Merchants  Row.— The  Buckeye  Harvesting  Machines  enjoy  a  world-wide 
reputation  for  their  superiority  and  uniform  excellence.  These  machines  are  sold  in  Boston,  by  Messrs.  J.  B.  Small  &  Co., 
the  well-known  dealers  in  agricultural  implements.  The  firm  have  held  the  general  agency  for  these  machines  in  Boston 
and  vicinity,  since  1889,  while  they  are  also  prominent  in  the  trade  as  agents  for  Reynolds  Brothers'  Hay  Tedder,  and  as  the 
inventors  and  proprietors  of  Small's  Patent  Calf  Feeder  and  Small's  Floral  Window  Garden  Box.  The  premises  occupied  by 
the  firm  for  trade  purposes,  comprise  2,500  square  feet,  and  every  facihty  is  afforded  tor  conducting  all  operations  under  the 
most  favorable  auspices.  The  Buckeye  mower  has  never  had  an  equal,  and  the  scores  ot  would-be  imitators  pay  to  it  the  most  flattering 
tributes  for  its  superiority.  Tlie  harvesters  bearing  the  name  of  "  Buckeye,"  are,  without  unjust  disparagement  to  others,  the  most  practi- 
cal, durable  and  ingenious  pieces  of  mechanism  for  their  uses  on  the  market.  The  day  has  gone  by  when  farmers  will  be  satisfied  with  any- 
thing short  of  the  very  best.  The  latest  improvements,  best  workmanship,  and  reliable  materials,  are  essential  to  first-class  machines,  and 
these  are  found  united  in  the  Buckeye  mowers,  binders  and  harvesters.  The  brand  ot  Aultman,  Miller  &  Co.,  on  this  class  of  machinery 
has  become  a  passport  tor  quality  and  efaciency  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  They  are  general  favorites  with  New  England  farmers,  as  being 
not  only  the  lightest,  but  also  the  strongest  specialties  ot  their  kind  ever  invented,  while  they  are  sold  by  Messrs.  Small  &  Co.,  at  very  reason- 
able prices.  Small's  Calf  Feeder  was  patented  in  1884,  since  which  date,  over  ten  thousand  have  been  made  and  sold,  and  they  have  been 
proved  to  be  a  very  perfect  and  much  needed -.article,  by  all  progressive  farmers  and  stock-raisers  who  have  tried  them.  They  are  now  used 
iu  every  State  in  the  Union,  as  weh  as  in  many  foreign  countries.  Mr.  J.  B.  Small,  the  active  member  of  this  firm,  has  been  engaged  in  this 
branch  of  trade  for  the  past  thirty  years,  and  is  widely  honored  and  esteemed  in  trade  circles,  for  his  genius  and  ability  as  an  inventor. 


KRIKORIAN,  Oriental  and  French  Confectionery,  No.  42  Thayer  Street.— Owing  to  the  fact  that  Americans  are  the  greatest 
candy  consumers  on  earth,  the  manufacture  of  delectables  in  this  line  has  long  been  an  industry  of  much  importance.  The 
leading  representative  of  this  industry  is  Mr.  H.  Krikorian,  to  whose  products  must  be  awarded  the  palm  for  supei-ior 
excellence.  This  gentleman  established  his  enterprise  in  1886,  at  his  present  address.  No,  43  Thayer  Street.  The  thorough, 
expert,  practical  knowledge  of  his  trade  brought  to  bear  by  him,  liis  honorable,  liberal  business  policy,  the  purity  and 
toothsomeness  ot  liis  goods,  all  have  conspired  to  win  general  favor  with  the  public  and  a  large,  steadily  growing  patron- 
age. His  confectionery  is  now  shipped  to  all  parts  ot  the  United  States— wherever  introduced  it  has  never  failed  to  win  the  popular  favoi-. 
The  factory  is  comprised  within  a  large  area,  divided  into  four  departments,  equipped  with  steam  power  and  all  requisite  machinery,  while 
employment  is  found  for  a  force  of  fifty  experienced  hands.  Mr.  Krikorian  personally  supervises  his  assistants  and  manufactures  a  fine 
line  ot  Oriental  and  French  confectionery  ot  every  variety,  including  a  large  number  of  novelties,  all  made  from  the  best  selected  mate, 
rials  and  are  of  delicious  flavor  and  quality.  The  trade  supplied  is  exclusively  at  wholesale  and  orders  ot  any  magnitude  meet  with  prompt 
fulfillment.  Mr.  Krikorian  is  a  native  of  Constantinople  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  fifteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Confectioners'  Association,  the  National  Confectioners'  .\sso(;iation.  also  the  Order  ot  Red  Men  and  is  popularly  esteemed  as  a  reliable,  pro- 
gressive mannfactui-er  and  most  worthy  citizen. 


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RENCH'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Charles  French,  A.  M.,  Principal,  Xo.  167  Treraont  Street.— This  is  the  oldest  and  best- 
conducted  college  of  the  kind  in  Boston,  having  been  founded  in  1848  by  the  present  principal,  Charles  French,  A.  M.  Dur- 
ing these  forty  odd  years  it  has  achieved  a  success  seldom,  if  ever,  duplicated  by  any  similar  institution.  It  is  one  of  the 
reliable  colleges,  where  each  student  receives* direct  tuition  under  the  guidance  and  instruction  of  experienced  professors, 
and  where  diplomas  are  only  granted  and  graduation  permitted  upon  the  manifest  proof  of  proficiency  as  afforded  by  severe 
examinations.  The  studies  in  the  initiatory  department  are  business  penmanship,  business  arithmetic,  spelling,  business 
papers,  correspondence,  single  and  double  entry  book-keeping.  In  the  actual  business  department  the  student  conducts  actual  business  trans- 
actions upon  his  own  account,  entering  the  world  of  trade,  buying  from  and  selling  to  his  fellow  students,  opening  accounts  with  the  bank,  ship- 
ping, receiving,  etc.;  giving  and  taking  promissory  notes,  making  out  and  handling  checks,  drafts,  notes,  invoices,  account  sales,  due  bills, 
manifests,  etc. ;  and  conducting  a  general  business  in  all  its  varied  ramifications.  He  also  entere  the  bank  and  acts  as  messenger,  teller,  dis- 
count clerk,  book-keeper,  cashier,  and  president,  following  every  duty  which  he  will  be  called  upon  to  discharge  in  whole  or  in  part,  when  he 
enters  the  great  world  of  commerce.  There  are  also  departments  of  shorthand  and  typewriting,  instruction  by  lectures  and  recitations  on 
conmiercial  law;  a  nautical  department  where  students  of  all  ages  are  thoroughly  qualified  for  accomplished  navigators;  and  practical  talks 
by  Mr.  French,  or  some  reliable  instructor,  on  real  business  life.  The  graduates  of  this  college  are  preferred  by  merchants,  bankers,  and 
business  men  on  account  of  their  superior  fitness,  and  a  course  of  study  here  has  proved  a  shoi't  road  to  success  in  life  by  thousands  who 
have  tried  it.  Every  feature  of  a  business  education  is  most  carefully  elaborated,  and  the  large  and  increasing  attendance  each  year  shows 
the  appreciation  accorded  the  institution  by  a  discriminating  public.  Mr.  French  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  has 
had  a  larger  and  more  successful  experience  as  a  teacher  of  commercial  branches  than  any  other  business  educator  in  Boston,  and  is  recog- 
nized as  the  best  authority  in  this  special  department.  A  liberal  education  at  Harvard  University,  and  an  extended  business  experience  give 
him  advantages  not  possessed  by  any  other  business  college  teacher  in  New  England,  while  he  has  surrounded  himself  with  able  assistants, 
and  pursues  a  method  of  instruction  pecuharly  his  own,  the  wisdom  of  which  is  proven  by  the  efficiency  of  the  graduates  of  the  college. 


|HE  HELIOTYPE  PRINTING  COMPANY,  No.  211  Tremont  Street.— The  manager  of  the  heliotyp©  printing  process,  by  which 
such  beautiful  effects  are  now  attained,  is  Mr.  Donald  Ramsay,  treasurer  and  sole  proprietor  of  the  Heliotype  Company  of 
this  city,  whose  works  are  at  No.  2U  Tremont  Street.  Mr.  Ramsay  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Bos- 
ton since  1868.  Becoming  manager  of  the  company,  he  has  directed  it  with  such  eminent  success,  that  a  trade  has  been 
developed  extending  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  the  British  Provinces.  Mr.  Ramsay  publishes  a  handsome  cata- 
logue, showing  the  various  processes  employed,  a  copy  of  which  will  be  sent  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  stamp,  and  in  it  is  given 
a  clear  description  of  what  a  heliotype  is.  The  heliotype  process  is  the  application  of  the  well-known  principles  of  photography  to  the  art 
of  printing  and  the  practice  of  the  printing  press.  Photography  is  purely  a  chemical  (or  actinic)  process,  as  the  name  ("  writing  by  light ") 
implies.  Printing,  on  the  other  hand,  is  purely  mechanical.  The  heliotype  process  is  both  chemical  and  mechanical,  combining  the  chemi- 
cal principles  of  photography  with  the  mechanical  methods  of  printing.  In  short,  the  heliotype  process  may  be  described  as  photography  in 
the  printing  press.  The  product  of  the  heliotype  process  is  called  a  heliotype.  It  is  both  a  photograph  and  a  print.  It  is  a  photograph 
mechanically  produced,  and  it  is  at  the  same  time  a  print  having  a  chemical  origin.  The  ordinary  photograph  is  produced  in  evanescent 
materials,  and  will  fade;  the  heliotype  is  printed  with  permanent  ink,  and  can  never  fade.  The  heliotype,  therefore,  may  be  defined  as  a 
photo-mechanical  print,  possessing  the  exact  features  of  a  photograph,  together  with  the  permanent  qualities  of  ordinary  printing.  The 
premises  occupied  for  the  purposes  of  this  establishment  comprise  three  spacious  floors  and  gallery,  at  No.  211  Tremont  and  No.  138  Pearl  Streets, 
equipped  with  splendid  steam  power  machinery,  and  the  finest  facilities,  and  employment  is  found  for  from  sixty  to  seventy-five  artists, 
printers  and  assistants.  Printing  of  all  kinds  is  executed  here;  illustrations  produced  by  photogravure,  photo-gelatine,  photo-color,  photo- 
lithographic, and  photo-engraving  processes,  and  lithographic  printing  of  evety  description  is  performed  in  the  most  finished  style  of  the  art. 
Estimates  are  furnished  at  shortest  notice,  and  first-class  work  guaranteed  in  evei*y  instance. 


L.  KNAPP  &  CO.,  Dentists'  Materials,  No.  161  Tremont  Street.— The  progress  in  dental  science  is  one  of  the  most  gratify- 
ing features  of  this  progressive  age,  while  the  brilliant  results  achieved  are  largely  due  to  the  efforts  of  such  eminent 
houses  as  that  of  Messrs.  B.  L.  Knapp  &  Co.,  dealers  in  dentists'  materials,  at  No.  161  Tremont  Street.  This  representative 
house  was  established  in  1883,  and  has  become  headquarters  for  goods  in  this  line  to  the  leading  dentists  throughout  New 
England.  The  spacious  and  attractive  warerooms  are  filled  with  a  complete  stock  of  the  thousand  and  one  articles  and 
specialties  comprised  under  the  head  of  dentists'  materials.  Here  are  the  latest  improved  and  most  richly  upholstered  den- 
tal chairs,  all  tools  and  equipments  for  the  manufacture  of  sets  of  teeth,  and  artificial  teeth  of  the  most  perfect  character;  gold,  silver  and 
other  materials,  as  well  as  such  specialties  as  the  "  Crown  Dental  Cream  "  for  the  teeth,  from  Van  Antwerp  &  Co.,  London,  Eng.  This  firm 
are  especially  prominent  in  the  trade  as  New  England  agents  for  Johnson  &  Lund's  manufactures,  in  the  fine  of  dental  instruments  for 
extracting,  filling,  cleaning,  etc.,  a  full  supply  of  which  valuable  products  is  constantly  carried  in  stock.  The  trade  of  the  house,  which  is 
exclusively  wholesale,  is  large  and  influential  in  Boston,  Providence,  Lowell,  Worcester,  New  Haven,  Hartford,  Springfield,  Fall  River,  Man- 
chester, Concord,  Portland,  Newport,  Nashua,  Salem,  Lynn,  Lawrence,  Fitchburg,  Burlington,  Rutland,  Bridgeport  and  other  New  England 
centers,  and  is  annually  increasing  in  volume  and  importance  under  enterprising  and  reliable  management.  The  members  of  this  firm  are 
Messrs.  Benjamin  L.  Knapp,  John  B.  Moriarty  and  James  T.  Magrath,  all  experienced  in  this  line  of  trade  and  well-known  Bostonians.  Mr. 
Knapp  was  with  the  house  of  Codman  &  Shurtleff  for  thirteen  years;  Mr.  Moriarty  was  with  the  S.  S.  White  Dental  Manufacturing  Company 
eighteen  years,  and  Mr.  Magrath  was  with  them  sixteen  years.  Progressive  and  enterprising,  this  firm  are  universally  popular  and 
respected,  and  their  success  is  bound  to  endure  and  increase. 


(HE  ROSSMORE,"  H.  P.  Morrissey,  Proprietor,  Corner  of  Broad  Street  and  Atlantic  Avenue.— One  of  the  best  con- 
ducted and  most  eligibly  located  houses  in  the  city  is  ''The  Rossmore,"  located  at  the  corner  of  Broad  and  High  Sti'eets 
and  Atlantic  Avenue.  This  was  opened  two  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  H.  P.  Morrissey,  who  formerly  con- 
ducted a  restaurant  and  caf^  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  is  popularly  known  to  the  public.  Mr.  Morrissey  has  met  with 
excellent  success  in  his  management,  securing  a  full  share  of  the  public  patronage,  and  he  has  made  hosts  of  friends  among 
the  traveling  public.  "  The  Rossmore  "  is  admirably  situated,  being  opposite  the  Boston,  Revere  Beach  and  Lynn  depot,  and 
the  Bangor  and  Portland  steamers,  Rowe's  wharf.  The  building  has  five  spacious  floors,  and  is  fitted  up  throughout  in  tasteful,  comfortable 
style,  while  all  modern  improvements  have  been  introduced,  including  steam  heat,  electric  call  bells,  gas,  private  dining-rooms  for  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  and  baths,  reading  and  writing- rooms,  parlors,  etc.  There  are  fifty-two  rooms,  all  well  lighted  and  ventilated,  and  always  kept  in 
faultlessly  clean  condition.  The  hotel  is  conducted  on  the  European  plan,  the  rates  being  one  dollar  and  upwards  per  day.  Special  attention 
.is  given  to  club  and  party  dinners,  and  every  courteous  attention  is  shown  to  guests  by  Mr.  Rlorrissey  and  his. competent  assistants. 


234  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

']B,.  N.  KENISON  &  SONS,  Chiropodists  and  Manicures,  No.  58  Winter  Street.— The  discomforts  and  the  amount  of  sufCering^ 
caused  by  corns,  bunions  and  Icindred  afflictions  on  poor  humanity  are  proverbial.  They  are  but  too  well-l^nown,  especially 
in  these  days,  to  need  any  extended  disquisition.  So  closely  and  intimately  is  the  foot  connected  with  the  heart  and  the 
nervous  system,  that  the  health  of  the  whole  body  is  largely  contingent  upon  the  sound  condition  thereof,  the  toes,  though 
not  so  numerous,  being  more  complex  and  more  sensitive  than  the  teeth.  It  is  worthy  of  remarlc,  too,  in  this  connection, 
that  notable  progress  has  been  made  in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  feet,  and  to-day  the  particular  branch  of  practice 
mdicated  occupies  a  distinct  niche  in  the  domain  of  the  healing  arts.  The  leading  representatives  of  this  special  department  of  surgery  in 
Boston  are  Dr.  N.  Kenison  &  Sons,  the  widely-known  chiropodists  and  manicures.  No.  58  Winter  Street  and  No.  37  Tremont  Street,  and  who 
have  branches  also  in  Philadelphia,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  Their  elegantly  appointed  parlors  are  in  all  respects  the  best  equipped  establish- 
ments of  the  kind  in  New  England,  and  their  patronage  is  most  extensive,  as  well  as  of  a  highly  influential  character.  Dr.  Nehemiah  Kenison. 
(lately  deceased)  was  Boston's  oldest  and  foremost  chiropodist,  being  a  man  of  exceptional  skill  in  his  line,  and  for  fully  half  a  century  liad 
been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  This  business  was  established  in  1840  by  Dr.  N.  Kenison,  who  afterward  taught  and  took  into 
partnership  Mr.  P.  Keni.'jon,  and  after  acquiring  a  large  patronage  they  opened  separate  ofBces.  About  twenty  years  ago  Dr.  N.  Kenison 
took  into  partnership  his  sons,  George,  Walter  and  Nehemiah  S.,  and  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  the  present  sketch  the  business  has 
since  been  continued  with  uninterrupted  prosperity,  although  the  senior  member  was  removed  by  death  in  March,  1891.  The  Messrs. 
Kension,  who  are  all  expert  surgeon  chiropodists,  of  thorough  experience  in  their  profession,  are  courteous  mannered  gentlemen  in  the 
prime  of  life  and  natives  of  this  city.  Tliey  occupy  one  whole  commodious  floor  at  No.  58  Winter  Street,  which  is  of  easy  access  by  elevator,  and 
have  a  number  of  separate  operating-i'ooms  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  with  well-appointed  manicure  department  in  connection,  likewise. 
The  parlors  here  are  very  tastefully  furnished,  and  are  provided  with  all  the  latest  improved  appliances  and  appurtenances,  while  half  a  dozen 
competent  assistants  are  in  attendance.  Corns  are  extracted  and  bunions  removed  without  pain,  and  ingrowing  nails,  etc.,  are  attended  to.  In. 
short,  all  diseases  of  the  feet  are  treated  with  judgment  and  skill,  also  manicuring  in  all  its  branches,  and  hands  and  feet  are  treated  at 
residence  of  patient  by  experts.  The  terms  are:  corns  and  bunions,  35  cents  each ;  nails  50  cents  to  $1.00  each;  manicuring  io  cents;  and  the 
firm  also  sell  some  meritorious  compounds  in  the  line  of  ointments  and  plasters,  which  are  sent  by  mail  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  price. 

COHEN  &  CO..  Fringes,  Passementeries,  Laces,  Buttons  and  Small  Wares,  No.  9  Winter  Street. — In  a  review  of  BostonV 
noteworthy  business  establishments  more  than  passing  mention  should  be  made  of  the  well-known  and  attractive  empor- 
ium of  S.  Cohen  &  Co.,  No.  9  Winter  Street.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  leading  houses  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  and  for 
forty-two  years  has  been  steadily  growing  in  popular  favor  and  patronage.  The  firm  are  importers  and  retailers  of  fringes 
i  *  passementeries,  laces,  buttons  and  small  wares,  and  their  trade,  which  is  of  a  most  substantial  and  influential  character,, 
affords  evidence  of  constant  and  material  increase.  An  exceedingly  fine  assortment  is  here  displayed,  only  strictly  flrst- 
class  goods  being  handled,  and  shoppers  can  rely  upon  finding  courteous  attention  and  honorable  treatment  as  well  as  the  most  elegant 
and  excellent  productions  in  the  line  above  indicated  at  all  times  in  this  well-ordered  and  reliable  establishment.  Every  article  offered 
for  sale  is  warranted  to  be  absolutely  as  represented,  and  the  prices  prevailing  (are  maintained  at  the  very  lowest  figures  consistent  with 
quahty  of  goods,  being,  in  fact,  exceptionally  low.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1850  by  S.  Cohen  (deceased),  who  con- 
ducted the  same  up  to  1883,  when  owing  to  his  death  it  passed  into  the  control  of  his  sons  and  successors,  Messrs.  George  and  Louis  Cohen ; 
and  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  this  sketch,  it  has  since  been  continued  with  uninterrupted  success,  Mr.  Gus.  L.  Levy  being  admitted 
into  partnership  in  1888.  The  store,  which  is  eligibly  located,  is  spacious,  very  tastefully  fitted  up  and  excellently  arranged,  and  is  equipped 
with  arc  and  incandescent  electric  light,  rapid  cash-carrier  system  and  most  complete  facilities  for  expediting  business  and  adding  to  the 
convenience  of  patrons,  while  upwards  of  fifty  of  a  staff  are  employed.  The  stock,  which  is  at  once  extensive,  varied,  rich  and  elegant, 
embraces  everything  in  the  line  above  indicated,  including  a  number  of  exquisite  novelties  in  dress  trimmings,  embroideries,  fringes,  passe- 
menteries, laces  and  fancy  small  wares  in  great  variety,  and  all  mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention.  The  members  of  the  firm,  who  are  all 
gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and  Bostonians  by  birth,  are  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  as  well  as  thorough  business  experience,  and  all 
the  indications  are  that  the  popularity  and  prosperity  of  the  house  are  bound  to  endure  and  increase  under  their  efficient  management. 

^HARLES  J.  SCHUMACHER  &  SONS,  Church  Decorators,  No.  27  Beach  Street.— There  is  perhaps  no  firm  in  Boston  more 
widely  known  or  maintaining  a  higher  reputation  for  artistic  work  than  that  of  Charles  J.  Schumacher  &  Sons,  church  deco- 
rators. No.  27  Beach  Street.  They  are  among  the  foremost  exponents  of  the  particular  branch  of  art  in  the  country,  and  their 
patronage,  which  is  of  a  substantial  and  influential  character,  extends  throughout  New  England.  The  business  was  estab- 
blished  in  1854,  at  Portland,  Me.,  by  Charles  J.  Schumacher,  who,  some  years  later  moved  to  this  city  and  died  in  1890,  when 
he  was  succeeded  by  his  sons  Carl  R.  and  George  F.,  who  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  the  present  sketch,  have  since  con- 
tinued it  with  uninterrupted  success.  The  Messrs.  Schumacher,  who  are  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life,  born  in  Maine,  but  raised  here  in 
Boston,  are  both  men  of  practical  skill  and  thorough  experience,  and  are  masters  of  their  art  in  all  its  branches.  They  have  a  well-equipped 
shop  and  employ  some  forty-five  expert  workmen,  exercising  immediate  personal  supervision  themselves  over  all  work  executed.  The  firm 
are  prepared  to  give  estimates  on  all  classes  of  mural  art  decorating,  frescoing,  hardwood  finish  and  interior  house  painting,  making  a  lead- 
ing specialty  of  church  decorations,  and  give  particular  attention  to  original  designs,  having  decorated  more  churches  than  any  other  firm  in 
New  England.  All  work  performed  by  these  gentlemen  is  certain  to  be  done  in  the  most  superior  style  and  most  expeditious  manner, 
perfect  satisfaction  being  assured  in  every  instance,  while  their  prices  are  maintained  at  the  lowest  consistent  figures,  and  all  orders  receive 
prompt  response. 

W.  BENJAMIN.  Commission  Merchant  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  No.  36  Mercantile  Street  and  No.  38  Richmond 
Street.— The  great  commission  trade  in  fruits  and  produce  has  long  been  one  of  Boston's  leading  commercial  features,  its 
markets  being  equal  to  any  in  the  world,  and  superior  to  many.  An  old  established  house  in  this  field  of  mercantile  enter- 
prise is  that  of  W.  W.  Benjamin.  This  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  having  been  founded  in 
*  1876  by  the  present  proprietor.  He  is  one  of  the  most  reputably  known  merchants,  and  as  to  his  standing  refers  to  the  Fan- 
euil  Hall  National  Bank  and  the  Fourth  National  Bank,  and  any  Boston  commission  house.  Mr.  Benjamin  employs  from 
fifteen  to  twenty  hands  and  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  selling  on  commission  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  of  all  kinds,  including  lemons, 
Florida  oranges,  Cape  Cod  cranberries,  sweet  potatoes,  watermelons,  apples,  potatoes,  onions,  peaches,  squashes,  nuts  and  general  produce. 
.\  particularly  large  quantity  of  potatoes  is  handled,  the  sales  amounting  to  upward  of  150,000  bushels  a  year.  Consignments  are  received 
from  all  the  principal  points  of  production,  the  trade  supplied  is  .strictly  at  wholesale,  and  extends  to  all  points  in  New  England.  Cash  is 
advanced  to  consignors,  and  prompt  sales  with  immediate  returns  assured  in  every  instance.  Mr.  Benjamin  is  a  native  of  this  State,  and  has 
had  mature  experience  in  the  business  world.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Royal 
Arcanum  and  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  his  past  career  proves  most  conclusively  that  he  possesses  all  those  qualities  necessary 
to  achieve  success. 


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|ELAND,  TOWLE  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  59  Congress  Street, —The  banking  and  brokerage  house  of  Messrs.  Leland, 
TowIe&Co.,  whose  ofBce  is  at  No.  59  Congress  Street,  was  established  January  1,  1890,  under  the  existing  name;  and 
steadily,  since  the  very  hour  of  its  inception,  its  career  shows  one  continued  and  unbroken  record  of  good  fortune, 
achieved  upon  a  basis  of  honorable  dealing.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Arthur  S.  Leland,  and  George  N. 
Towle,  both  young  men  popularly  known  in  the  community.  Mr.  Leland  was  engaged  in  the  woolen  manufacturing  in- 
dustry before  engaging  in  his  present  vocation — Mr.  Towle,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  has  been  on  "  the 
street  "  for  eight  years,  and  was  for  a  long  time  with  the  banking  house  of  Tower,  Giddings  cS  Co.  The  firm  carry  on  an  active  business  as 
bankers  and  brokers,  on  a  strictiy  commission  basis.  They  buy  and  sell  bonds  and  stocks  for  cash— or  on  margin,  in  either  New  York  or 
Boston.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  promotion  of  solid  and  substantial  enterprises ;  also  to  the  organization  or  reorganization  of  corpora- 
tions on  a  business  basis.  All  facilities  are  possessed  for  the  prompt  transaction  of  business,  and  all  customers  have  their  interests 
advanced  in  the  most  careful  and  intelligent  manner. 


51.  CR.4.NE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Oils,  No.  91  Oliver  Street.— The  trade  in  oils  has  a  prominent  representa- 
tive in  Boston  in  the  excellent  establishment  of  L.  M.  Ci'ane  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  mineral,  vegetable  and 
animal  oils,  both  lubricants  and  illuminants,  whose  office  and  salerooms  are  located  at  No.  91  Oliver  Street,  Fort  Hill 
Square.  This  reputable  and  widely  known  concern  was  founded  twenty-eight  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Crane,  Waite  &  Co.  Ten 
years  later  L.  M.  Crane  succeeded  to  the  entire  control,  when  he  adopted  the  trade  name  of  L.  M.  Crane  &  Co.,  which  has 
since  been  continued.  Mr.  Crane  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  resides  in  Brookline,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Oil 
Trade  Association  of  Boston.  A  year  ago  he  admitted  to  partnership  his  sons,  Messrs.  L.  O.  and  J.  F.  Crane,  both  native  Bostonians,  and 
young  men  of  excellent  business  ability.  The  firm  occupy  three  large  floors,  each  30  x  75  feet  in  size,  in  which  are  carried  a  heavy  stock  of 
the  choicest  products  in  oils,  including  a  number  of  specini  brands  of  wool  oils ;  they  also  make  a  specialty  of  fine  cylinder,  engine  and 
dynamo  oils,  also  sperm,  lard  and  neatsfoot  oils.  The  trade  extends  all  over  New  England,  Canada,  and  the  British  Provinces.  The  lib- 
eral policy  of  Messrs.  Crane  &  Co.  is  well  known  to  all  their  patrons. 


BtLLIAM  A.  SMITH,  Real  Estate  Broker,  Room  No.  6,  No.  17  Milk  Street.— Among  those  who  have  long  been  carrying  on  exten- 
sive operations  as  real  estate  agents  and  brokers  is  Mr.  William  A.  Smith.  This  gentleman  established  business  here  twenty- 
six  years  ago,  and  through  the  sound  knowledge  of  real  estate  values  brought  to  bear  by  him  in  his  transactions  he  has  since 
'I  ,\J  developed  a  large,  flrst-class  patronage.  Mr.  Smith  formerly  had  an  office  at  No.  82  School  Street,  but  has  been  at  his  present 
address  since  1885.  He  employs  two  experienced  assistants,  and  carries  on  a  general  business  in  buying,  seUing,  leasing,  and 
exchanging  city,  suburban  and  farm  property,  negotiates  loans  and  mortgages,  collects  rents,  secures  tenants,  effects  fire 
insurance,  and  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  the  purchase  of  city  property  for  trustees  and  large  investors,  and  the  management  of  estates, 
maintaining  all  properties  placed  in  his  charge  at  the  highest  point  of  productive  efficiency.  He  at  all  times  has  a  list  of  business  and  resi- 
dential property  for  sale  and  to  rent,  and  which  ofi'er  an  excellent  opportunity  for  profitable  investment.  A  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
Mr.  Smith  has  resided  in  Boston  for  over  thirty  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Real  Estate  Exchange  and  Auction  Board,  and  in  all 
the  walks  of  life  enjoys  the  fullest  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


JOHN  P.  DALE  &  CO.,  Bookbinders,  No.  17  Boylston  Street.— A  long  established  and  well-known  Boston  bookbindery  is  that 
of  John  P.  Dale  &  Co.,  No.  17  Boylston  Street.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  equipped  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  and 
has  a  very  large  patronage.  The  facilities  are  of  a  superior  character,  and  the  work  turned  out  is  strictly  first-class,  while 
all  orders  are  executed  in  the  most  expeditious  manner.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  some  forty  years  ago  by 
Oris  Clark,  who  was  succeeded  in  1873  by  Jackson,  Dale  &  Co.,  the  present  firm  name  being  adopted  a  little  later.  The  bindery 
occupies  two  50  x  75  feet  floors  which  are  provided  with  ample  steam  power,  twelve  improved  presses  and  general  appur- 
tenances, and  twenty-flve  to  forty  expert  hands  are  employed.  Book  and  pamphlet  binding  of  every  description  is  done  in  the  highest  style 
of  the  art,  at  short  notice,  and  perfect  satisfaction  is  assured,  fine  work  being  a  specialty,  while  the  prices  prevailing  here  are  of  the  most 
reasonable  character.  Mr.  Dale,  who  is  the  sole  proprietor,  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  born  in  England,  and  has  been  in  Boston  since 
1839.  He  is  a  thoroughly  practical  bookbinder,  of  long  and  varied  experience,  as  well  as  a  man  of  energy  and  entire  reliability,  and  is  master 
of  his  art  in  all  its  branches. 


|OHN  A.  SMARDON  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Agents,  No.  18  Summer  Street.— As  a  channel  of  com- 
munication between  manufacturers  and  dealers,  the  business  of  the  commission  merchant  is  one  of  great  importance;  enlist- 
ing the  attention  of  men  of  the  highest  commercial  ability.  One  of  Boston's  well-known  houses  in  this  line,  is  that  of  Messrs. 
John  A.  Smardon  &  Co.,  commission  merchants  and  manufacturers'  agents,  No.  18  Summer  Street.  One  of  the  specialties 
handled  by  them  is  ribbons,  and  they  are  agents  for  P.  W.  Turner  &  Co.,  of  Turnersvillle,  Conn.,  receiving  nearly  the  entire 
product  of  their  establishment.  They  also  have  the  agency  for  a  number  of  smaller  concerns.  Their  wareroom,  on  the  third 
floor,  is  25  X  100  in  dimensions,  stocked  with  a  large  assortment  of  goods.  The  sales  of  the  house  are  heavy,  principally  to  the  trade  in  this 
city.  The  present  firm  was  established  twelve  years  ago,  but  Mr.  Smardon  has  had  thirtj'-five  years'  experience  in  the  business;  all  the  time 
in  this  city,  where  he  has  resided  tor  the  past  forty  years. 


Q.  WENDELL,  Manufacturers'  Agent  and  Commission  Merchant,  No.  380  State  Street.— Mr,  A.  Q.  Wendell  is  agent  for  sev- 
eral well-known  manufacturers  of  grocers'  sundries,  canned  goods,  preserves,  Bass  Ale  and  Guiness  Dublin  Stout,  etc.,  and 
has  a  large  trade  in  this  class  of  goods,  selling  to  jobbers  only.  He  is  also  a  commission  merchant,  and  receives  consign- 
I  ments  of  general  merchandise  from  various  quarters.  His  local  business  is  large,  and  he  also  exports  many  goods  to  the 
British  Provinces.  He  has  been  established  at  his  present  location  for  fifteen  years,  but  his  experience  in  this  line  of  busi- 
ness dates  back  to  1867.  He  was  for  several  years  a  salesman  for  the  firm  of  Eaton,  Wellington  &  Co.,  and  his  circle  of 
business  acquaintances  is  very  large.    He  is  a.native  of  New  Hampshire. 


|OHN  A.  WIECK,  Engineer  and  General  Machinist,  No.  358  Atlantic  Avenue.— One  of  Boston's  skillful  artisans,  who  has  won  a 
distinguished  local  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  his  mechanical  productions,  is  Mr.  John  A.  Wieck,  engineer  and  general 
machinist.  No.  358  Atlantic  Avenue.  His  workshop  comprises  the  second  floor,  is  supplied  with  steam  power,  and  fitted  up 
with  machinery  and  tools  of  the  latest  improved  description.  Mr.  Wieck  gives  particular  attention  to  the  building  of  special 
machinery  to  order;  employing  from  four  to  six  experienced  mechanics  and  giving  his  personal  superintendence  to  the  execu- 
tion of  all  contracts.  Electric  machine  work  is  another  branch  of  the  business  in  which  he  excels,  and  general  repairing  and 
jobbing  are  attended  to;  first-class  work  being  guaranteed  in  all  instances.  Mr.  Wieck  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  been  in  this  country 
twenty  years,  and  a  resident  of  Boston  for  fifteen  years.    His  present  business  was  established  two  years  ago. 


336  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  OOMMEECE  AND  LITERATURE. 

R.  MOREELL  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce,  Etc.,  No. 
92  Commercial  Street.— Though  but  a  comparatively  short  time  established,  I.  E.  Morrell  &  Co.,  commission  merchants 
and  wholesale  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  and  country  produce.  No.  92  Commercial  Street,  have  built  up  a  flourish- 
ing business.  They  handle  goods  of  all  kind  on  commission,  and  their  trade,  which  extends  throughout  the  New  England 
I  *  States  and  the  British  Provinces  affoi-ds  evidence  of  steady  and  substantial  increase.  The  firm  receives  from  various  points 
3  the  East  and  West,  having  excellent  facilities  for  placing  consignments  to  advantage,  while  prompt  returns  are  made  on 
the  same  in  every  instance.  The  house,  which  offers  as  references  the  Commercial  National  Bank  and  O.  Douglass  &  Co.,  is  a  thoroughly 
responsible  one,  conducted  on  strict  business  principles,  and  relations  once  formed  therewith  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  endur- 
ing business  connection.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  I.  R.  Morrell  and  Will  P.  Babb,  who  are  both  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
natives  of  Maine.  They  are  young  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  fully  conversant  with  the  trade,  and  are,  in  short,  well  endowed  with 
the  qualities  that  bespeak  success  in  the  commercial  world.  They  occupy  a  commodious  basement,  employing  an  eCBcient  staff  of  help,  and 
keep  on  hand  always  a  large,  flrst-class  stock,  including  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  beans,  dulse,  apples,  oranges,  lemons,  bananas  and  everything 
in  the  line  indicated  in  season,  while  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner,  at  lowest  market  prices.  Mr.  Morrell 
is  a  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange  and  of  the  I.  O.  of  E.  M. 

|LIOT  NATIONAL  BANK.  No.  95  Milk  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  and  most  flourishing  of  Boston's  fiscal  corporations  is  the  Eliot 
National  Bank,  which  has  been  in  existence  for  the  better  part  of  half  a  century ;  its  financial  history,  during  such  period,  being 
one  long  story  of  enduring  prosperity,  achieved  as  the  reward  of  able  and  skillful  management  and  of  the  constant  mainte- 
nance of  the  most  rigid  principles,  having  for  their  vital  element,  honor  and  integrity.  The  bank  was  organized  in  1853,  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  its  original  capital  being  fixed  at  $300,000.  This  sura  was  subsequently  increased  to  $600,- 
000  and,  in  the  year  1864,  on  the  occasion  of  the  organization  of  the  institution  upon  the  basis  of  a  national  bank,  the  capital 
was  raised  to  81,000,000;  and,  in  1884,  the  charter  was  extended  giving  important  additional  powers  to  the  institution.  The  character  of  the 
business  undertaken  by  the  bank  is  of  a  general  order ;  the  institution  being  conducted  upon  a  basis  of  conservatism,  appropriately  tempered 
with  progressiveness  to  suit  the  exigencies  of  an  enterprising  and  commercial  country.  The  following  is  a  condensed  statement  of  the 
condition  of  the  bank  at  the  close  of  business  February  15th,  1892.  Eesources:— Loans  and  discounts,  $2,376,531.57;  U.  S.  4  per  cent,  bonds 
at  par,  $50,000;  other  bonds  $36,000;  due  from  national  banks.  New  York  reserve  accounts,  $419,171.43;  due  from  other  banks,  $85,328.40;  cash 
$161,461.36.'  Total  resources,  $3,138,393.76.  Liabilities:— Capital  stock,  $1,000,000.00;  surplus  and  profits,  $591,616.30;  circulation,  $15,000.00; 
dividends  unpaid,  $375.00;  deposits,  $1,491,401.46.  Total  liabilities,  $3,138,393.76.  The  business  premises  of  the  bank  are  elegantly  appointed 
and  suitably  located  and  have  been  in  the  occupation  of  the  institution  for  a  period  of  nine  years.  The  bank  has  its  correspondents 
in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  Union,  that  in  Chicago  being  the  Commercial  National  Bank,  while  its  metropolitan  representative  is  the 
Fourth  National  Bank.  The  president  is  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Goodwin,  one  of  the  ablest  and  most  esteemed  of  our  local  financiers.  This  gentle- 
man was,  prior  to  his  actual  connection  with  the  bank,  engaged  in  the  business  of  an  East  Indian  import  merchant.  The  cashier,  Mr. 
Francis  Harrington,  has  been  thirty-five  years  in  the  bank,  thirteen  of  which  have  been  occupied  in  his  present  capacity.  The  roll  of  directors 
comprises  the  following  names:— William.  H.  Goodwin,  George  O.  Carpenter,  Thomas  E.  Proctor,  Eugene  H.  Sampson,  Joseph  H.  White, 
Constantino  F.  Hutchins,  Francis  W.  Breed,  all  Boston  gentlemen  of  the  highest  repute. 

W.  SANBORN  &  CO.,  Opticians,  No.  3  Winter  Street.— Of  all  the  faculties  with  which  humanity  is  endowed,  there  is  none 
of  such  surpassing  importance  as  the  sense  of  sight.  And  thus  it  is  that  such  pecuhar  interest  attaches  to  the  march  of 
progress  in  the  domain  of  optics,  in  which  truly  wonderful  advance  has  been  made  of  late  years,  what  with  invention, 
improvements  and  discovery,  the  degree  of  perfection  to  which  the  appliances  for  increasing  the  power  of  vision  and  aid- 
*  ing  impaired  sight  have  been  brought  is  a  distinct  triumph  of  science  and  skill.  Ainong  Bostons  leading  firms  engaged  in 
the  sphere  of  usefulness  indicated  there  are  none  more  worthy  of  special  mention  in  this  review  than  that  of  J.  W.  Sanborn 
&  Co.,  whose  well-known  establishment  is  located  at  No.  3  Winter  Street,  with  wholesale  department  at  No.  403  Washington  Street  and  shop 
at  No.  11  Winter  Street,  and  who  have  a  branch  also  at  No.  390  Main  Street,  Worcester.  They  are  manufacturing  opticians,  and  wholesale 
and  retail  dealers  in  optical  goods,  and  their  trade,  which  is  veiy  large,  extends  throughout  New  England.  The  house  is  a  thoroughly  repre- 
sentative and  reliable  one,  and  every  article  sold  here  is  fully  warranted,  while  all  work  executed  to  order  is  guaranteed  to  render  satisfac- 
tion, particular  attention  being  given  to  repairing  and  adjusting.  Oculists'  prescriptions  are  carefully  and  accurately  prepared,  too,  and 
artificial  eyes  fitted  in  the  most  skillful  manner.  The  sight  is  tested,  likewise.  In  accordance  with  the  most  approved  scientific  prmciples  and 
glasses  made  to  suit  the  same,  while  the  prices  charged  here  are  exceptionally  low,  everything  considered.  The  quarters  occupied  as  office 
at  No.  3  Winter  Street  are  compact,  ample  and  well  appointed,  and  the  laboratory  and  factory  are  perfectly  equipped,  some  twenty-five 
expert  workmen  being  employed,  in  addition  to  several  salesmen.  A  very  large  and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  including 
spectacles  in  great  variety,  eye-glasses,  monocles,  lenses,  microscopes,  telescopes,  spy-glasses,  field,  marine  and  other  glasses,  barometers,  ther- 
mometers, hydrometers,  etc.;  also  philosophical,  mathematical  and  scientific  instruments,  in  short  everything  in  this  line,  and  all  orders  are 
filled  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner,  special  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade.  This  business  was  established  in  1884  by 
Sanborn  &  Donovan,  who  were  succeeded  one  year  later  by  J.  W.  Sanborn,  who  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  the  present  sketch  has  since 
conducted  the  same  alone  with  uninterrupted  success.  Mr.  Sanborn,  who,  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  born  in  this  city,  is  ,a 
thoroughly  practical  optician  of  ten  years'  experience,  master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches,  and  learned  his  profession  with  Jno.  H.  Ailman. 
He  is  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise,  besides,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  business  circles  and  in  social  life.  Mr.  Sanborn  is  vice- 
commodore  of  the  Quincy  Yacht  Club. 

I  EYING  A.  HOWE,  Manufacturer  of  The  "  Hub  Shirt,"  the  "  Hub  Wraps  "  and  "  Hub  Drawers,"  Salesroom,  No.  383  Washing- 
ton Street.— There  is  no  more  important  question  relating  to  male  attire,  than  that  which  deals  with  the  dress  shirt  and  the 
underwear,  and  it  is  no  easy  matter  to  secure  perfect  fitting  garments  in  this  line.  By  patronizing  the  establishment  of  Mr. 
Irving  A.  Howe,  of  this  city,  the  diffloulty  may  be  obviated,  as  he  has  for  the  past  three  decades  demonstrated  his  ability  to 
meet  the  wants  of  the  most  exacting  in  his  particular  field  of  industry.  Mr.  Howe  is  a  native  of  Eutland,  Mass.,  and  has 
been  established  in  Boston  for  over  thirty-three  years.  To  him  mankind  is  entitled  to  the  open-back  dress  shirt,  which  he 
originated  thirty-three  years  since,  his  special  make  being  known  as  the  "  Hub  Shirt."  This  shirt  has  a  loose  body,  perfect  fitting  neck  and 
collar  and  is  all  hand-sewed.  Mr.  Howe  is  also  the  inventor  of  "  Hub  Wraps  "  and  "  Hub  Drawers,"  which  he  patented  August  8,  1871. 
These  are  manufactured  of  web  flannels  .and  linens,  and  are  perfect  in  fit  and  comfort.  Mr.  Howe  also  makes  Tourists  and  Lawn  Tennis 
Shirts,  of  material  made  to  his  special  order  in  new  designs.  Employment  is  found  for  some  fifty  expert  hands,  and  an  active  trade  is  sup- 
plied, Mr.  Howe  having  permanent  patrons  in  all  parts  of  New  England  and  the  Western  States.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  making 
fine  silk  underwear  to  order.  The  custom  of  the  house  is  derived  from  the  best  classes  of  people,  and  the  reputation  it  sustains  has  been 
well  earned  and  is  thoroughly  deserved. 


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E.  WHITNEY,  Machinist,  Manufacturer  of  Ice-Cream  Freezers  and  Water  Motors,  Also,  General  Machine  Work,  No.  65  Sud- 
bury Street.— New  England  has  always,  since  the  foundation  of  the  country,  carried  the  palm  in  every  feature  of  inventive 
genius  and  manufacturing  enterprise,  as  well  as  in  developing  the  results  thereof,  and  to  this  section  the  entire  world  is 
now  largely  indebted  for  labor-saving  devices  of  practical  utility.  One  of  the  many  illustrations  of  this  fact  afforded  in 
'  this  city  is  shown  in  the  career  of  Mr.  F.  E.  Whitney,  the  well-known  machinist,  at  No.  65  Sudbury  Street.  This  gentleman 
is  especially  prominent  as  a  manufacturer  of  water-motors,  also  of  the  Boston  ice-cream  freezer,  as  well  as  of  fine  machin- 
ery and  tools.  He  established  his  business  here  in  1876,  and  has  long  enjoyed  a  reputation  and  a  patronage  thoroughly  national  in  extent 
and  eminently  creditable  in  character.  The  Boston  Motor  for  blowing  church  organs  is  one  of  the  leading  specialties  of  this  house,  and 
thousands  have  been  attached  to  organs  all  over  the  country,  and  are  satisfactorily  working  to-day.  It  is  undoubtedly  the  most  durable  of 
any  on  the  market,  all  internal  parts  being  made  of  brass  or  composition.  The  cylinder  as  well  as  the  valve  chamber  is  cast  iron,  provided 
with  flanges  which  make  a  substantial  and  durable  joint  where  the  heads  are  attached.  Each  cylinder  and  valve  chamber  is.'  bored  out 
and  hned  with  brass  one-eighth  of  an  inch  thick;  the  piston  rod  is  steel  covered  with  brass.  The  valve  and  valve-spindle  are  also  brass. 
Improvements  have  been  carefully  made,  until  to-day  it  can  be  confidently  asserted  that  this  machine  now  stands  at  the  head.  It  is  in  use 
in  churches  all  over  the  country,  among  them  being  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Second  Church,  St.  John's  Evangelist  Church,  Warren 
Avenue  Baptist  Church,  King's  Chapel,  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church,  and  People's  Church,  Boston;  Central  Square  Congregational  Church, 
and  Church  of  Our  Lady  of  the  Assumption,  East  Boston;  Gate  of  Heaven  Church,  South  Boston;  Church  of  our  Saviour,  Brookline;  Shepard 
Memorial  Church,  and  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  Cambridge;  Cary  Avenue  Baptist  Church  and  St.  Luke's  Episcopal,  Chelsea;  St.  John's 
Church,  Charlestown;  Unitarian  Church,  Jamaica  Plain:  as  well  as  churches  in  Chicago,  111.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Baltimore, 
Md.,  Cincinnati,  O.,  Providence,  R.  L,  Washington,  D.  C,  Omaha,  Neb.,  Oakland,  Cal.,  and  other  points  throughout  the  countiy.  The  Boston 
Freezer  has  been  on  the  market  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  its  merits  are  endorsed  by  the  hundreds  who  have  used  it.  Various  improve- 
ments have  been  made  from  time  to  time  since  its  first  introduction,  so  that  to-day  it  can  be  confidently  recommended  as  a  first-class 
machine.  The  combination  with  the  Boston  water-motor  has  been  made  to  supply  a  demand  from  those  who  already  had  a  freezer  and 
desired  some  kind  of  motive  power  that  was  at  once  convenient,  inexpensive  and  positive.  The  motor  is  made  stout  and  heavy  to  insure 
strength  and  durability,  weighing  alone  about  eight  hundred  pounds.  Machines  that  have  been  in  use  over  five  years  are  running  to-day, 
and  have  not  had  one  cent  expended  upon  them  for  repairs.  Orders  by  telephone  No.  2946,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  and 
careful  attention,  and  the  house  is  prepared  to  do  everything  in  the  line  of  light  machinery  work  and  general  jobbing.  Mr.  Whitney  is  a 
native  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  an  expert,  practical  machinist  and  an  enterprising,  young  business  man,  worthy  of  every  confidence. 

IAS.  C.  HARVEY  &  CO.,  Piano-Forte  Warerooms,  Chickering  Hall,  No.  152  Tremont  Street.— This  firm  are  deservedly 
prominent  as  retail  representatives  of  Chickering  &  Sons,  Blasius  &  Sons,  E.  G.  Harrington  and  the  Arion  Pianos,  holding 
the  agency  for  the  sale  of  the  pianos  above  named  in  Boston  and  vicinity  and  the  State  of  Maine.  The  business  was  originally 
established  in  1859  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Harvey,  and  in  1883  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Winthrop  Harvey, 
a  son  of  the  founder,  to  partnership.  In  1888  the  firm  purchased  Chickering  &  Sons'  retail  store,  including  Chickering  Hall, 
and  now  carry  one  of  the  largest  and  most  valuable  lines  of  pianos  in  the  city.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  recognized  as 
expert  authority  not  only  on  musical  instruments  of  all  kinds,  but  on  all  questions  of  a  musical  character.  They  handle  only  the  choicest  and 
most  reliable  instruments,  and  offer  them  for  cash  or  on  easy  payments  at  very  low  prices.  They  are  now  selling  some  600  pianos  per  year 
and  also  have  over  400  rented  to  parties  in  this  city  and  vicinity,  while  they  carry  a  stock  of  150  pianos  at  all  times  to  meet  the  current 
demand.  They  also  repair  and  tune  pianos,  and  give  employment  to  forty-five  skilled  hands  in  the  different  departments  of  their  business. 
The  store  is  one  of  the  finest  and  most  attractive  on  this  popular  promenade.  It  comprises  two  floors  and  a  basement,  50  x  125  feet  each, 
elegantly  appointed,  lighted  by  electric  lights,  and  perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement.  Chickering  Hall  seats  475  and  is  largely  used  for 
musicales  and  recitals.  Mr.  C.  C.  Harvey  has  been  thirty  years  in  the  music  business,  and  is  indeed  a  public  benefactor  in  increasing  the  love 
of  the  people  for  music,  and  Mr.  Winthrop  Harvey  is  a  young  man  of  marked  musical  ability. 

J  DAMS  &  ILSLEY,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Harness,  Saddlery  and  Horse  Clothing,  No.  150  Tremont  Street.— Messrs.  Adams  & 
Ilsley  are  manufacturers  of  fine  harness,  saddlery  and  horse  clothing,  solid  sole  leather  trunks,  valises  and  bags.  This  house 
was  iiounded  in  1835,  by  Messrs  J.  B.  Baker  &  Co.,  and  in  1878  the  present  firm  succeeded  to  the  control.  The  business  prem- 
ises comprise  six  floors,  25  x  100  feet  each,  and  every  modern  facility  is  at  hand  for  conducting  all  operations  under  the 
most  favorable  auspices  and  upon  the  largest  scale.  This  is  justly  regarded  as  the  leading  first-class  house  in  its  line  in  New 
England.  The  firm  manufacture  their  own  goods,  and  in  their  specialties  of  light  carriage,  road  and  trotting  harness  they 
have  attained  a  great  reputation  among  sporting  men  and  owners  of  fast  trotters  in  this  city  and  vicinity,  as  well  as  with  the  trade  through- 
out'all  parts  of  the  country.  Difficult  repairing  is  another  branch  that  is  given  particular  attention,  and  a  force  of  some  twenty-five  skilled 
hands  contribute  to  the  satisfactory  operations  of  the  house.  The  warerooms  contain  a  large  and  fine  assortment  of  single  and  double  har- 
ness, saddles,  bridles,  halters,  surcingles,  reins,  whips,  robes,  blankets,  fly -nets,  brushes,  combs  and  all  kinds  of  horse  furnishings  and  stable 
equipments;  also  trunks,  valises  and  bags  of  the  best  sole  leather.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  especially  large  and  influential  in  New  England. 
The  co-partners,  Messrs.  Frank  Adams  and  Daniel  P.  Ilsley,  are  both  experts  in  their  business,  and  have  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Adams  is  a  native  of  Newburyport,  Mass.,  in  the  prime  of  hfe,  and  has  been  with  the  house  for  twenty  years. 
Mr.  Ilsley  was  born  in  Maine,  and  came  to  Boston  forty  years  ago;  entered  the  army  and  served  three  years  during  the  war,  after  which 
he  learned  his  trade  of  Jno.  B.  Baker  &  Co.,  and  was  with  them  many  years. 

aOATE  DRUG  &  CHEMICAL  CO.,  Under  Revere  House,  Bowdoin  Square.— One  of  the  most  prominent,  and  among  the  old- 
est drugstores  in  the  city  is  that  of  the  Choate  Drug  &  Chemical  Co.,  under  the  Revere  House,  Bowdoin  Square.  This 
concern  was  established  in  1849  by  Henry  A.  Choate,  at  the  location  now  occupied.  Nine  years  ago  Mr.  J.  E.  Duncan,  who 
had  been  connected  with  the  house  for  twenty-three  years  previously,  succeeded  to  the  entire  control  of  the  business.  The 
store,  which  has  a  floor  space  of  25  x  75,  is  most  elegantly  fitted  up  with  plate  glass  show  windows,  tiled  flooring,  stuccoed 
and  decorated  ceiling,  mahogany  fixtures,  a  splendid  soda  fountain,  electric  lights,  etc.  The  laboratory  in  the  rear  is  com- 
plete in  its  scientific  appointments.  The  basement — half  the  size  of  the  store— is  used  for  manufacturing  purposes.  The  stock  of  goods  is 
immense  in  every  department,  and  especial  care  is  taken  to  ensure  the  genuineness  and  purity  of  all  drugs  and  chemicals  dealt  in.  In  the 
laboratory  are  put  up  all  the  medicines,  tinctures,  extracts,  toilet  articles,  etc.,  usually  prepared  by  any  first-class  manufacturing  chemist. 
Among  the  specialties  are  the  "  Odonto  Paste  "  and  Dr.  Hymdom's  "  Black  Bottle,"  both  of  which  are  staple  articles  in  the  market.  The 
establishment  requires  the  services  of  five  persona,  and  the  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  is  large  in  all  parts  of  the  city  and  suburbs.  Mr. 
Duncan  was  born  in  this  State,  and  has  always  followed  his  present  line  of  business. 


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SjONSTITUTION  WHARF  COMPANY,  Office  No.  409  Commercial  Street.— An  establishment  that  fills  an  exceedingly  useful 
niche  in  the  business  lite  of  this  great  center  of  commercial  activity  is  the  storage  warehouse  of  the  Constitution  Wharf 
Company,  at  No.  409  Commercial  Street.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  virtually  indispensable  feature  in  the  vast  and  complex  business 
system  that  prevails  in  such  large  cities.  This  company  was  incorporated  some  forty  years  ago,  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Massachusetts,  and  is  officered  and  managed  as  follows,  viz.:  H.  W.  Suter,  president;  Robert  C.  Hooper,  treas- 
urer; C.  S.  Dennis,  wharfinger;  George  S.  Lovejoy,  assistant  wharfinger.  The  business  premises  comprise  a  six-story  brick 
building,  93  x  175  feet  in  size  and  containing  a  million  feet  of  storage  room,  which  was  built  in  1888  and  is  the  finest  storage  warehouse  in  the 
United  States;  also  a  large  shed,  330  x  450  feet,  where  vessels  can  discharge  their  freight  on  either  side.  Here  are  the  best  facilities  for  dis- 
charging vessels  and  the  finest  storage  accommodations  in  Boston.  Their  wharf  has  the  deepest  water  of  any  in  the  city,  where  the 
largest  vessels  can  unload  and  on  which  they  have  lately  spent  $175,000  for  improvements.  The  company  intend  to  build  another  warehouse 
similar  to  this  one,  if  their  venture  proves  a  success,  as  it  undoubtedly  will,  tor  it  has  the  best  location  in  the  city  and  is  connected  with  all 
the  railroads  by  the  Union  Freight  lines.  If  some  of  the  European  steamship  lines  now  running  to  New  York,  could  be  induced  to  come  to 
Boston,  not  only  would  their  trip  be  quicker,  but  with  all  the  conveniences  of  Constitution  wharf,  their  stay  in  port  could  be  materially  short- 
ened. There  is  a  water  frontage  of  400  feet,  with  two  milhon  feet  of  storage  room  in  all,  and  merchandise  of  every  description  is  received  on 
storage.  Under  capable  and  judicious  management,  the  business  has  been  conducted  with  eminent  success  throughout  all  these  years,  and 
is  liberally  patronized  by  our  largest  merchants.  Communications  by  telephone,  telegraph  or  mail  receive  immediate  attention  and  the 
interests  committed  to  the  care  of  this  company  are  closely  guarded  and  intelligently  promoted.  The  president,  Mr.  Suter,  is  a  well-known 
citizen,  formerly  engaged  extensively  in  the  railroad  business.  The  treasurer,  Mr.  Hooper,  of  Boston,  has  been  treasurer  of  this  company 
now  over  ten  years  and  is  prominent  in  financial  and  commercial  life  as  an  honorable  and  enterpj'ising  gentleman,  whose  sound  judgment 
and  judicious  management  has  aided  in  the  great  success  achieved  by  this  eminent  concern.  No  better  man  could  be  found  anywhere  to 
manage  the  property  than  C.  S.  Dennis,  who  is  in  charge.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  business  in  Boston  and  will  make  it  a  suc- 
cess if  any  one  can.  He  is  a  native  of  Maine  and  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  loading  and  unloading  ships,  having  formerly  sailed  as  master 
of  one,  and  there  is  nothing  in  the  storage  business  which  he  does  not  know.  He  was  with  tlie  Boston  Wharf  Company  for  five  years,  and 
is  an  authority  upon  all  the  details  of  the  storage  and  wharfage  of  bonded  and  free  goods.  It  is  hoped  that  the  Historical  Society  will 
place  a  suitable  tablet  on  the  front  of  the  new  warehouse,  in  order  to  commemorate  the  spot  where  the  old  frigate  Constitution  was 
launched. 


J.  HALLISSY,  Blank  Book  Binder,  also,  Pamphlet  and  General  Jobbing,  No.  97  Oliver  Street. — A  leading  exponent  of  the 
binders'  art  in  Boston  is  Mr.  D.  J.  Hallissy,  whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  97  Oliver  Street.  Mr.  Hallissy  started  in 
business  five  years  ago  on  this  street,  but  two  years  later  his  trade  had  so  increased  that  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  seek 
more  commodious  quarters,  and  he  removed  to  No.  Ill  Milk  Street.  The  business  still  increasing,  the  present  eligible  loca- 
*  tion  was  taken  to  keep  up  with  the  rapidly  growing  proportions  of  the  business  From  the  first  his  establishment  has  been 
justly  celebrated  for  the  uniform  excellence  and  artistic  finish  of  its  productions.  The  skill,  energy  and  tact  brought  to 
bear  in  the  management  of  the  business  give  every  guarantee  that  this  reputation  will  be  maintained  with  credit  to  its  proprietor,  and  satis- 
faction to  his  host  of  patrons .  The  steady  growth  of  the  business  has  been  thoroughly  gratifying.  All  the  latest  improved  machinery  and 
apphances  are  utilized,  and  constant  employment  is  furnished  to  a  large  corps  of  experienced  and  expert  hands.  While  making  a  specialty  of 
manufacturing  blank  books,  Mr.  HaUissy  does  pamphlet  binding  and  general  jobbing,  all  work  being  promptly  executed  and  at  the  lowest 
prices  consistent  with  honest  workmanship.  Mr.  Hallissy  gives  to  every  department  of  the  business  his  strict  personal  attention,  and,  being 
familiar  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  the  trade,  he  is  prepared  to  give  assurance  to  all  his  patrons  that  no  work  shall  leave  his  house 
which  is  not  wrought  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  The  trade  throughout  the  city  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  the  work  executed  here. 
Mr.  Hallissy  was  born  in  England,  but  has  resided  here  since  his  youth,  and  is  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  in  business  and  trade  circles. 


W.  LOWELL  &  SON,  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fi-uits  and  Produce,  Nos.  4,  4J-  and  5  South  Side  and 
Front  of  New  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— A  prominent  house  in  the  great  fi-uit  and  produce  trade  of  Boston  is  that  of  D.  W. 
Lowell  &  Son,  whose  business  quarters  are  at  Nos.  4,  4i  and  5  South  Side  and  Front  of  the  new  Faneuil  Hall  Market.  The 
business  of  this  popular  concern  was  founded  in  1866  by  D.  W.  and  J.  Q.  Lowell  under  the  firm  name  of  Lowell  Bros.  In 
'  April,  1891,  Mr.  J.  Q.  Lowell  retired,  and  the  firm  of  Lowell,  Rhodes  &  Co.,  was  organized,  the  co-partners  being  D.  W. 
Lowell,  his  son  C.  W.  Lowell,  and  L.  H.  Rhodes,  In  May  the  latter  retired,  and  the  firm  has  since  been  D.  "W.  Lowell  &  Son. 
These  gentlemen  ai'e  natives  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  active  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and 
they  are  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  trade  in  which  they  are  embarked.  The  firm  receive  consignments 
from  all  the  principal  points  of  production  in  the  United  States,  and  handle  a  general  line  of  fruits  and  produce  as  commission  merchants 
and  wholesale  dealers.  The  trade  supplied  by  them  includes  a  wide-spread  territory,  shipments  being  made  to  aU  parts  of  New  England, 
New  York  and  Philadelphia.  They  employ  eleven  assistants,  possess  every  facility  for  the  storage  and  handling  of  goods,  and  all  orders  ai'e 
filled  at  current  market  quotations.  Liberal  advances  are  made  on  consignments,  for  which  a  ready  market  is  always  found,  and  prompt 
returns  are  made  in  all  cases. 


JRA  CUSHMAN  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Boots  and  Shoes,  Auburn,  Me.,  Boston  Office.  No.  138  Summer  Street.— This 
company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  men's  boots  and  shoes,  machine  sewed,  both  fine  and  medium  grades,  and  are 
recognized  as  among  the  largest  and  leading  producers  in  this  line  in  the  country,  The  business  was  founded  some  thirty 
years  ago,  by  Ara  Cushman  &  Co.,  and  in  1888  Ihe  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine, 
with  a  capital  of  $400,000,  and  with  Ara  Cushman,  president;  S,  F.  Merrill,  treasurer.  The  company  gives  employment  to 
from  one  thousand  to  one  thousand  two  hundred  hands  the  year  around,  and  their  output  aggregates  to  a  very  large  amount 
per  day.  The  men's  fine  shoes  made  by  this  company  are  unexcelled  for  beauty  of  design,  superiority  of  finish  and  artistic  workmanship, 
and  are  recognized  everywhere  as  combining  all  the  elements  of  durability  with  easy  fit  and  attractive  appearance.  They  are  deservedly 
popular  with  the  leading  jobbers  throughout  the  United  States.  The  Boston  house  carries  a  full  line  of  samples  at  all  times  and  is  prepared 
to  execute  the  largest  orders  in  the  promptest  and  most  reliable  manner,  while  terms  and  prices  are  made  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade. 
The  management  of  this  company  has  won  for  it  an  influential  position  in  the  shoe  trade  by  the  exercise  of  intelUgent  enterprise,  reliable 
methods  and  strict  commercial  honor,  and  the  company's  enormous  business  is  one  of  legitimate  growth,  growing  up  in  response  to  the  direct 
demands  of  the  trade  of  a  continent,  Mr,  J.  C,  Hollis,  the  manager  in  Boston,  has  been  connected  with  the  trade  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
manager  here  for  twelve  years,  and  a  gentleman  of  vast  practical  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  eminent  popularity  in  the  trade. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


|HE  AUTOMATIC  FIRE  ALARM  AND  EXTINGUISHER  CO.,  [Limited]  No.  1H  Milk  Street.— Fire  insurance  with  all  its  benefits 
and  advantages  never  compensates  for  the  interruption  of  business,  nor  can  it  relieve  one  from  the  vexatious  delay  and  detail 
of  adjustment  and  settlement;  books  and  papers  caanotbe  replaced  by  mone7,  and  the  loss  of  old  and  valued  customers,  who 
are  obliged  to  supply  their  wants  elsewhere,  is  still  more  annoying.  Every  one  who  is  doing  well  dreads  a  fire,  and  there- 
fore an  appliance  that  reduces  the  possibilities  of  such  calamity  to  the  minimum,  and  calls  the  fire  department  to  the  spot 
while  the  fire  can  be  easily  controlled  is  invaluable.  Such  an  appliance  and  protection  is  furnished  by  the  Automatic  Fire 
Alarm  and  Extinguisher  Co.,  [Limited],  in  the  Watkins  system,  whereby  the  fire  and  protective  departments  are  notified  of  a  Are  in  its 
ineipiency.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1874,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  having  its  principal  headquarters  in  New- 
York  city,  and  in  1877  established  an  office  in  Boston,  now  operated  at  No.  Ill  Milk  Street,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  A.  H.  Kendall, 
agent;  Charles  Bm'gher,  superintendent.  The  insurance  interests  .of  the  country  have  given  this  system  their  unqualified  approval  during 
the  past  seventeen  years,  and  the  record  of  hundreds  of  fires  detected  and  extinguished  without  serious  loss,  and  with  no  instance  of  failure, 
has  justified  the  wisdom  of  their  action.  The  instruments  are  placed  on  the  ceiling  of  every  room  and  closet  in  the  building,  they  are  adapted 
to  all  temperatures,  and  almost  instantaneous  in  their  action,  and  are  equivalent  to  so  many  constant,  vigilant,  sleepless  watchmen,  standing 
within  a  few  feet  of  each  other  day  and  niglit.  In  case  of  fire  the  alarm  is  at  once  given  to  the  proper  par  ties.  It  tells  the  exact  location  of 
fire  to  the  fire  companies  before  they  leave  their  stations;  it  saves  the  drenching  of  a  building  by  water,  as  well  as  the  breaking  up  of  a  busi- 
ness, the  loss  of  contracts  and  customers,  the  expense  of  a  watchman,  and  the  many  losses  that  insurance  never  covers.  This  system  has 
saved  many  buildings  and  many  millions  of  dollars,  and  is  endorsed  by  the  New  York,  Boston  and  Philadelphia  Boards  of  Underwriters,  and 
the  New  England  Insurance  Exchange.  Testimonials  to  its  efficiency  in  extinguishing  incipient  fires  are  received  from  J.  H.  Bufford's  Sons, 
Joseph  A.  Jackson,  Bradford  &  Anthony,  Creesy  &  Noyes,  Hallett  &  Davis  Piano  Co.,  Cyrus  T.  Clark,  Eliot  B.  Mayo,  Chas.  H.  Gilman  &  Co.-, 
Robert  Bishop,  Horace  Partridge  &  Co.,  Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Co.,  Estes  &  Lauriat,  L.  M.  Hane,  Wheeler,  Blodgett  &  Co.,  and  others  in 
Boston;  while  among  other  subscribers  to  this  system  may  be  named  C.  F.  Hovey  &  Co.,  Emerson  Piano  Co.,  the  Adams  House,  the  Craw- 
ford House,  Houghton  &  Dutton,  Oliver  Ditson  Co.,  Coleman,  Mead  &  Co.,  Cobb,  Bates  &  Yerxa,  John  H.  Pray,  Sons  &  Co.,  Shepard,  Nor- 
well  &  Co.,  R.  H.  White  &  Co  ,  R.  N.  Stearns  &  Co.,  Leopold  Morse  &  Co.,  D.  Lothrop  Co.,  Parker,  Holmes  &  Co.,  Joel  Goldthwait  &  Co., 
Brown,  Durrell  &  Co.,  A.  Mudge  &  Son,  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.  Co.,  Fitchburg  R.  R.  Co.,  Standard  Clothing  Co.,  Hotel  Oxford,  Smith  Ameri- 
can Piano  &  Organ  Co.,  and  many  others.  The  business  is  ably  managed  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Kendall,  Agent,  and  Mr.  Chas.  Burgher,  superintend- 
ent, who  are  men  of  special  ability  in  the  automatic  fire  alarm  business  and  eminently  qualified,  by  long,  practical  experience,  to  promote 
the  interest  of  the  company,  as  also  to  furnish  its  patrons  with  the  most  efficient  automatic  fire  alarm  service. 


I  HE  STANDARD,  A  Weekly  Insurance  Newspaper,  Published  Every  Saturday  by  The  Standard  Publishing  Company,  No.  1-16 
Franklin  Street.— The  insurance  interests  of  the  United  States  are  of  enormous  import;  in  fact,  insurance  is  the  backbone 
ofthe  financial  and  commercial  prosperity  of  the  country.  Therefore  it  is  just  and  fitting  that  these  great  interests  should 
be  represented  by  a  publication  worthy  of  the  name.  "  The  Standard,"  a  weekly  insurance  newspaper,  published  in  Boston, 
is  a  journal  of  this  character.  This  paper  was  originally  established  in  1865,  under  the  name  of  the  "  Chronicle,"  afterwards 
changed  to  the  "Index"  and  continued  under  that  title  up  to  1882,  when  the  Standard  Publishing  Company  was  organized  and 
incorporated  under  the  State  laws  of  Massachusetts,  the  present  officers  being  C.  M.  Ransom,  president;  E.  A.  Ransom,  treasurer,  and 
R.  W.  Ransom,  late  of  the  Chicago  "  Tribune,"  general  manager.  "  The  Standard  "  is  pubUshed  every  Saturday,  and  is  a  34-page  publica- 
tion filled  with  able  editorials  and  insurance  news  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  subscription  price  is  $3.00  per  year  and  ten  cents  a 
single  copy.  It  is  an  admirable  medium  for  advertising  purposes,  and  is  liberally  patronized  by  those  who  best  know  how  to  forward  their 
own  interests.  AU  communications  sent  to  The  Standard,  146  FratKlin  Street,  Boston,  Mass.  will  receive  immediate  attention,  and  those 
insurance  agents  or  brokers  who  are  not  already  subscribers  to  the  Standard  should  lose  no  time  in  placing  their  name  upon  the  subscription 
list.  In  addition  to  its  excellent  weekly  insurance  newspaper  The  Standard  Publishing  Co.  also  issues  yearly  its  model  fire  insurance  charts, 
known  as  "  The  Standard  "  Fire  Tables,  showing  the  financial  condition  and  business  of  the  leading  American  and  foreign  fire  and  casualty 
insurance  companies.  It  also  publishes  annually  "  The  Standard  "  Insurance  Directory,  a  work  of  great  value  to  insurance  companies; 
agents,  and  others,  giving  as  it  does  a  list  of  all  companies  doing  business  in  Massachusetts,  their  financial  condition  and  the  names  of  their 
officers  and  agents,  the  names  and  location  of  all  agents  an^  brokers  in  Boston  and  in  Massachusetts  and  the  principal  cities  of  New  England, 
and  a  mass  of  statistical  information  in  regard  to  the  companies  and  their  business  arranged  in  a  form  most  convenient  for  ready  reference. 


B.  TOPPAN,  Importer  of  Select  Artistic  Novelties  From  all  parts  of  the  World,  No.  144  Tremont  Street.— This  house  is  the 
recognized  leader  in  its  special  line  of  trade  in  Boston,  and  has  been  in  successful  operation  since  1868.  The  salesrooms  are 
among  the  most  attractive  features  of  this  fashionable  promenade,  being  spacious  in  size,  handsomely  fitted  up,  and  ele- 
gant in  all  their  appointments,  while  the  artistic  arrangement  of  goods  and  charming  distribution  of  stockjbespeak  the  sys- 
I  •  tematic  methods  and  exquisite  taste  of  the  management.  The  beautiful  articles  here  displayed  constitute  one  of  the  most 
striking  evidences  of  man's  wonderful  power  in  the  realms  of  art.  Fine  goods  are  dealt  in  exclusively,  and  the  proprietor 
has  his  sources  of  supply  in  London,  Paris,  Vienna,  Berlin  and  other  European  capitals.  The  goods  carried  embrace'  china,  crockery,  deco- 
rated lamps,  leather  novelties,  silver  and  plated  wares,  shell  and  ivory  goods,  bric-a-brac  and  art  novelties  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
.Here  will  always  be  found  certain  articles  for  household  decoration  and  ornament  that  are  especially  rare  and  not  to  be  found  elsewhere  in 
fhe  city.  They  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated.  Mr.  Toppan  goes  to  Europe  every  year  in  search  of  somethmg  new,  and  his  plaques,  vases 
and  objets  d'art  are  from  tlie  most  famous  masters.  Tlie  stock  embraces  artistic  pottery,  porcelain  and  glassware  brought  from  every 
prominent  factory  on  the  face  of  the  globe,  while  among  the  richly  decorated  goods  are  toilet  sets,  fine  cut  glassware  and  lamps,  vases  and 
ornamental  pieces  in  Bohemian  and  Austrian  glass.  Parian  and  majolica,  and  fancy  wares  of  every  description.  The  counters  of  this  house 
«re  thronged  daily  with  seelcers  after  the  rich  and  rare,  and  they  need  never  go  away  disappointed.  Mr.  Toppan  is  a  native  of  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  and  a  merchant  of  decided  genius,  thorough  business  tact,  and  excellent  taste  and  judgment. 


HALCH  BROTHERS,  Subscription  Book  Publishers  and  Sellers,  No.  30  Bromfield  Street.— One  of  the  best  known  establishments 
of  the  kind  is  that  of  the  Messrs.  Balch  Brothers,  subscription  book  publishers  and  sellers,  who  occupy  as  headauarters  com- 
modious quarters  at  No.  30  Bromfield  Street.  The  firm  began  business  in  Boston  five  years  ago  as  general  handlers  of  sub- 
scription publications,  and  for  the  past  four  years  have  been  New  England  agents  for  the  Century  Company  of  New  York. 
The  specialties  handled  are  the  Century  Dictionary,  the  Century  War  Book,  the  Century  Life  of  Lincoln,  The  Peoples'  Cyclo- 
pedia, John  Clark  Ridpath's  Histories,  while  a  large  number  of  other  standard  works  are  also  handled.  The  firm  employ  a 
large  force  of  sub-agents  in  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States,  and  are  prepared  to  fill  promptly  all  orders  sent  to  them  directly  or 
through  their  men.  Tlie  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  G.  B.  and  E.  P.  Balch,  are  natives  of  Massachusetts,  popularly  known  in  the  commu- 
nity an  progressive  business  men,  and  they  sustain  an  excellent  reputation  everywhere.  All  persons  desirous  of  obtaining  copies  of  the 
works  above  enumerated,  and  to  choose  from  a  large  list  of  other  publications,  have  but  to  send  a  postal  to  the  Messrs.  Balch,  and  they  will 
he  waited  upon  without  delay. 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


R.  EMERSON  &  CO.,  Bress  and  Cloak  Trimminga,  Laces,  EibbODs,  Toilet  and  Fancy  Goods,  Etc.,  Nob.  33  and  35  Temple 
Place.  — This  is  one  of  tbe  very  oldeBt  ae  well  as  the  leading  and  best  appointed  store  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  and  dates  its 
inception  back  an  odd  half  a  century.  Here  can  always  be  found  an  exceedingly  fine  assortment  of  everything  in  the  line 
above  indicated  at  notably  low  figures,  goods  being  marked  down  to  rock-bottom  prices,  and  shoppers  are  assured  of 
courteous  attention  as  well  as  excellent  value.  Every  article  offered  for  sale  by  this  reliable  firm  is  warranted  to  be  exactly 
as  represented,  and  the  patronage,  which  is  a:  once  large  and  influential,  grows  steadily  apace  with  years.  The  store,, 
which  is  50  x  110  feet  in  dimensions  (with  spacious  basement  used  for  storage  purposes)  is  elegantly  fitted  up, and  tastefully  arranged,  and  is 
equipped  with  cash  carrier  service,  electric  light,  etc.,  while  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  polite  assistants  attend  to  the  wants  C-  purchasers. 
The  stock,  which  is  extensive,  varied  and  compbte,  is  veiy  attractively  displayed,  and  embraces  rich  and  beautiful  dress  and  cloak  trim- 
mings in  great  variety;  exquisite  laces,  ribbons  and  ruching,  handkerchiefs,  collars  and  cuffs,  novelties  in  ladies'  furnishings,  toilet  articles, 
small  wares  and  fancy  goods.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1842  by  the  present  senior  member  of  the  firm,  who  conducted  the 
same  alone  up  to  about  two  years  since,  when  he  admitted  into  partnership  his  son,  C.W.  Emerson.  The  place  of  business  was  originally  on 
Franklin  Street  ojiKi  iauc:  on  ^  ashington  Street,  being  subsequently  on  Winter  Street,  whence  it  was  removed  to  the  present  location  some 
ten  years  ago.  Mr.  Emerson  the  elder,  is  a  gentleman  somewhat  past  the  meridian  of  life,  active  and  energetic,  and  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire.  He  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity,  well  and  favorably  known  in  commercial  circles,  and  is]a  member  of  the  Boston 
Merchants  Association,  a  director  of  the  Continental  National  Bank  and  a  trustee  of  the  Franklin  Savings  Bank. 


EDWARD  JENKINS,  Dealer  in  Engineers',  Steamship,  Yacht  and  Mill  Supplies,  William  F.  Low  Oils,  No.  24  India  Square. 
— There  are  a  number  of  dealers  in  engineers',  steamship,  yacht  and  mill  supplies  in  this  city,  while  Mr.  L.  Edward  Jen- 
Inns,  of  No.  24  India  Square,  stands  advisedly  at  the  head  of  the  list,  both  as  regards  experience,  facilities,  connections  and 
extent  of  business.  He  is  an  expert  engineer  and  mechanic  by  trade,  and  in  1870  established  himself  as  a  dealer  in  the 
*  above  classes  of  supplies.  In  18S6  he  became  a  salesman  with  the  firm  of  A.  W.  Chesterton  &  Co.,  in  the  same  Hne,  and  in 
December,  1890,  became  sole  proprietor  of  his  present  establishment.  He  has  fitted  out  most  of  the  new  vessels  built  in 
Boston  during  recent  years,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  steamship  and  yacht  supplies  of  all  kinds  at  the  shortest  notice,  and  of  a  quality  and 
at  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  He  carries  a  splendid  stock  on  India  Square,  and  also  has  a  four-story  warehouse  on  Long 
Wharf.  He  has  won  a  p^-estige  and  popularity  in  his  business  which  places  him  at  the  head  of  the  trade,  while  honorable  dealing,  push  and 
enterprise  may  be  said  to  be  the  means  that  have  effected  this  gratifying  result.  Orders  by  telephone,  No.  903,  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive 
Mr.  Jenkins'  prompt  personal  attention,  while  he  can  be  called  at  any  hour,  day  or  night,  out  of  business  hours,  at  No.  148  Lexington  Street, 
East  Boston,  or  by  telephone,  Nos.  23-4,  East  Boston.  Mr.  Jenkins  is  a  native  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  an  accom- 
plished engineer  and  a  reliable,  successful  and  popular  business  man. 


aEORGrE  LANZENDOERFER  &  CO.,  Chemists,  No.  960  Dover  Street.— The  medical  community  are,  after  wucial  test  and 
thorough  experiment,  unanimous  in  their  acknowledgment  of  the  great  value  of  malt  extracts  in  cases  of  impaired  diges- 
tion, slow  convalescence,  mal-assimilation,  sleeplessness  and  general  debility.  Of  the  various  forms  of  malt  extract  upon 
the  market  at  the  present  time  there  is  none  more  valuable  or  more  efficacious  in  its  action  than  the  "  Noris  Extract  of  Malt," 
manufactured  by  Messrs.  George  Lanzendoerfer  &  Co.,  of  No.  280  Dover  Street.  The  business  was  established  during  the 
year  1890,  at  the  present  address,  by  'Mr,  George  Lanzendoerfer,  the  existing  owner.  The  ''Noris  "  extract  is  named  after 
the  town  of  Nuremberg,  the  German  home  of  the  proprietor  of  the  business,  the  word  "  Noris  "  being  the  Latin  equivalent  for  the  name  of 
the  city.  The  extract  has  received  the  enthusiastic  and  unqualified  approval  of  the  medical  community,  and  it  is  used  exclusively  in  a  num- 
ber of  public  institutions,  among  which  is  the  New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children.  An  inspection  of  the  facts  deduced  upon 
analysis  of  the  extract  serves  to  emphatically  prove  the  valuable  combination  of  the  commodity.  The  following  is  the  result  of  the  analysis: 
32.2  phosphoric  acid,  3.1  sulphates;  carbonic  acid  in  combined  form,  0.29;  active  diastase,  0.35.  The  connection  of  the  firm  extends  through- 
out the  entire  section  of  New  England  and  is  highly  valuable  and  constantly  increasing;  the  members  of  the  same  being  principally  druggists. 
The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  comprise  an  area  of  40  x  50  feet  and  a  staff  of  six  employees  is  constantly  maintained.  Mr.  Lanzen- 
doerfer is  a  young  man  and  an  expert  chemist,  his  residence  in  Boston  covering  a  period  of  ten  years. 


&  E.  BURTON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Importers  of  Brushes  and  Feather  Dusters,  No.  21  Exchange  Street.— This  old 
and  honored  house  was  founded  in  1844  by  Messrs.  Harvey  Burton  &  Co.,  and,  after  some  changes,  the  present  style  was 
1876.  Mr.  A.  Burton,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  original  firm,  died  July  27, 1889,  after  a  long  and  honorable 
business  career,  and  his  son,  Mr.  Anson  Burton,  was  then  admitted  to  the  firm,  as  partner  with  Mr,  Ezra  Burton,  who  has 
been  in  the  firm  since  the  fifties,  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Carter,  who  came  into  the  firm  in  1872.  Their  factory  is  located  at 
Cambridgeport,  and  contains  three  floors,  60  x  125  feet  each,  where  employment  is  given  to  seventy-five  skilled  hands.  The 
range  of  manufacture  includes  a  full  line  of  every  description  of  brush,  from  the  fine  camel's  hair  variety  to  a  horse  brush;  also  feather  dust- 
ers of  every  size,  shape  and  color.  The  firm  is  recognized  as  authority  upon  the  various  kinds  of  bristles,  and  imports  and  uses  only  the 
best  of  every  grade.  Fine  coach  and  marking  brushes,  stencil  brushes,  etc.,  are  made  in  the  most  superior  manner,  the  bristles  being  fastened 
iu  such  a  way  as  to  make  it  impossible  for  them  to  become  loose  or  push  through.  The  department  devoted  to  artists'  brushes  is  also  com- 
plete as  to  every  style  and  grade,  including  all  the  requisites  for  sign  painters  and  decorators,  and  the  best  camel's  hair,  ox  hair  and  sable 
brushes.  Here  is  also  headquarters  for  silver-plate  or  jewelers'  brushes,  and  all  grades  and  styles  of  brushes  for  shaving,  and  for  the  teeth, 
nails  and  flesh;  besides  clothes  and  hat  brushes,  heavy  brushes  for  kalsominers,  scrubbing  brushes,  and  all  kinds  f«)r  heavy  use.  The  spacious 
warerooms  of  the  firm  are  stocked  to  repletion  with  a  complete  line  of  all  brushes  made  by  them,  besides  a  fine  assortment  of  imported 
goods  from  the  most  celebrated  manufacturers  of  Europe.  The  goods  bearing  the  trade-mark  of  this  house  are  the  best  sellers  in  the  mar- 
ket, and  are  in  heavy  and  permanent  demand  in  all  parts  of  tbe  United  States.  Mr.  Ezra  Burton  is  a  native  of  "Vermont.  Mr.  Anson  Burton 
is  a  Bostonian  by  birth  and  training,  while  Mr.  Carter  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass. 


;)OLLINS  &  CO.,  Real  Estate,  Mortgages  and  Loans,  No.  23  Central  Street.— These  popular  real  estate  agents  established  this 
business  in  1877,  and  have  steadily  and  closely  applied  themselves  to  a  faithful  performance  of  every  duty  devolving  upon 
them.  They  make  a  specialty  of  the  business  of  buying,  selling  and  exchanging  city  property,  also  the  negotiation  of 
mortgages;  and  make  the  most  satisfactory  and  profitable  investments  on  behalf  of  capitalists.  They  deal  in  Florida 
timber  land  and  orange  groves,  also  city  and  suburban  property.  They  are  also  organizers  and  promoters  of  stock  com- 
panies and  promoters  of  patents.  They  are  always  prepared  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  public,  and  never  subject  their 
customers  to  unnecessary  delay.  Their  charges  are  ever  reasonable  and  their  work  well  done.  Mr,  Collins,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is 
a  native  of  Tompkins  Co.,  New  York,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  twenty  years.  He  is  a'middle  aged  gentleman,  has  always  borne  the 
highest  reputation,  and  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  experienced  real  estate  agents  in  the  city. 


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lEW  ENGLAND  PRINTING  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY,  Offices  99-101  Milk  Street.— The  accompanying  cut  shows  the  telegraph 
instrument  used  by  this  company.  The  system  is  known  as  the  Essick  Page  Printing  Telegraph,  and  is  owned  by  the  Essick 
Printing  Telegraph  Company,  of  No.  171  Broadway,  New  York.  This  is  the  parent  company,  o£  which  the  New  England  Printing 
Telegraph  Company  is  a  sub  company,  and  licensee  o£  the  system  for  the  New  England  States.  Tliis  is  the  flrst  sub  company 
that  has  yet  undertaken  commercial  business  with  the  new  system;  but  it  will  be  only  a  short  time  when  other  companies  are 
formed  to  operate  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  holding  franchises  for  certain  portions  of  the  territory.  The  New  Eng- 
land Company  commenced  to  build  a  line  from  Boston  to 
New  York  and  had,  up  to  Januai-y  1,  completed  it  only 
as  far  as  Providence,  R.  I.,  passing  through  Woonsocket 
and  beyond  to  Danielsonville,  Conn.  At  these  three 
places  there  are  established  offices  and  a  regular  tele- 
gi'aph  business  is  done  with  Boston.  The  tariff  rate  is 
fifteen  cents  for  ten  words  and  one  cent  for  each  addi- 
tional word,  signature  and  address  free.  This  is  not  only 
a  great  reduction  from  the  regular  telegraph  rates,  but 
the  system  offers  extra  privileges  to  the  public  in  that  it 
secures  absolute  accuracy  in  both  the  transmission  and 
reception  of  the  messages.  A  regular  key-board,  closely 
resembling  that  of  a  typewriter,  is  the  means  of  transmis- 
sion, and  the  message  is  printed  simultaneously  in  the 
presence  of  the  sender  and  the  receiver,  on  a  strip  of 
paper  four  inches  wide,  printed  in  plain  type.  Since  the 
sender  can  watch  the  copy  as  it  is  being  transmitted,  it  is 
impossible  for  mistakes  to  pass  unnoticed  and  absolute 
accuracy  is  thus  attained.  Skilled  operators  are  made 
with  a  few  days'  practice,  as  one  has  only  to  become 
familiar  with  a  simple  key-board.  The  maximum  speed 
of  the  system  is  double  that  of  the  best  telegraph  opera- 
tors on  the  Morse  system.  The  system  can  be  worked 
over  circuits  of  unlimited  extent — even  two  or  three 
thousand  miles;  while  350  is  the  ordinai-y  limit  of  direct 
line  work  of  Western  Union  circuits.  An  unlimited  num- 
ber of  instruments  may  be  operated  on  a  single  circuit 
by  one  transmitting  instrument,  thus  especially  com- 
mending the  system  to  the  use  of  the  Associated  Press 
and  other  companies  which  collect  and  disseminate  news, 
and  also  on  railroads.  This  system  is  the  only  page  print- 
ing telegraph  system  in  commercial  use  and  on  investiga- 
tion it  will  be  found  to  possess  more  advantages  than  any 
other  system  used  for  communicating  at  a  distance,  eitlier 
by  telephone  or  telegraph.  It  can  best  be  understood 
and  its  real  value  comprehended  by  personal  observation, 
and  one  will  be  well  repaid  by  a  visit  to  either  of  the 
offices  named  above,  where  the  instruments  may  be  seen 
and  examined  at  any  time.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  New 
England  Company  to  extend  its  line  on  to  New  York  at 
the  earliest  possible  date,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  a  pros- 
perous business  for  a  system  so  far  in  advance  of  all 
others.    Capital,  $1,500,000;  par  value,  fifty  dollars— organized  under  laws  «f  West  Vir: 


I  OHN  A.  ROLLINS,  Dealer  in  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Bacon,  Sausages,  German  Sausages,  Bologna,  Tripe,  Honey  Comb  Tripe- 
Dried  Beef,  Pressed  Ham,  Pigs'  Feet,  Lambs'  Tongues,  etc.,  No.  31  Quincy  Market.— One  of  the  long  established  and  well-knownj 
dealers  in  Quincy  Market  is  Mr.  John  A.  Rollins,  who  has  carried  on  business  at  stall  No.  31  for  twenty-four  yeare.  He 
handles  a  great  variety  of  merchandise,  including  pork,  lard,  hams,  bacon,  sausages,  German  sausages,  Bologna  sausages, 
tripe,  dried  beef,  pressed  ham,  pigs'  feet,  lambs'  tongues,  etc.  He  does  both  a  jobbing  and  retail  business,  supplying  dealers, 
hotels,  restaurants,  etc.,  in  Boston  and  the  immediate  neighborhood.  His  stock  is  always  complete  in  every  line,  and  the 
i  carefully  selected  from  the  best  sources  of  supply,  both  Western  and  near  by.  He  employs  four  salesmen  and  conducts  a  large 
and  flourishing  business.  Mr.  Rollins  was  born  in  Loudon  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  and  resides  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  As  a  representative 
of  the  market  interest  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Fruit  and  Produce 
Exchange. 


E.  cS:  0.  W.  SMITH,  Dealers  in  Fruit  and  Produce,  Canned  Goods;  Telephone  945;  Nos.  103,  105,  207  and  109  Faneuil  Hall 
Market.— Messrs.  W.  E.  &  C.  W.  Smith,  dealers  in  fruit,  produce  and  canned  goods,  and  having  their  premises  at  Nos. 
103, 105,  107  and  109  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Boston,  have  been  in  joint  control  of  the  flourishing  business  since  the  commence- 
ment of  the  year  1891.  The  foundation  of  the  house  was  the  work  of  Mr.  Whitman  B.  Smith,  the  father  of  the  existing 
partners,  and  on  the  death  of  that  gentleman,  which  occurred  in  1887,  the  existing  senior  partner  assumed  possession  and  he 
was  subsequently  joined  by  his  brother,  the  foundation  of  the  firm,  as  mentioned,  being  the  result.  The  business  conducted 
by  the  house  is  both  at  wholesale  and  retail  and  a  heavy  volume  of  trade  is  transacted  in  the  supply  of  families,  hotels,  restaurants,  etc.,  the 
connection  being  in  the  city  and  vicinity  of  Boston,  family  trade  being  made  a  specialty.  The  original  scene  of  the  firm's  operations  was  Nos. 
97  and  99  Faneuil  Hall  Market  and,  in  1881,  the  house  changed  to  Nos.  103  and  105;  and,  during  the  currency  of  1890  added  numbers  107  and  109 
to  its  premises,  the  exigencies  of  the  business  thus  requiring  a  steady  accretion  of  space  to  meet  the  growth  and  expansion  of  the  connection. 
The  premises  occupied  by  the  house  present  in  their  management  a  most  creditable  example  of  systematic  harmony  and  Messrs.  Smith 
•employ  a  staff  of  six  able  and  courteous  assistants.  The  partners  are  both  young  men,  possessing  the  unquestioned  confidence  of  the- 
community  and  they  are  both  esteemed  and  prominent  members  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange  of  Boston. 


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Jlay  8, 1890. 


BEN  H.  CAIN,  Dealer  in  Diamonds,  and  Manufacturer  of  DiamoiidJewelry,  No.  465  Washington  Street. — A  well-known  house 
in  a  special  department  of  the  jewelry  business  is  that  of  Mr.  Eben  H.  Cain,  No.  405  Washington  Street,  up-stairs.  He  is  a 
dealer  in  diamonds  and  manufacturer  of  diamond  jewelry.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  Masonic  emblems,  badges,  chains,  etc., 
of  which  he  has  a  full  line  constantly  on  hand;  also  past  masters'  and  past  high  priests'  jewels.  Knight  Templar  charms,  etc. 
The  goods  of  his  Jmanufacture  are  elegant  in  design  and  workmanship,  and  meet  with  a  large  demand,  principally  local. 
This  business  was  established  some  twenty-five  or  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Benjamin  A.  Hersey,  to  whom  Mr.  Cain  succeeded 
He  had  previously  been  connected  with  the  house  for  fourteen  years  and  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  the  business.    Mr.  Cain  is 


a  young  man,  a  native  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  still  a  resident  of  that  town.    He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


J.  GRACE,  Millinery,  No.  134  Tremont  Street. — In  every  branch  of  mercantile  activity  in  a  large  community  |;here  is  one 
liouse  that  is  justly  and  popularly  spoken  of  as  the  representative  of  its  class.  In  the  metropolitan  city  of  Boston  in  the 
line  of  the  finest  imported  millinery,  the  position  of  supremacy  is  held  by  the  "  Bouquet "  French  millinery  store  of  Mr.  J.  J 
Grace,  at  No.  134  Tremont  Street.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1868,  on  Washington  Street,  and  has  occupied  the 
i  ^  present  site  for  the  past  ten  years.  The  store  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  in  this  fashionable  neighborhood,  being  fitted  up 
with  every  convenience  and  appliance  that  capital  and  science  can  devise,  including  electric  lights,  cash  railway,  fuU 
length  mirrors  and  other  appointments,  while  the  charming  distribution  of  stock  combines  to  present  a  claim  for  beauty  and  finish  rarely 
equalled  in  the  city.  Mr.  Grace  is  a  direct  importer  of  the  finest  millinery  goods  from  the  most  celebrated  houses  in  Paris  and  London, 
going  to  Europe  each  year  to  make  his  selections,  and  the  "  Bouquet "  is  consequently  the  leading  retail  emporium  in  the  fine  French  mil- 
hnery  trade  of  the  city.  To  still  further  accommodate  the  increasing  tide  of  custom,  the  "La  Mode"  was  opened,  as  a  branch  establish- 
ment, at  No.  26  Temple  Place,  in  1888,  which  is  presided  over  by  Mrs.  Grace.  The  exigencies  of  the  .business  require  the  services  of 
seventy-five  skilled  assistants  in  both  stores,  and  at  each  place  is  to  be  found  a  choice  and  extensive  assortment  of  hats  and  bonnets  of  the 
latest  styles  and  shapes,  both  trimmed  and  uutrimmed;  flowers  and  feathers,  laces  and  ribbons,  and  milhnery  merchandise  of  every  descrip- 
tion. Mourning  bonnets  are  kept  on  hand  and  promptly  made  to  order,  while  the  imported  hats  and  bonnets  of  this  establishment  are  seen 
every  day  worn  by  the  most  fashionable  members  of  society  in  Boston  and  adjoining  cities.  All  goods  handled  here  are  unsurpassed  for 
quality,  style,  elegance,  freshness  and  general  excellence,  while  the  pi'ices  quoted  are  in  all  cases  as  low  as  the  lowest.  Mr.  Grace  is  a  native 
of  St.  Johns,  N.  F.,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1865,  and  one  of  its  most  expert  importers  and  talented  merchants,  whose  business  success  has 
been  honestly  won  and  is  well  deserved. 


ILBERT  DRAPER  &  CO.,  Lumber,  No.  342  Albany  Street.— For  a  period  of  thirty  honored  and  prosperous  years,  the  business 
owned  and  conti'oUed  by  Messrs.  Albert  Draper  &  Co.,  of  No.  S42  Albany  Street,  has  been  an  active  factor  in  the  commercial 
development  of  the  city.  Tlie  title  of  the  concern  at  the  date  of  the  foundation  of  the  house,  in  the  year  1861,  was  Messrs. 
A,  &  G.  Draper,  the  locality  wherein  was  situated  this  firm's  premises  being  on  Harrison  Avenue.  The  firm,  in  1870, 
became  Hamm  &  Draper  Bros.;  subsequently  Bailey  &  Draper  and,  eventually,  in  1888,  the  existing  title  was 
assumed  and  the  present  conditions  came  into  being.  Messrs.  Draper  &  Co.  are  dealers  in  black  walnut,  cherry,  ash,  oak, 
birch,  bass,  whitewood  and  other  hardwood  lumber,  also  eastern  pine,  spruce,  hemlock,  southern,  Michigan,  and  Canada  pine,  as  also  pine 
and  spruce  laths  and  pickets  and  all  kinds  of  shingles,  pine,  spruce  clapboards,  etc.  The  house  controls  a  large  and  expanding  city  trade 
and  the  wharf  and  yard  controlled  by  the  concern  covers  an  area  equivalent  to  one  acre.    Mr.  Draper  is  a  native  of  Dedham,  Mass. 


I AZELTON  &  GODDARD,  Decorators,  Furniture,  Upholstery  and  Draperies,  No.  152  Boylston  Street.— The  furniture,  uphol- 
stery and  decorating  trade  of  the  metropolis  of  New  England  has  a  prosperous  representative  in  Messrs.  Hazleton  &  God- 
dard,  of  No.  152  Boylston  Street.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1887,  and  the  connection  enjoyed  by  the  house  is 
of  highly  valuable  and  expansive  character,  Messrs.  Hazelton  &  Goddard  take  contracts  for  fitting  up  everything  connected 
with  the  interior  of  a  building,  They  engage  extensively  in  decoration,  painting  woodwork,  upholstering  and  furnishing  of 
premises;  the  specialty  being  liigh  class  work  at  reasonable  prices.  The  business  area  circumscribed  by  the  operations  of 
the  house  embraces  the  entire  New  England  section  and  extends  to  the  State  of  New  York;  the  principal  trade,  however,  being  drawn  from 
the  city  and  suburbs,  the  patrons  being  the  better  element  of  the  vicinity.  The  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  Hazelton  &  Goddard  com- 
prise an  office  and  warerooms,  covering  an  area  of  40  x  65  feet.  Such  premises  are  ably  managed  and  suitably  equipped,  being  eligibly  sit- 
uated upon  the  first-floor  of  the  building  and  approached  by  an  elevator.  A  staff  of  four  assistants  is  constantly  employed,  and  the  house  car- 
ries a  large,  choice,  varied  and  complete  assortment  of  samples,  the  trade  being  transacted  chiefly  from  samples  and  designs.  The  firm  has  a 
most  enviable  reputation  for  the  tastefulness  and  excellence  of  the  work  it  executes,  as  well  as  for  its  promptness.  The  partners  are  Mr. 
Joseph  T.  Hazelton  and  Mr.  Henry  Goddard,  both  able  and  courteous  gentlemen  enjoying  the  unlimited  confidence  of  their  patrons.  Mr. 
Hazelton  is  a  gentleman  of  middle-age  and  a  native  of  Boston,  his  experience  in  this  business  covering  a  term  of  many  years.  The 
junior  partner  is  a  young  man  haihng  from  the  State  of  Maine,  his  residence  in  Boston  having  commenced  with  his  boyhood,  and  he  formerly 
was  a  member  of  the  Heliotype  Printing  Company,  of  No.  211  Tremont  Street. 


|ENRY  B.  NEWHALL  CO.,  Jos.  Henderson,  Manager,  Shipping  and  General  Commission  Merchants,  No.  47  Pearl  Street.— Among 
our  leading  shipping  and  general  commission  merchants,  a  prominent  place  should  be  assigned  to  the  eminent  house  of  the 
Henry  B.  Newhall  Company.  located  in  this  city  at  No,  47  Pearl  Street.  The  extensive  business  of  this  enterprise  consists  chiefly 
in  the  handling,  on  commission,  of  all  kinds  of  merchandise;  more  especially  railroad  supplies,  fence  wire,  heavy  hardware 
and  ships'  chandlery;  in  all  of  which  a  large  and  flourishing  trade  is  transacted:  being  the  direct  result  of  the  sound  business 
methods  upon  which  the  company  is  conducted,  its  consummate  skill  in  dealing  with  goods  in  the  most  expeditious  and  sat- 
isfactory manner,  and  its  many  facilities  for  obtaining  direct  fi'om  manufacturers  and  producers,  the  various  merchandise  handled,  and  for 
its  disposal  in  ready  and  safe  channels.  These  advantages,  based  upon  long  practical  experience  and  sound  discretion,  and  pursued  consec- 
utively for  a  number  of  years,  have  accrued  to  the  house  an  enduring  support  from  both  pui'chasers  and  sellers  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  whose 
unlimited  confidence  is  secured  by  the  same  means.  The  business  received  its  inception  over  30  years  ago,  and  in  1865  was  duly  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000;  its  office  in  the  Empire  City  being  situate  at  No.  105  Chambers  Street. 
The  officers  who  are  responsible  for  its  very  able  and  highly  successful  direction  are:  Mr.  Henry  B.  Newhall,  president;  Mr.  Charles  L.  Phipps, 
treasurer  and  Mr.  Joseph  Henderson,  manager.  To  this  latter  gentleman  is  entrusted  the  sole  control  of  affairs  in  this  city;  and  the  large 
trade  now  controlled  from  here,  is  to  be  mainly  attributed  to  the  highly  efficient  manner  in  which  he  has  conducted  every  detail  of  the  busi- 
ness during  the  time  he  has  so  ably  acquitted  himself  as  the  company's  manager.  The  premises  in  Boston  are  located  at  the  corner  of  Pearl 
and  Franklin  Streets,  one  square  south  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  building,  office,  salesroom  and  store  all  being  admirably  adapted  to 
the  requirements  of  the  business.  Mr.  Henderson  is  now  of  middle-age,  and  is,  it  needs  scarcely  to  be  said,  a  prominent  figure  i 
-cial  circles,  and  as  a  merchant  and  successful  trader  has  an  unsullied  record. 


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iTHAN  A.  FITCH,  Poultry  and  Game,  No.  10  New  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— One  ot  the  most  attractive  displays  in  New  Faneuil 
Hall  Market  is  that  at  Stall  No.  10,  where  Nathan  A.  Fitch  carries  on  a  large  wholesale  and  retail  business  in  poultry  and 
game.  Everything  in  this  line  will  be  found  here  in  the  season,  shipments  being  received  from  all  parts  ot  the  country. 
Particular  attention  is  given,  however,  to  articles  from  New  England  sources  of  supply  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  the  very 
finest  quality  of  poultry.  The  sales  are  large  to  hotels,  restaurants,  steamers,  etc.,  and  an  extensive  trade  is  also  done  in 
supplying  families  with  flrst-class  goods.    Mr.  Fitch  established  this  business  in  1885  and  has  been  successful  in  securing  a 

most  desirable  class  of  patronage.    He  is  thoroughly  experienced,  having  been  for  twelve  years  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Swain, 

Fitch  &  Co.    He  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.  and  is  a  resident  ot  Somerville. 


D.  WILSON  &  CO,,  Electric  Securities,  Rooms  21  and  S2,  No.  113  Devonshire  Street.— This  firm  commenced  business  in  1888, 
as  dealers  in  electric  securities  exclusively.  They  were  pioneers  in  that  department  of  the  stock  business,  for  there  had 
never  been  any  handling  of  electric  companies'  stocks  or  bonds,  outside  of  the  stockholders  themselves.  The  corporations 
were  privately  handled  and  capitalized  tor  small  amounts;  but  the  business  of  manufacturing  electric  lighting  and  power 
*  apparatus  was  so  rapidly  increasing  that  the  companies  demanded  more  working  capital,  a  broader  fleld  for  placing  their 
stock,  and  the  co-operation  of  the  public  in  their  immense  business  enterprises.  This  firm  therefore  entered  the  promising 
and  untried  field  to  create  a  demand  for  electric  securities  with  the  investing  public.  Their  success  is  best  shown,  perhaps,  by  the  fact  that 
within  a  few  months  of  the  time  the.v  first  started,  the  stocks  of  the  principal  electric  companies  in  Boston  were  listed  on  the  Boston  Stock 
Exchange,  placing  them  thus  in  the  channels  where  the  greatest  distribution  would  result,  and  establishing  their  character  as  worthy  of  the 
confidence  of  investors.  Not  being  members  of  the  Stock  Exchange  the  handling  ot  these  stocks  was  done  mostly  by  the  regular  brokers,  and 
Messrs.  Wilson  &  Co.  became  identified  with  the  promoting  of  new  electrical  enterprises.  The  one  ot  greatest  value  that  they  have  undertaken, 
and  are  now  working  upon  with  success,  is  the  Essick  Page  Printing  Telegraph  System,  operated  in  Boston  by  the  New  England  Printing  Tel- 
graph  Company.  As  promoters  ot  an  enterprise  ot  this  value  and  size,  they  have  naturally  met  with  many  strong  opposing  forces,  but  have 
displayed  an  indomitable  will,  and  have  successfully  advanced  the  company  to  a  condition  ot  doing  a  regular  telegraph  business.  The  article 
on  another  page  will  make  clear  the  advantages  of  the  new  telegraph  system  which  they  are  introducing.  Their  long  experience  in  handling 
electric  securities  gives  the  firm  exceptional  facilities  for  doing  any  business  in  this  line,  and  information  on  all  such  securities  may  be 
obtained  from  them. 


E.  JENNINGS,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance  Broker,  No.  36  Globe  Building.— One  of  the  busiest  men  in  Boston  is  Mr.  C.  E.  Jen- 
nings, who  is  a  real  estate  and  insurance  broker  and  auctioneer,  and  operates  in  all  branches  of  the  real  estate  business, 
buying  and  selling,  negotiating  mortgages,  etc.,  and  gives  his  personal  attention  to  the  entire  management  of  real  estate. 
He  also  sells  real  and  personal  estate  at  auction  in  any  locality.  He  gives  particular  attention  to  real  estate  transactions  in 
'  Everett  and  vicinity.  In  the  insurance  department  of  his  business  Mr.  Jennings  represents  the  following  fire  insurance  com- 
panies :  American  and  Massachusetts  Mutual,  of  Boston ;  the  Mutual  ot  Abington,  Worcester  Mutual  of  Worcester,  Mass. ; 
New  Hampshire  and  Peoples',  of  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  Phenix,  ot  Brooklyn;  Agricultural,  of  Watertown,  N.  Y. ;  Warwick  Union,  ot  England. 
Mr.  Jennings  has  been  a  resident  of  Everett  for  twenty  years,  and  is  one  of  its  most  respected  citizens.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Water  Board 
-and  tor  a  year  has  filled  the  office  of  Justice  ot  the  Peace.  It  is  about  two  years  since  he  turned  his  attention  to  real  estate  and  insurance,  and 
his  business  has  assumed  extensive  proportions.  For  reference  as  to  his  ability  and  standing  he  names  the  following  well-known  gentlemen; 
Hon.  T.  N.  Hart,  Mayor  of  Boston;  Waldo  Adams,  Manager  Adams  Express  Company;  Wm.  H.  Hill,  President  Boston  and  Bangor  S.  S.  Co. 


jOSTON  CONSERVATORY  OF  MtTSIC,  No.  154  Tremont  Street.— One  of  the  important  and  noteworthy  institutions  of  this  city  is 
the  Boston  Conservatory  of  Music,  located  at  No.  154  Tremont  Street,  opposite  Boston  Common.  Established  in  1867,  by  the 
present  Director,  Mr.  Julius  Eichberg,  it  has  given  instruction  to  upwards  of  twenty  thousand  pupils  scattered  over  the  coun- 
try, who  are  standing  references  and  exemplars  of  the  character  ot  the  musical  training  here  afforded,  and  who  unite  in 
naming  this  conservatory  as  an  institution  which  really  does  what  it  professes,  to  wit:  That  it  furnishes  the  best  possible  in- 
struction in  every  branch  ot  musical  science  and  art.    Mr.  Eichberg,  who  was  recognized  in  Europe  among  leading  i 


at  an  early  age,  and  who  is  known  as  a  composer  as  well  as  educator,  has  been  tor  many  years  the  head  of  the  Department  of  Musical  In- 
struction in  the  public  schools  of  Boston.  Anticipating  the  steady  elevation  of  taste  and  the  increasing  exigencies  of  the  musical  public,  he 
«arly  laid  his  plans  to  establish  such  courses  of  instruction  as  would  make  the  institution  worthy  ot  its  name.  His  arrangements  are  such 
that  every  branch  of  musical  art  and  science,  from  the  beginning  to  the  highest  point  of  advancement,  is  taught  after  a  plan  whose  excellence 
has  been  testified  to  by  many  years  of  experience,  as  well  as  by  the  favorable  judgment  and  emphatic  approval  of  many  ot  the  world's 
greatest  artists.  Instruction  is  given  at  the  option  ot  students,  either  in  private,  or  in  strictly  limited  classes  ot  tour  pupils;  while  reading  at 
sight,  notation  and  harmony  are  taught  without  charge,  and  students  have  also  free  admission  to  all  the  concerts,  matinees  and  lectures  ot 
the  conservatory.  Instruction  is  given  upon  the  piano,  the  cabinet  organ,  the  violin  and  violineello  and  the  pipe  organ,  and  in  vocal  music, 
by  competent  teachers;  while  instruction  in  the  higher  branches  of  musical  science,  such  as  fugue,  counterpoint  and  composition,  will  be 
given  at  the  usual  rates.  The  numerous  concerts,  lectures,  and  musical  reunions  given  each  term  by  the  Conservatory,  are  widely  known  for 
their  excellence  and  interest.  These  important  aids  to  musical  culture  are  free  to  pupils  and  their  friends.  Advanced  pupils  are  selected 
from  time  to  time  to  perform  on  these  occasions  in  order  that  they  may  acquire  the  confidence  and  self-reliance  so  indispensable  to  an  artist. 
The  Director  has  frequent  opportunities  tor  providing  situations  as  organists  and  church  directors  to  competent  students,  and  any  aid  in  his 
power  is  most  cheerfully  extended.  Diplomas  are  granted  to  students  who  have  completed  a  full  course  of  instruction,  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  Director;  while  special  talent  is  recognized  in  pupils,  and  the  Director  will  advise  conscientiously  as  to  the  right  course  tor  develop- 
ment. Mr.  Eichberg  graduated  at  the  Brussels  Conservatory  of  Music  at  an  early  age,  and  for  the  past  quarter  ot  a  century  has  been  an  im- 
portant factor  in  making  this  city  recognized  as  the  chief  musical  center  of  America. 


B.  KNAPP,  Diamonds,  No.  197  Tremont  Street.— One  of  the  leading  members  of  the  trade  in  diamonds  is  Mr.  W.  B.  Knapp, 
whose  elegantly  appointed  store  is  conveniently  located  at  No.  197  Tremont  Street  and  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  features 
of  that  busy  thoroughfare.  This  successful  enterprise  was  inaugurated  by  Mr.  Knapp  in  1884,  and  he  is  recognized  as  being 
a  most  widely  experienced  member  of  the  trade.  He  has  devoted  himself  conscientiously  and  with  enthusiasm  to  select- 
ing and  importing  only  the  choicest  stones  of  pure  water  and  ot  the  greatest  inherent  fire  and  brilliancy.  He  carries  an 
immense  stock  of  loose  and  mounted  diamonds  and  carries  on  the  most  extensive  business  in  this  special  line  in  New  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Knapp  is  an  admitted  authority  and  expert  and  we  can  assure  our  readers  that  they  will  secure  substantial  advantages  by  dealing 
with  him  and  that  the  stones  sold  by  him  will  be  found  to  be  as  represented.  He  has  the  largest  stock  to  be  found  in  the  city.  His  trade  is 
both  wholesale  and  retail  and  extends  to  all  parts  ot  New  England.  Mr.  Knapp  is  a  native  of  New  York  City,  an  honorable  and  reliable 
business  man,  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him  and  very  popular  with  his  many  patrons.  He  is  a  member  of  the  F.  and  A.  M.,  the 
Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  besides  several  other  organizations. 


244  BOSTON ;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

p.  MARBLE  &  CO.,  Brass  Finishers,  No.  35  Sudbury  Street,  Corner  Portland  Street.  -In  the  decoration  of  flrst-class  dwellings 
at  the  present  day  ornamental  brass  work  is  a  feature  of  much  prominence,  and  one  requiring  great  skill  for  its  successful 
execution.  Very  superior  work  in  this  line  is  done  at  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  "W.  P.  Marble  &  Co.,  brass  finishers.  No. 
3.5  Sudbury  Street,  corner  Portland  Street.  The  workshop  is  large  and  spacious  in  dimensions,  supplied  with  steam-power 
i  *  and  completely  fitted  up  with  new  machinery  of  the  best  description,  and  all  the  requisite  tools  and  appliances.  Five 
mechanics  of  skill  and  experience  are  employed,  and  none  but  high-class  work  is  turned  out.  The  fli-m  make  a  specialty  of 
grilles,  railings,  and  all  descriptions  of  ornamental  brass  work.  They  also  manufacture  lifts,  hat  hooks,  draw  pulls,  furniture  trimmings, 
etc.  and  ha.ve  a  special  department  for  the  repairing,  repolishing  or  bronzing  of  chandeliers,  curtain  flxtares,  brass  beds  and  all  kinds  of  brass 
work.  The  establishment  of  this  business  dates  from  1889,  and  it  is  constantly  growing.  Mr.  Marble  was  born  in  Chelsea,  Mass.  He  is  one 
of  the  youngest  business  men  in  this  city,  but  is  an  expert,  having  had  thirteen  years'  experience  at  his  trade,  and  still  works  at  the  bench. 
He  is  thoroughly  energetic,  enterprising  and  successful  and  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  J',  and  of  the  A,  O.  U.  W. 

■JESK  EXCHANGE,  Headquarters  for  Boll  Top  Desks,  Offtce  and  Library  Furniture,  Etc.,  No.  36  Portland  Street.— The  advance 
of  modern  reflnement,.cultured  taste  and  wealth,  hand  in  hand,  has  created  an  enormous  demand  for  the  highest  achieve- 
ments of  the  cabinet  maker  and  decorator,  in  the  fitting  up  and  furnishing  of  oiHces,  libraries  and  business  houses.  This 
advanced  circle  of  the  furniture  trade  is  best  represented  in  Boston  by  Mr.  Benjamin  James,  Jr.,  proprietor  of  the  Desk 
Bxchange.at  No.  3,5  Portland  Street.  This  gentleman  has  been  engaged  in  the  business  here  since  1887,  making  a  specialty  of 
roll-top  desks,  in  which  branch  of  trade  he  is  the  acknowledged  leader.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  si.x  floors,  26  x  100 
feet  each,  all  of  which  splendid  fioor  space  is  utilized  in  the  disposal  of  the  immense  and  varied  stock  here  constantly  carried.  The  assort- 
ment embraces  new  style  flat  top  and  standing  desks,  and  all  kinds  of  office  and  library  furniture;  whUe  second-hand  desks,  safes  and  office 
fixtures  are  bought,  sold  and  exchanged.  Among  the  specialties  for  which  this  house  is  widely  noted  is  the  new  roll-top  desk,  made  in  wal- 
nut, oak  and  cherry ;  handsome  in  design,  elegant  in  finish  and  contaming  every  modern  convenience.  This  house  is  also  supplying  the  trade 
with  an  article  for  which  there  has  been  a  universal  call  for  years;  that  is,  a  iow-priced  roll-top  desk,  well  made  and  finished.  It  can  be  fur- 
nished in  walnut,  cherry  and  oak,  and  every  desk  is  guaranteed  to  be  entirely  satisfactory  to  the  purchaser  in  point  of  style,  construction 
and  finish.  The  house  also  furnishes  -office  tables,  library  or  study  desks,  low-priced  davenport  desks,  parlor  desks,  cylinder  desks, 
umbrella  stands,  music  racks,  new  cylinder  secretaries,  open  book-oases,  high  book-cases,  dwarf  book-cases,  "  Goldsmith  Maid  "  sideboards, 
and  sideboards  in  various  styles.  All  work  is  guaranteed  to  be  satisfactory  in  every  respect;  the  prices  are  the  lowest  possible,  consistent 
with  first-class  work;  and  comparison  is  gladly  invited  with  the  goods  and  prices  of  any  rehable  dealers.  Mr.  James  is  a  native  Bostonian, 
prominent  for  some  years  in  the  insurance  business,  and  a  young  man  of  large  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  eminent  popularity.  He 
has  called  to  his  aid  Mr.  J.  L.  Colcord  as  manager  of  the  Desk  Exchange,  and  under  his  expert  and  popular  direction  the  enterprise  has  won. 
a  reputation  and  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and  eminently  creditable  in  character. 

IINN  &  KELLEY,  Gloves,  Hats  and  Umbrellas,  CooUdge  Building,  Bowdoin  Square,  Opposite  Revere  House.— The  largest  hat 
store  in  the  city  devoted  to  the  retail  trade  exclusively,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Finn  &  Kelley,  Coolidge  building,  Bowdoin  Square, 
opposite  the  Revere  House.  The  business  of  the  firm  is  confined  to  the  sale  of  hats,  gloves  and  umbrellas,  of  which  they 
carry  an  immense  stock;  handling  none  but  the  finer  grades  of  goods  from  leading  manufacturers.  The  concentration  of 
their  attention  upon  these  three  specialties  gives  them  advantages  which  can  hardly  be  enjoyed  where  these  goods  are  but  sO' 
many  items  in  a  miscellaneous  assortment.  The  store  is  25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  has  a  very  fine  front,  artistically  tiled 
entrance,  elegant  fixtures,  and  is  lighted  by  electricity.  Ten  clerks  and  salesmen  are  employed,  and  a  very  large  amount  of  business  is  done,, 
the  trade  being  principally  in  the  city  and  suburbs,  although  many  goods  are  sent  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  The  firm  buy  directly 
from  the  manufacturer,  thereby  bringing  tlie  consumer  into  direct  communication  with  the  manufacturer,  which  enables  this  enterprising 
concei-n  to  give  their  patrons  the  benefit  of  prices  which  are  far  below  those  of  an  ordinary  retail  dealer  for  the  same  class  of  goods;  in 
fact  their  hats  are  put  upon  the  market  at  what  is  generally  termed  the  wholesale  price.  This  business  was  established  April  18, 1885,  by  the 
firm  as  now  organized;  the  members  being  Mr.  John  B.  Finn  and  Mr.  Charles  A.  Kelley,  both  young  men  and  natives  of  Boston.  Both 
gentlemen  have  had  a  long  and  valuable  experience  in  this  line  and  are  superior  judges  of  the  articles  in  which  they  deal,  Mr.  Finn 
having  been  in  this  line  all  his  life,  having  had  thirty  years'  experience  with  Hart,  Taylor  &  Co.,  while  Mr.  Kelley  has  had  an  experience  of 
over  fifteen  years  at  this  same  location,  having  entered  the  employ  of  the  American  Hat  Company,  who  f ormeriy  occupied  the  premises, 
when  but  a  boy  at  a  salary  of  $3.00  per  week.  They  are  thoroughly  energetic  business  men  and  have  a  strictly  original  method  of  adver- 
tising their  business.    IHr.  Finn  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Honor;  Mr.  Kelley  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

lEIGHAM  &  SPOFFOBD,  Architects,  Offices,  General  Business,  No.  2-2  Beacon  Street,  State  House  Extension,  No.  27  Mount  Ver- 
non Street.— For  some  of  its  finest  structures  erected  within  the  past  few  years,  Boston  is  indebted  to  the  skill  and  good  taste 
of  Messrs.  Brigham  &  SpofCord,  one  of  the  leading  firms  of  architects  of  the  city.  The  firm  was  organized  in  1888,  the  mem- 
bers Toeing  Mr.  Charles  Brigham  and  Mr.  John  C.  Spofford.  They  employ  twenty-five  skilled  jassistants,  and  are  prepared  to 
submit  plans  for  the  construction  of  buildings  of  all  descriptions,  making  a  specialty  of  those  of  large  dimensions.  They  are 
the  architects  for  the  State  House  extension  in  this  city,  a  piece  of  work  that  will  C0!3t  in  the  neighborhood  of  $2,600,000. 
T  leir  office  in  connection  with  this  operation  is  located  at  No.  27  Mount  Vernon  Street.  Among  other  buildings  recently  designed  by  them 
at  various  places  in  this  State  are  the  following:  town  hall,  public  library  and  Greek  temple  at  Fair  Haven ;  inebriate  asylum,  at  Forborap 
tlie  Watertown  Savings  Bank,  "Watertown;  two  schoolhouses  at  Everett.  They  also  designed  an  extension  to  the  State  House  in  Augusta, 
Me.,  two  years  ago.  Mr.  Brigham  is  about  fifty  years  of  age,  a  native  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  president  of  the  Watertown  Corporate  Bank. 
He  has  been  for  several  years.chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  and  also  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  that 
place.  Mr.  Spofford  was  born  in  Mahio,  but  came  to  Massachusetts  when  aboy.  He  residesin  Everett.  The  firm  are  members  of  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects  and  Mr.  Brigham  has  a  creditable  war  record,  having  served  in  the  Fifth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Intantiy  as 
Sergeant  of  Company  K.  and  is  a  member  of  Isaac  P.  Potter  Post,  G.  A.  B.    He  is  also  master  of  Pequossett  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M. 

illLLIAM  ROBINSON  &  CO., -Sail  Makers,  No.  31  Commercial  Street.— A  very  important  industry  in  connection  with  our  mer- 
chant marine  is  the  manufacture  of  sails  and  one  of  the  best  known  concerns  in  this  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  William  Robinson 
&  Co.  They  occupy  the  fifth  and  sixth  floors,  each  25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  The  upper  loft  is  used  for  the  storage  of 
stock,  more  than  10,000  yards  of  sail  duck  being  constantly  on  hand.  The  lower  floor  is  the  manufacturing  department,, 
where  fifteen  skilled  hands  are  employed.  A  specialty  is  the  making  of  sails  for  heavy  vessels  in  the  coal  trade  and  orders 
are  received  from  points.all  along  the  Atlantic  Coast.  The  business  of  this  house  was  established  in  1866  by  Messrs.  William 
Robinson  and  George  F.  Kingham.  The  death  of  the  latter  took  place  in  1873  and  Mr.  Robinson  has  continued  the  business,  the  firm  title 
remaining  the  same.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  when  a  boy  worked  at  this  business,  as  long  ago  as  1853,  on  the  same  block  where  he  is 
now  located.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanics'  Association,  being  one  of  the  trustees. 
Mr.  Robinson  is  a  residen'.  oi  Chelsea  and  represented  that  city  in  the  Legislature  in  1877-78.  He  is  also  trustee  of  the  city  library  of  Chelsea, 
and  ex-president  of  the  Review  Club  of  that  city  and  is  universally  popular. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  OOMMBROE  AND  LITERATURE. 


F.  MoDONALD,  Patent  Steel  Automatic  Odorless  Sanitary  Dump  Cart,  also.  Manufacturer  of  Patent  Wooden  Coal 
'^JCK^^^S  ^^^  ^^^  Cart,  No.  151  Pearl  Street.— The  handling  and  disposition  of  the  refuse  of  large  centers  of  population  has,  until 
s^U■l^^aP        recently,  been  one  of  the  vexed  problems  taxing  the  ingenuity  of  the  student  of  hygiene,  and  the  problem  has  substantially 

found  a  solution  in  the  appliance  known  as  the  Patent  Steel  Automatic  Odorless  Sanitary  Dump  Cart  constructed  by  Mr. 

P.  F.  McDonald,  of  No.  151  Pearl  Street.    Mr.  McDonald  is  the  builder  and  exclusive  agent  of  tlie  cart  for  the  New  England 

section,  and  some  idea  of  the  excellence  of  the  vehicle  may  be  formed  when  it  is  known  that  it  has  been  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  of  the  city  of  New  York.  The  body  of  the  cart  is  made  of  sheet  steel  plates,  joined  and  riveted  together  in  a  manner 
that  will  effectually  prevent  any  leakage  of  liquid  substances,  such  as  are  contained  in  garbage,  slush  and  other  refuse  matter,  and  is  pro- 
vided with  a  cover  hinged  to  the  foretop  portion  of  the  body,  and  so  arranged  that  the  driver  may  raise  the  same  without  leaving  his  seat. 
When  the  cover  is  down,  the  cart  is  closed,  water  and  air  tight.  Pressing  the  foot  on  the  lever  will  cause  the  body  of  the  cart  to  turn  and 
dump  its  contents,  while,  by  means  of  a  lever  chain  and  sprocket  wheels  located  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  cart,  the  body  is  again  thi'own 
into  its  original  -position.  Mr.  McDonald  manufactures  patent  wooden  coal  and  ash  carts,  and  prepares  every  conceivable  description  of  forg- 
•int»-.  His  business  premises  consist  of  a  large  shop,  covering  an  area  of  10,000  feet,  the  same  being  located  upon  the  ground  floor  of  the 
premises,  Nos.  314-316-318  Dorchester  Avenue,  South  Boston.  The  carts  are  shipped  to  all  the  principal  cities  in  tlie  United  States,  where 
their  excellence  has  won  for  them  the  most  enthusiastic  admiration,  and  they  have  recently  been  adopted  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  The  management  of  Mr.  McDonald's  premises  evinces  an  encouraging  example  of  systematic  harmony  and  commendable  precision, 
and  a  staff  of  fifteen  employees  is  constantly  maintained.  Mr.  McDonald  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  a  native  of  Boston  and  a  practical 
master  of  the  many  complexities  of  his  business. 


)  OHN  C.  EOBBINS  M'F'G.  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Baggage  Checks,  Badges  and  Door  Numbers,  No.  142  Harrison  Avenue.— 
The  most  widely  known  concern  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  baggage  checks,  badges,  door  numbers  and  Icindred  devices 
in  Boston  is  that  of  the  John  C.  Bobbins  Bl't'g  Co.,  No.  142  Harrison  Avenue,  and  it  is  also  one  of  the  oldest  established  and 
foremost,  being  in  existence  for  more  than  thirty-five  years.  Besides  everything  in  the  line  above  indicated,  the  company 
are  also  manufacturers  of  employees'  time  checks,  carriage,  machine  plates,  etc.,  and  are  general  engravers  on  metal, 
turning  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  work.  Their  productions  command  extensive  sale  throughout  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  the  Provinces,  and  their  trade,  which  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  affords  evidence  of  steady  increase.  Mr.  Bobbins,  who  is  the 
sole  proprietor,  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age  and  a  native  of  this  city.  He  is  a  man  of  practical  skill  and  thorough  experience,  and  is  master 
of  his  art  in  all  its  branches,  having  served  his  apprenticeship  with  his  father,  John  Bobbins.  He  established  business  in  the  present  place 
in  1891.  The  quarters  occupied  as  office  and  shop  here  are  commodious  and  well-equipped,  and  halt  a  dozen  expert  workmen  are  employed. 
A  large  and  varied  assortment  of  checks,  badges,  numbers,  figures,  plates,  etc.  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  baggage  checks  being  a  specialty, 
and  all  orders  are  promptly  attended  to,  while  engraving  on  metal  is  done  and  checks,  badges,  etc.  made  to  order,  at  short  notice,  and  at  very 
reasonable  prices.    Mr.  Bobbins  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  the  K.  of  P. 


B.  PAEKEE  &  SON,  Kansas  City  and  Chicago  Dressed  Beef,  No.  101  Blackstone  Street.— In  no  feature  of  business  progress 
has  enterprise  been  displayed  to  such  purpose  of  late  years  as  in  the  construction  of  appliances  and  devices  for  preserving 
fresh  meat.  At  the  present  day,  we  have  meat  killed  and  dressed,  direct  from  the  great  Western  ranches,  placed  upon  our 
markets  without  having  in  the  remotest  degree  lost  its  freshness,  flavor  or  quality  in  transportation.  Indeed  it  possesses 
*  important  advanta§;es  over  home-killed  stock,  in  that  the  cattle  have  not  suffered  from  weeks  of  overcrowding  and  stifling 
in  the  cars  during  transit  eastward;  Chicago  dressed  beef  has  a  national  reputation  for  superiority  of  quality  and  is  sold 
to  the  trade  throughout  Boston  and  her  environs  by  Messrs.  A.  B.  Parker  &  Son  of  No.  101  Blackstone  Street.  Mr.  Parker  primarily 
engaged  in  the  retail  branch  of  the  trade  in  meat  products  at  Medford  in  1855,  five  years  later  removing  to  Boston  and  turning  his  attention 
to  the  wholesale  handling  of  Chicago  and  Kansas  City  dressed  beef.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  spacious  and  commodious  floor,  35 
X  75  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  cold  stora.ge  and  other  accessories  for  the  advantageous  prosecution  of  the  business.  All  ordei-s  are 
promptly  and  carefully  filled,  and  the  exigencies  of  the  widespread  city  and  suburban  trade  require  the  constant  service  of  five  assistants. 
The  firm  consists  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Parker  and  his  son,  Edgar  A.  Parker,  who  was  admitted  to  an  interest  in  1883.  The  senior  member  of  the 
house  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  A.  O.  F.  and  A.  M.  His  son  was  born  in  this 
State  in  1859,  and  is  likewise  identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


^R.TN  WEEMAN,  Violins,  Etc.,  No.  544  Washington  Street.— Few  save  those  directly  interested  have  any  conception  of  the  con- 
fft^m^^k  summate  art  required  in  the  manufacture  of  the  properly  constructed  violin.  Experience  has  shown  that  the  minutest 
fcWB^'*"§B  'IstS'ils  of  form  and  proportion,  and  the  material  of  which  each  separate  part  is  made  are  matters  of  vital  importance  to  the 
quality  of  these  instruments.  In  such  connection  we  make  due  reference  to  a  thorough  exponent  of  the  art  of  violin  manu- 
facture in  the  person  of  Mr.  Orin  Weeman,  whose  business  premises  are  located  at  Boom  No.  4,  No.  544  Washington  Street. 
This  gentleman  has  now  been  engaged  as  a  dealer  in  and  repairer  and  manufacturer  of  violins,  handling  also  violin  strings 
and  kindred  musical  merchandise,  for  the  past  thirteen  years,  a  specialty  being  made  of  repairing  old  violins.  He  learned  his  trade  with  the 
-well-known  violin  maker  Mr.  A.  W.  White,  and  Mr.  Weeman  in  his  productions  has  attained  to  acoustical  qualities  of  high  perfection,  which 
his  careful  workmanship  and  extreme  dexterity  enable  him  in  all  cases  unfailingly  to  reproduce.  Mr.  Weeman  was  born  in  Maine  and  has 
worked  in  Boston  since  boyhood,  residing  in  the  adjacent  city  of  Lynn. 


jODGKINS  &  HODGKINS,  Tailors,  No.  .27  School  Street.— The  Messrs.  Hodgkins  are  direct  importers,  handling  only  the  finest 
productions  of  English,  Scotch  and  French  manufacturers  or  makers,  and  turn  out  a  class  of  work  of  exceptional  excellence, 
catering  exclusively  to  a  high-class  trade,  every  garment  bearing  their  name  being  absolutely  A  No.  1,  alike  as  to  style, 
design,  out,  fit,  finish  and  fabric.  They  are  by  general  assent  the  foremost  merchant  tailors  of  this  city,  and  their  patronage, 
which  is  of  a  most  substantial  and  influential  character,  extends  all  over  the  New  England  States  and  throughout  the  prin- 
cipal cities  of  the  country.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  Wm.  E.  Hodgkins  and  Edward  W.  Hodgkins,  father  and  son 
respectively,  both  of  whom  are  expert  cutters  and  tailors  and  masters  of  their  art  in  all  its  branches.  Mr.  Hodgkins,  the  elder,  is  a  native  of 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  where  he  learned  the  business  with  his  father,  the  leading  tailor  of  that  place  for  thirty  years,  and  has  been  in  Boston  since 
1849.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Boston  Merchant  Tailors'  Exchange,  and  the  first  president  of  the  same,  and  was  also  second  vice- 
president  of  the  National  Merchant  Tailors'  Exchange.  He  was  with  the  firm  of  Chas.  A.  Smith  &  Co.,  altogether  some  forty  years,  half  of 
which  period  he  was  a  partner,  while  Mr.  Hodgkins  the  younger,  who  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth,  was  formerly  with  Chas.  A.  Smith  &  Co.,  also 
for  thirteen  years.  The  firm  of  Hodgkins  &  Hodgkins  was  established  in  March,  1890,  and  from  the  inception  the  enterprise  has  been 
attended  with  signal  success.  The  quarters  occupied  in  the  Niles  Building  are  spacious,  commodious  and  tastefully  fitted  up,  and  an  exceed- 
ingly fine  assortment  of  goods  is  here  displayed,  while  an  efficient  staff  is  employed  on  the  premises  in  addition  to  forty  or  fifty  first-class 
hands  outside. 


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^IRONIN  &  McGONAGLE,  Plumbers,  No.  108  Staniford  Street.— One  o£  the  youngest,  and  at  the  same  tune  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  and  prosperous  concerns  in  their  line  in  this  city,  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Cronin  &  McGonagle,  No.  108  Staniford 
Street.  They  commenced  business  as  plumbers  in  1888,  both  having  a  thorough  practical  knowledg^e  of  the  trade,  which 
they  had  followed  since  boyhood.  Their  specialty  is  sanitary  engineering  in  accordance  with  the  most  approved  modern 
scientific  principles,  and  their  aim  is  to  execute  none  but  strictly  first-class  work.  The  premises  occupied  by  their  office  and 
workshop  have  an  area  of  25  x  40,  and  the  establishment  is  well-equipped  with  tools  and  appliances  of  the  newest  and  most 
improved  description.  Twelve  skilled  mechanics  are  employed,  and  orders  receive  the  most  prompt  attention.  They  carry  a  good  stock  of 
plumbing  materials  and  are  prepared  to  execute  jobbing  at  short  notice.  They  have  a  large  first-class  city  and  suburban  trade,  and  the 
business  is  constantly  growing.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Mr.  C.  H.  Cronin  and  Mr.  W.  F.  McGonagle,  both  young  men  and  natives  of 
Boston,  Jlr.  Cronin  having  had  an  experience  of  thirteen  yeai'S  and  Mr.  McGonagle  twenty-eight  years  in  the  trade. 


.VGE  &  SHAW,  Best  Candies,  Fine  Chocolates,  Etc.,  No.  9  West  Street.— The  scene  of  the  primary  efforts  of  the  founder  of 

SklSB^^^B  the  firm  of  Page  &  Shaw,  of  No.  9  West  Street,  Boston  Mass.,  (the  gentleman  being  the  senior  in  the  existing  firm)  was  laid 
9\S^&bS^^  iu  Lowell,  Mass.,  the  date  of  such  effort  being  in  the  year  1864.  The  operations  of  the  proprietorship  were  conducted  subse- 
quently at  the  respective  locations  of  Lynn  and  Philadelphia,  the  Boston  business  having  been  established  eighteen  years  ago, 
the  date  of  the  formation  of  the  present  partnership  being  in  1888.  The  business  is  that  of  candy-makers  of  a  superior  order, 
the  house  manufacturing  a  comprehensive  miscellany  of  goods,  the  salient  feature  permeating  all  its  operations  being 
excellence  unqualified.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  are  well  located  and  excellently  appointed  and  consist  of  a  shop  and  store,  the 
management  of  which  evinces  a  creditable  example  of  systematic  harmony  and  business-like  precision.  The  trade  is  purely  at  retail  and  the 
patronage  is  drawn  from  the  better  element  of  the  locality,  and  the  house  employs  constantly  a  force  of  twelve  assistants,  a  number  of  whom 
are  of  the  skilled  class.  Mr.  D.  L.  Page  is  a  native  of  Lowell  Mass.,  while  Mr.  C.  N.  Shaw  hails  from  the  city  of  Boston.  They  are  both 
gentlemen  of  middle  age  and  both  enjoy  the  possession  of  a  series  of  highly  commendable  personal  and  business  qualities. 


I E0R6E  W.  MOORE,  Piano  Hardware,  No.  15  Chardon  Street.— Not  one  in  his  line  in  Boston  enjoys  a  better  reputation  for 
fine  work,  or  for  promptness  and  reliability  in  executing  orders  than  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  was 
formerly  of  the  firm  of  Moore  &  Dailey,  established  in  1881,  and  succeeded  the  same  as  sole  proprietor  about  two  years  later, 
conducting  the  business  alone  since  with  uninterrupted  success.  Mr.  Moore,  who  is  about  fifty-one  years  of  age,  and  a 
native  of  this  State,  is  a  thoroughly  practical  workman  himself,  of  many  years'  experience.  He  bears  a  very  creditable  war 
record,  too,  and  took  part  in  three  of  the  fiercest  engagements  of  the  "  late  unpleasantness,"  though  but  a  mere  youth  at  the 
time.  He  served  in  the  Fifty-first  Massachusetts  Regiment  and  Fourth  Heavy  Massachusetts  Artillery  and  is  a  member  of  Gettysburg 
Post  191,  6.  A.  R.  Mr.  Moore  occupies  a  SO  x  60  feet  shop,  and  employs  twelve  to  fifteen  skilled  workmen.  He  manufactures  piano 
hardware  of  all  kinds;  also  piano-forte  makers'  and  turners'  tools  to  order  and  keeps  on  hand  always  a  large,  first-class  stock.  He  turns  out 
the  finest  grade  of  work,  making  the  very  best  tools  for  the  purposes  above  indicated  in  Boston. 


VLKER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Oils,  No.  40  Chnton  Street.— Messrs.  Walker  &  Co.  established  this  business  in 
1838  and  are  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  oils,  cylinder  oil,  naphtha  and  gasoline;  their  operations  being  with  sperm, 
lard,  spindle,  mecca,  and  lubricating  oils,  the  house  being  sole  manufacturers  of  "Diamond  Flame"  and  high  test  "water 
white  "  safety  oil.  The  factory  consists  of  a  three-story  building,  covering  an  area  of  1,600  feet.  The  business  is  entirely 
at  wholesale  and  a  large  stock  of  goods  is  kept  on  hand,  the  same  being  choice,  varied  and  complete.  The  sales  of  "  Diamond 
Flame  "  oil  last  year  exceeded  the  encouraging  figures  of  20,000  barrels.  Mr.  Walker  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  has 
resided  in  Boston  a  period  of  forty  years.    He  is  a  gentleman  esteemed  and  honored  by  all  and  a  member  of  the  Oil  Trade  Association. 


|HE  E.  B.  HORN  COMPANY;  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Watches,  Diamonds,  Jewelry  and  Silverware,  No.  429  Washing- 
ton Street.— A  time-honored  and  notable  Boston  jewelry  house  is  that  of  the  E.  B.  Horn  Company,  which  for  over  half  a  cen- 
tury has  maintained  a  prominent  place  in  its  line.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1839  by  E.  B.  Horn,  (deceased), 
who  conducted  the  same  up  to  1873,  when  he  died  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  E.  B.  Horn,  Jr.,  who  continued  it  alone  until 
1891,  when  the  concern  was  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  capital  of  $18,000,  and  the 
present  style  adopted.  The  place  of  business  was  originally  on  Hanover  Street,  and  later  on  Court  Street,  whence  it  was  moved 
to  Winter  Street,  and  has  been  at  the  location  now  occupied  for  the  past  fourteen  years.  Messrs.  E.  B.  Horn,  C.  A.  Woodsome,  and  W.  A. 
Whittemore,  the  proprietors  and  respectively  president,  treasurer  and  secretary  of  the  company,  are  natives  of  this  city.  They  are  all 
practical  watchmakers  and  jewelers,  of  thorough  experience,  as  well  as  men  of  energy  and  excellent  business  ability.  They  are  wholesale 
and  retail  dealers  in  watches,  diamonds,  jewelry,  silverware,  etc.,  handhng  everything  in  this  hue;  and  their  trade,  which  is  very  large, 
alTords  evidence  of  steady  increase.  Every  article  sold  here  is  fully  warranted,  and  all  work  done  is  guaranteed  to  render  satisfaction,  fine 
watch  repairing  being  a  specialty,  while  diamond  mounting,  engraving,  chasing,  etc.,  are  executed  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  at  short 
notice.  An  exceedingly  fine  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  including  elegant  gold  and  silver  watches  of  all  leading  makes,  superb  dia- 
monds, rubies,  sapphires,  emeralds,  bloodstones,  onyx,  pearls  and  kindred  gems,  exquisite  novelties  in  jewelry,  beautiful  silverware,  hand- 
some plated  goods,  art  novelties,  opera-glasses,  spectacles,  etc.  The  store,  which  is  25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions  (with  shop  up-stairs),  is 
tastefully  fitted  up  and  attractively  arranged,  and  six  to  eight  of  a  staff  are  employed. 


L.  PEIRSON  &  CO.,  Iron  Merchants,  No.  44  Kilby  Street,  Boston  and  No.  16  Exchange  Place,  New  York.— The  business  of 
this  widely-known  concern  was  founded  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  by  Stevenson,  Peirson  &  Co.,  and  continued  by 
them  until  eight  years  since,  when  the  present  proprietors  came  into  the  control,  the  co-partners  being  Messrs.  Charles  L. 
Peirson  and  J.  Brooks  Fenno,  Jr.  The  former  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  has  long  resided  in  Boston.  Mr.  Fenno  is  a 
'  native  of  this  city,  and  for  seven  years  was  a  clerk  in  this  establishment  before  he  became  a  partner  eight  years  ago.  The 
firm  deal  in  pig  iron  only,  and  their  trade  is  with  f  oundrymen  and  other  consumers  throughout  New  England,  New  York 
and  New  Jersey.  They  are  selling  agents  for  the  Glendon  Iron  Company  of  Easton,  Pa.,  pig  iron;  Coleraine  Iron  Company,  of  Pennsylvania, 
Pulaski  Iron  Company,  of  Virginia,  coke  pig;  Graham  Iron  Company,  of  Virginia,  Woodstock  Iron  Company,  of  Alabama,  Clifton  and  Shelby 
Iron  Companies,  of  Alabama,  charcoal  pig  iron.  These  iron  manufactories  are  so  well-known  to  the  trade  for  the  superiority  of  their  prod, 
nets,  that  praise  in  this  connection  is  rendered  superfluous.  Shipments  are  made  direct  from  the  furnace  works,'and  the  long  established 
connections  of  the  house  enable  the  proprietors  to  meet  all  the  demands  of  the  trade  upon  the  most  acceptable  terms. 


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|EORGE  H.  ELSON,  Watches,  Clocks  and  Silverware,  No.  9  Park  Street.— One  of  the  most  skillful  watchmakers  in  Boston,  if 
not  in  the  entire  country,  is  Mr.  George  H.  Elson,  whose  establishment  is  at  No.  9  Park  Street,  in  the  old  Ticknor  House.  The 
business  was  founded  in  1830  by  his  father.  Mr.  Julius  Elson,  whom  he  succeeded  in  1870.  After  acquiring  a  thorougr 
knowledge  of  the  trade  under  his  father's  instruction,  Mr.  Elson  went  to  Europe  and  enlarged  his  information  in  Switzer- 
land. France  and  England,  graduating  at  the  National  School  of  France,  finally  becoming  an  acknowledged  expert  in  watch- 
making and  repairing.  He  received  a  diploma  for  fine  watches  at  Geneva  in  1872,  and  at  Paris  in  1881.  His  stoi*e  is  20  x  100 
feet  in  area,  and  contains  a  large  stock  of  watches,  clocks  and  silverware.  He  is  a  large  importer  of  fine  goods  in  this  line,  and  visits  the 
principal  European, cities  every  year  in  order  to  secure  new  ideas,  novel  designs,  etc.  He  employs  six  clerks  and  salesmen  and  caters  to  the 
highest  class  of  trade  exclusively.    Mr.  Elson  was  born  in  Boston. 


IDMANDS'  ART  SUPPLY  STORE,  No.  16  Bromfield  Street.— The  business  of  this  well-known  house  was  inaugurated  ten 
years  ago,  at  No.  12  Bromfield  Street,  by  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Edmands,  and  a  removal  to  the  present 
quarters  was  effected  in  1888.  Mr.  Edmands  is  a  native  Bostonian,  a  gentleman  now  in  the  middle-age  of  life,  and  he  pos- 
sesses a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  requirements  of  the  vocation  in  which  he  is  engaged.  He  has  acquired  a  large,  first- 
class  trade,  and  enjoys  an  excellent  reputation  as  an  enterprising,  reliable  business  man,  liberal  and  equitable  in  all  his 
dealings.  The  store  occupied  is  amply  commodious,  attractive  in  its  appointments,  and  is  filled  with  a  large,  superior  stock 
of  artists'  materials  and  art  novelties,  etchings,  engravings,  paintings,  photo-engravings  and  photographs,  of  all  kinds,  both  of  foreign  and 
American  production.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  picture  framing,  all  styles  being  made  to  order  at  shortest  notice.  Mr.  Edmands 
employs  ten  assistants,  and  is  prepared  to  promptly  meet  all  wants  in  his  line. 


jOBERT  BRIGGS  &  CO.,  China,  Crockery,  Glass,  Lamps,  Etc.,  No.  3.25  Washington  Street.— This  firm  are  manufacturers'  and 
importers'  agents,  and  their  business  connections,  which  are  widespread,  are  of  a  very  substantial  character,  selling  exten- 
sively to  jobbers  and  large  retailers  throughout  New  England.  The  quarters  occupied  as  ofiQce  and  salesroom  are  commo- 
dious and  well-arranged,  and  an  exceedingly  fine  sample  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  including  superb  china  in  new  and 
exquisite  designs,  beautiful  and  serviceable  stoneware  and  crockery,  artistic  productions  in  glassware,  magnificent  lamps, 
shades,  etc.,  and  a  splendid  assortment  of  novelties.  The  firm  represent  several  large  potteries  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  in 
crockery,  yellow  and  Rockingham  ware;  T.  E.  Powers  of  Chicago,  in  fancy  lamps,  shades,  and  large  variety  of  lamps,  and  they  are  in 
position  to  offer  exceptional  inducements  to  the  trade,  quoting  manufacturers'  prices.  Mr.  Briggs,  who  is  the  sole  member  (the  "  Co."  being 
nominal,)  is  a  gentleman  in  the  full  prime  of  life  and  a  native  of  this  city,  and  prior  to  going  into  business  on  his  own  account  here  in 
April,  1891,  had  been  a  traveling  salesman  and  buyer  for  manufacturers  in  this  line  for  some  fifteen  years. 


HADWICK  &  STILLINGS,  Builders,  No.  31  Equitable  Building,  Corner  Milk  and  Devonsnire  Streets.— This  business  was  estab- 
lished by  Messrs.  Chadwick  &  Stillings,  in  1875  and  by  indefatigable  energy,  careful  consideration  for  the  best  interest  of  pat- 
rons, and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  details  and  intricacies  of  their  occupation,  they  speedily  took  rank  with  the  oldest 
builders  in  the  city.  They  buy  unimproved  land  and  erect  buildings  thereon.  They  have  built  about  one  hundred  first-class  resi- 
dences in  the  Back  Bay  district  which  have  sold  for  from  $15,000  to  $75,000  each.  Their  books  contain  ai.  cM  times  a  great  number 
of  desirable  houses  and  lots  for  sale  and  lease,  including  many  choice  business  sites,  and  special  advantages  are  possessed  for 
rendering  very  valuable  service.  Mr.  O.  L.  Stillings  is  a  native  of  Berwick,  Maine,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years.    Mr.  N.  H.  Chadwick  is  a  native  of  Vermont  and  has  also  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  twenty-five  years. 


M.  T.  FOSTER  &  CO.,  Brass  Founders  and  Finishers,  Ship  Fastenings  and  Trimmings,  Nos.  178  and  180  Commercial  and  155 
Fulton  Streets.— This  house  was  founded  in  the  year  1863,  the  title  of  the  partnership  at  that  time  being  Messrs.  Foster  & 
Roby.  The  latter  gentleman  retired  in  1876,  leaving  the  existing  conditions.  Messrs.  Foster  &  Co.  are  brass  founders  and  fin- 
ishers and  manufacturers  of  ship  fastenings  and  trimmings,  the  business  embracing  voluminous  operations  in  ingot  copper, 
yellow  metal,  copper  sheatliing  and  bolts,  spikes,  bells,  water  closets,  steering  gear,  etc.  The  house  carries  a  large  stock  of 
old  metal  of  every  description,  and  the  specialty  of  the  concern  is  a  trade  with  ships.    The  house  executes  all  kinds  of  brass 

work,  the  cellar  of  its  premises  being  an-anged  as  a  foundry;  the  same  being  well-appointed  and  equipped.    The  store  occupied  by  Messrs. 

Foster  &  Co.,  presents  an  inspiring  example  of  perfect  management,  the  same  covering  an  area  of  over  3,000  feet;  the  premises  running 

through  the  block.    The  connection  enjoyed  is  highly  valuable  and  expansive  and  a  staff  of  ten  assistants  is  maintained.    Mr.  Foster  is  a 

native  of  Boston. 


W.  UPHAM,  Book  Binder,  Book,  Paper  and  Card  Gilding.  No.  611  Washington  Street.— The  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch  was  formerly  of  the  firm  of  Ford  &  Upham,  established  in  1884,  and  succeeded  the  same  as  sole  proprietor  about  a 
year  later.  The  business  was  originally  located  at  No.  339  Washington  Street,  and  subsequently  on  Hawley,  being  removed 
to  the  present  commodious  quarters  in  January,  1890.  The  premises  occupied  here  at  No.  611  Washington  Street  comprise 
over  3,500  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and  are  equipped  with  ample  steam  power,  all  the  latest  improved  machinery  and 
pex'fect  facilities,  while  upward  of  twenty  expert  hands  are  employed.  Book  and  pamphlet  binding  of  every  description  is 
done  in  the  most  expeditious  and  superior  manner,  and  satisfaction  is  guaranteed,  fine  work  being  a  specialty.  Albums,  scrap-books, 
blank  and  printed  books  and  portfolios  are  made  to  order,  at  short  notice,  and  book,  paper  and  card  gilding  is  executed  in  the  highest  style 
of  the  art.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  the  binding  of  large  illustrated  works,  while  stamping  and  lettering  are  done  also  in  the  most 
excellent  manner.    Mr.  Upham  is  a  native  of  this  city  and  resides  at  Melrose. 


OSTON  BANK  NOTE  AND  LITHOGRAPHING  COMPANY,  Franklin  and  Hawley  Streets.— The  Boston  Bank  Note  and 
Lithographing  Company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  in  May,  1887,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $30,000.  The  business  embraces  every  class  of  work,  including  the  manufacture  of  merchants'  and  bankers' 
fine  commercial  blanks,  bonds,  debentures,  certificates  of  stock,  labels  and  show-cards.  The  business  premises  consist  of  a 
capacious  floor  which  contains  three  presses  of  improved  make  and  is  supplied  with  steam  power.  The  trade  area,  within 
which  are  the  operations  of  the  firm,  extends  throughout  the  New  England  section  and  the  West,  the  connection  being 
drawn  from  the  better  class  consuiners,  and  a  staff  of  thirty  skilled  assistants  is  maintained.  The  president  of  the  company  is  Mr.  Geo.  P. 
Johnson,  a  native  of  Manchester,  N.  H.  The  treasurer  is  Mr.  H.  A.  Harrington,  of  Hathaway.  Soule  &  Harrington  (Inc.),  the  celebrated  shoe 
manufacturing  concern. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


DAVENPORT,  JR.,  Foreign  and  Domestic  Leaf  Tobacco  and  Cigars,  Nos.  96  and  98  Broad  Street.— The  wholesale  trade  in 
leaf  tobacco  and  cigai-s  has  an  old  established  exponent  in  Boston  in  the  house  of  Mr.  J.  Davenport,  Jr.  The  business  of 
this  wiclelj-knovvn  concern  was  founded  in  1857  by  Mr.  J.  Davenport,  Jr.,  and  in  1360  Mr.  Legg  became  his  partner.  In  1867 
the  firm  name  of  Davenport  &  Legg  was  adopted,  and  in  1884,  when  the  latter  retired,  Mr.  Davenport  adopted  the  present 
firm.  name.  The  trade  extends  to  all  sections  of  New  England,  and  is  with  cigar  manufacturers  and  first-class  dealers. 
The  premises  occupied  for  the  purposes  of  the  enterprise  consist  of  a  four-story  building,  25  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
conveniently  appointed  throughout.  Mr.  Davenport  is  the  owner  of  this  desirable  property.  He  carries  on  a  general  trade  as  importer  and 
wholesale  dealer  -^  foreign  and  domestic  leaf  tobacco,  and  wholesale  dealer  in  cigars,  which  he  has  made  for  him  under  contract  by  first- 
class  manufacturers.    A  heavy  stock  is  carried.    Mr.  Davenport  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  favorably  known^in  commercial  circles. 

HOS.  J.  M.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Printers,  Nos.  148-153  Purchase  Street.— An  old-established  firm,  and  one  deserving  special  mention 
in  this  review  of  the  business  interests  of  the  city  is  that  of  Thomas  J,  M.  Smith  &  Co.  located  at  Nos.  148-152  Purchase  Street, 
corner  of  Pearl  Street.  The  business  was  established  by  the  present  proprietors  in  1853.  The  firm  are  widely  known  and  in 
their  specialty  of  fine  newspaper  presswork  cannot  be  excelled  in  this  city.  They  have  kept  steadily  abreast  of  the  times 
and  the  improvements  of  the  age,  and  have  been  eminently  successful  in  ©very  department  of  their  work.  The  establish- 
ment is  equipped  with  seven  cylinder  presses,  five  foldmg  machines  and  five  cutting  machines  operated  by  steam  power,  and 
employment  is  furnished  to  twenty-two  expert  printers.  The  firm  were  at  one  time  printers  of  the  Youth's  Companion  and  sold  a  part  of 
their  plant  to  the  proprietors  of  that  popular  paper.  Their  work  is  universally  considered  as  equal  to  anything  at  home  or  abroad  in  its 
artistic  merits  and  good  taste.  The  house  has  been  too  well  and  favorably  known  for  many  years  to  need  any  special  praise  which  these 
pages  may  bestow.  Mr.  James  N.  Smart  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  since  1Q56.  He  is  a  practical  printer,  a  member  of  the  Master 
Printer's  Club,  an  honorary  member  of  the  Typographical  Society  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  business  and  social  circles.  Mr. 
Thomas  J.  M.  Smith  has  been  an  invahd  for  many  years  and  is  not  now  an  active  member  of  the  firm. 

G.  CLARK  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Laces  and  Embroideries,  NO.  56  Bedford  Street.— A  reliable  firm  engaged  in  this  city,  and 
occupying  a  prominent  position  among  dry  goods  commission  merchants  is  that  of  Messrs.  B.  G.  Clark  &  Co.  importers 
of  laces  and  embroideries,  who  have  in  a  relatively  short  period  accrued  a  large  and  fast-increasing  connection  among 
retail  dealers  and  other  representative  wholesale  consumers  in  and  around  Boston,  as  well  as  in  a  somewhat  smaller 
*  volume  to  vai'ious  parts  of  the  New  England  States.  The  business  was  initiated  in  1889  by  Messrs.  Tracy  &  Clark,  and  on 
the  retirement  of  the  former  gentleman  one  year  later,  Mr.  B.  G.  Clark,  the  present  proprietor  assumed  sole  control  of 
affairs.  Mr.  Clark  brings  to  bear  upon  the  practical  working  of  affairs  an  experience  in  the  dry  goods  business  of  eight  years.  He  is  a  native 
■of  Vermont. 

|HE  FRATERNITY  PUBLISHING  CO.,  No.  36  Bromfield  Street.— A  splendid  "History  of  Freemasonry  and  Concordant 
Orders  "  is  that  issued  by  the  Fraternity  Publishing  Company,  whose  headquarters  are  at  No.  36  Bromfield  Street,  this  city, 
who  have  a  branch  at  No.  16  Great  Queen  Street,  London,  and  have  between  200  and  300  agents  in  the  United  States  and 
elsewhere.  The  company  was  organized  in  1889,  under  the  state  laws  of  New  York,  the  office  being  opened  in  New  York  City, 
and  in  1890  a  removal  to  Boston  was  effected.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  L.  Claflin  Hascall,  president,  a  native 
of  Boston;  and  J.  T.  Rumsey,  treasurer,  a  native  of  Chicago.  Mr.  Hascall  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and 
other  societies,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  book  business  for  the  past  eleven  years.  He  was  the  publisher  of  the  "  History  of  Odd  Fellows," 
of  which  75,000  copies  have  been  sold.  The  "  History  of  Freemasonry  and  Concordant  Orders  "  has  been  sold  to  people  in  all  parts  of  the 
world,  over  25,000  copies  of  the  work  having  been  sold.  The  Fraternity  Publishing  Co.,  also  handle  the  "Farmers'  Alliance  History  and 
Agricultural  Digest."    The  book  contains  752  royal  octavo  pages,  and  has  35  full-page  engravings. 

^^^  J.  KEENAN,  Importer  of  and  Dealer  in  Wool,  Noils  and  Wool  Waste,  Etc.,  No.  56  Fulton  Street.— Mr.  Keenau  established  this 

Ojy^^^^S  business  here  in  1875,  and  steady  enlargement  of  trade  has  characterized  his  mercantile  career  down  to  the  present  time. 
e^^SiM^Mm^  He  occupies  three  buildings,  five  stories  high  and  30  x  60  feet  in  size,  for  storage  purpoc  r;,  and  handles  annually  immense 
quantities  of  foreign  and  domestic  wools,  noils  and  wool  waste;  camel's  hair  tops  ana  noils,  shcddios,  flocks,  and  woolen 
rags  of  all  colors  and  grades.  He  is  a  direct  importer  from  England,  and  also  deaib  in  all  grades  and  qualities  of  domestic 
growths,  from  California  and  Oregon,  eastward.  He  exercises  sound  judgment  and  careful  methods  in  sorting  and  grading, 
and  all  bales  of  wool  sold  by  him  can  be  relied  on  to  tally  with  the  sample.  He  sells  largely  to  the  leading  mills  of  New  England,  supplying 
shoddy  mills  with  such  waste  as  ai'c  brought  from  cotton  and  woolen  mills,  and  has  an  extensive  trade  connection  all  over  the  United  States. 
The  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  constant  services  of  thirty  assistants,  and  orders  are  invariably  filled  with  promptness  and  scru- 
pulous care.  Mr.  Keenan  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  of  large  practical  experience  in  the  wool  trade,  and  reliable  and 
responsible  in  all  his  dealings. 


rjHEPARD  &  CO.,  Importers  of  and  Dealers  in  Iron,  Steel.  Ties  and  Bagging,  No.  147  High  Street.— An  important  and  influential 
house,  is  that  o^  Shepard  ^  Co.,  who  are  extensive  dealers  in  iron,  steel,  ties  and  bagging,  and  have  been  established  in  the 
business  here  since  1878.  The  active  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  Chas.  W.  Shepard,  is  a  skilled  expert  in  all  matters  connected 
with  iron  and  steel  working,  making  a  specialty  of  structural  iron  and  steel,  cotton  ties  and  cotton  bagging;  a  very  large 
and  influential  trade  has  been  built  up  in  structural  steel  with  contractors  and  others,  and  in  hoop  and  bagging  with  parties 
in  the  South.  Only  reliable  and  standard  supplies  are  handled.  Mr.  Shepard  has  been  connected  with  this  line  of  trade 
since  1865,  being  formerly  with  Gay,  Manson  &  Co.,  of  this  city,  and  is  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  enterprising  and  progressive  in  all  his  busi- 
ness methods,  and  highly  esteemed  for  bis  ability  and  integrity. 


^  HAD  WICK  IRON  WORKS,  A.  R.  Chad  wick,  Proprietor,  No.  22  Harvard  Place.— The  Chadwick  Iron  Works  were  established 
twenty-two  years  ago,  by  Mr.  A.  R.  Chadwick,  the  existing  proprietor,  the  premises  at  the  date  of  the  foundation  of  the 
I  having  been  in  Dover  Street,  the  occupation  of  the  existing  quarters  dating  from  1880.  The  business  embraces  the 
manufacture  of  iron,  steel  and  copper  forging,  as  also  of  all  tools  used  by  mechanics,  also  tools  for  wood  and  iron  working 
machinery,  the  house  making,  among  an  infinite  variety  of  appliances,  the  following:— brick  hammers,  brick  sets,  brick 
jointers,  hod  irons,  pick  axes,  plumbers*  tools,  copper  hammers,  soldering  coppers,  slater's  tools,  swivel  and  straight  cop- 
pers, and  the  like.  Mr.  Chadwick's  business  premises  comprise  two  well  appointed  floors,  covering  an  area  of  1500  feet;  the  same  being 
equipped  with  steam  power  and  fitted  with  all  the  necessary  improved  machinery  used  in  the  business;  a  staff  of  eight  assistants  being  con- 
stantly employed.  Mr.  Chadwick  is  a  practical  man  and  a  native  of  New  York,  and  rejoices  in  that  enviable  human  condition  familiarly 
called  "  The  prime  of  life."  He  is  one  of  the  most  skillful  adepts  at  his  business,  and  can  make  over  four  thousand  separate  and  distinct 
tools  himself,  having  had  thirty-one  years'  experience. 


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PAEKER  BUNTIN,  Chiropodist,  Room  36,  No.  7  Temple  Place.— Of  the  many  ills  that  attack  "  suffering  humanity  "  none 
are  more  provocative  of  pain  or  irritation  than  the  insidious  corn,  which  plants  itself  in  the  feet  of  the  unoffending.  But  the 
only  sure  way  of  ridding  one's  self  from  the  attacks  of  the  enemy  is  by  having  it  removed,  roots  and  all.  A  leading  estab- 
lishment in  Boston  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  Dr.  J.  Parker  Buntin,  the  widely  known  chiropodist,  whose  offices  are  located 
'  at  No.  7  Temple  Place.  This  business  was  founded  hare  in  1^B7,  as  a  branch  of  Dr.  P.  Kenison's  establishment,  formerly  at 
No.  18  Temple  Place,  and  on  the  latter's  death  in  January,  1891,  the  place  became  the  property  of  Dr.  Buntin,  a  cousin  of  Dr. 
Kenison,  and  who  had  been  that  gentleman's  assistant  for  twenty  one  years.  Dr.  Buntin  is  a  native  of  Boston,  has  had  over  a  quarter 
century's  experience  in  his  profession,  and  is  thoroughly  skilled  in  all  questions  pertaining  thereto.  The  premises  occupied  compi-ise  nine 
operating  rooms,  excellently  appointed.  Eight  assistants  are  employed,  five  of  whom  are  expert  operators.  Dr.  Buntin  personally  directs 
affairs,  and  all  troubles  of  the  feet  arising  from  corns,  bunions,  ingrowing  nails,  etc.,  are  treated  by  the  latest  approved  methods.  .Manicur- 
ing the  finger  nails  is  also  made  a  specialty.    The  prices  are  eminently  reasonable,  and  satisfactory  services  are  guaranteed  in  every  instance. 

E.  MARTELL,  New  England  Representative  of  the  Samuel  Hano  Company,  Manufacturers  of  Duplicate  and  Triplicate  Order 
Books,  Etc.,  No.  91  Bedford  Street.— One  of  the  thoroughly  representative  industries  of  Boston  is  that  conducted  by  the 
Samuel  Hano  Company,  as  manufacturers  of  duplicate  and  triplicate  order  books  for  salesmen  and  other  manifold  order 
and  letter  books,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  A.  E.  Martell,  as  New  England  representative  of  the  company.  This  enter- 
»  prise  was  inaugurated  in  1879,  by  Messrs.  Samuel  Hano  &  Co.,  and  in  188T  the  present  company  was  incorporated,  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  and  is  now  officered  by  J.  W.  Sanders,  president;  Lewis  Hano,  treasurer.  The  works 
of  the  company  are  the  largest  and  best  equipped  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  one  hundred  and  eighty  skilled 
hands.  This  company  are  the  sole  manufacturers  of  the  Eureka  Combination  Ledger  and  Bill  Book,  the  best  thing  in  the  world  for  retail 
dealers;  also,  letter  books  for  obtaining  letter  and  copy  at  one  writing;  shipping  books,  bill  books  and  tissue  blocks;  the  "  Peerless  "  mani- 
fold letter  books,  to  use  with  pen  and  ink;  manifold  duplicate  order  books  for  wholesale  jewelers,  writing  with  a  stylus;  manifold  books,  all 
tissue,  unruled,  to  use  with  youi-  own  letter  heads,  writing  with  pen  and  ink  or  stylographic  pen;  while  books  are  printed  and  ruled  to  order 
of  any  style  or  size  desired,  a  specialty  being  made  of  books  to  order.  Books  are  manufactured  by  this  company  which  make  anywhere 
from  one  to  twelve  impressions.  A  complete  stock  is  kept  on  hand  by  Mr.  Martell.  Mr.  Martell,  the  New  England  representative,  has  been 
connected  with  the  company  for  the  past  eight  years,  during  which  time  he  has  acquired  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  details  of  the 
business  and  the  requirements  of  the  trade. 

]LLANDALE  SPRING  CO.  No.  57  Bromfield  Street.— This  company  has  for  its  object  the  supplying  of  the  community  with 
absolutely  pure,  unadulterated  water,  the  aqua  pura  of  the  chemists;  and  when  we  consider  that  many  of  the  most  terrible 
diseases  that  afflict  mankind  are  caused  by  the  water  that  is  consumed,  and  that  all  natural  water  is  more  or  less  polluted 
and  saturated  with  poison-laden  germs,  we  mtist  recognize  that  the  objects  of  this  company  are  of  the  utmost  sanitary  value 
and  miportance.  This  company  was  organized  in  1876,  acquiring  control  of  fifty  acres  of  land  in  West  Roxbury,  on  which 
is  located  the  spring,  flowing  pure  and  sparkling  through  the  Assure  of  a  rock,  some  thirty  feet  or  more,  entirely  protected 
from  all  surface  or  impure  drainage,  and  has  no  equal  in  purity  or  curative  and  prophylactic  benefits.  It  is  especially  desirable  as  a  pure 
drinking  water,  yet  is  highly  beneficial  as  a  curative  of  dyspepsia,  diabetes  and  all  ailments  of  the  alimentary  organs.  This  water  is  furnished 
fresh  daily  from  the  spring  to  any  resident  of  Boston  or  vicinity,  in  stone  or  glass  vessels,  in  quantities  of  three  to  thirty  gallons,  at  $3,00  per 
barrel,  ten  cents  per  gallon,  S3. 00  for  thirty-two  gallons  delivered  in  small  quantities.  The  manager  of  the  company  is  Col.  C.  G.  Fisher,  a 
well-known  real  estate  agent,  who  has  been  established  in  business  here  since  1883.  He  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by'birth  and  training,  but  at 
the  opening  of  the  war  was  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  First  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  soon  after  became  coni- 
■  mander  of  a  company  in  the  Third  Missouri,  was  later  made  captain  in  the  Mississippi  Marine  Brigade,  and  finally  promoted  to  the  position 
of  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Second  Mississippi  Volunteers.  He  was  wounded  before  Vicksburg,  and  after  the  war  was  over,  was,  for 
many  years,  engaged  in  the  cotton  and  real  estate  business  in  New  Orleans.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  National  Department  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  and  an  honored  member  of  J.  A.  Perkins  Post,  No.  156,  of  Everett,  Miss.  He  is  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  and  does  a  large  and 
influential  business  in  Government  claims  and  the  real  estate  line;  buying,  selling  and  leasing  property  of  all  kinds,  taking  the  entire  manage- 
ment of  estates,  and  negotiating  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage.    He  has  a  large  business  acquaintance  and  correspondence  west  and  south. 

J.  BOYCE,  Manufacturer  of  Diamond  Mountings,  No.  -383  Washington  Street.— A  foremost  Boston  house  engaged  in  this 
line,  is  that  of  Mr.  E.  J.  Boyce,  which  has  been  a  jewelry  factory  for  the  past  thirty  years.  The  business  of  this  establish- 
ment was  founded  in  1881,  by  Messrs.  Boyce  &  Wainwright.  The  latter's  death  occurred  in  1884,  and  the  enterprise  has 
since  been  directed  under  the  sole  control  of  Mr.  Boyce.  This  gentleman  was  born  in  Birmingham,  England,  but  has 
resided  in  Boston  tor  the  past  twenty  years.  He  is  a  thoroughly  experienced  jeweler,  and  an  expert  in  the  manufacture  of 
diamond  settings,  to  which  specialty  he  confines  his  operations.  He  also  sets  diamonds  for  the  trade.  This  is  a  business 
which  requires  a  vast  amount  of  skill,  for  upon  the  manner  in  which  it  is  set,  depends  in  a  great  measure  the  appearance  of  the  stone,  and 
many  a  gem  ol  purest  ray  serene,"  has  had  the  effect  it  should  have  produced  utterly  spoiled  by  being  improperly  set.  Mr.  Boyce 
employs  sixteen  skilled  workmen,  his  factory  is  equipped  with  first-class  machinery,  driven  by  steam  power,  and  all  demands  made  upon 
his  resources  are  met  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner. 

jBOEGE  H.  EATON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Presses  and  Tools  for  Working  Sheet  Metals,  No.  10  Mt.  Washington  Avenue.— 
The  well-known  house  of  Messrs.  George  H.  Eaton  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  presses  and  tools  tor  working  sheet  metals,  was 
inaugurated  in  1889,  and  the  firm  have  quickly  acquired  a  reputation  and'a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent  and  emi- 
nently creditable  in  character.  The  works  comprise  a  shop  and  basement,  75  x  100  feet  each,  with  a  foundry  adjoining,  135  x 
•30  feet,  while  the  equipment  includes  the  newest  and  most  improved  machinery  and  appliances  tor  turning  out  a  superior 
class  of  work,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  fifty  skilled  and  expert  hands.  A  specialty  is  made  of  both  heavy  and 
light  presses,  and  the  output  is  one  of  great  variety  and  value.  The  success  of  this  firm  lies  in  the  complete  knowledge  possessed  by  its 
members  concerning  every  detail  and  process  of  manufacture.  The  co-partners,  Messrs.  George  H.  Eaton  and  Charles  A.  Perkins,  are  both 
practical  manufacturers,  and  give  their  business  the  benefit  of  their  close  personal  attention.  For  standard  and  reliable  productions  in  their 
line  they  challange  competition.  Agencies  are  established  in  Chicago.  St.  Louis  and  Cincinnati,  and  the  wants  of  purchasers  in  any  part  of 
the  country  are  met  at  fair  and  equitable  prices.      The  partners  are  both  native  Bostonians,  and  gentlemen  of  experience,  skill  and  integrity. 


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gENJAMIN  FRENCH  &  CO.,  Dealers,  Importers  and  Manufacturers  of  Photographic  Materials,  No  319  Washington  Street.— 
This  well-known  house  was  established  in  1S46  by  Benjamin  French,  at  No.  109  Washington  Street,  a  removal  to  the  present 
address  being  effected  thirty  years  ago.  Mr,  French  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,' but  has  resided  in  Boston  the  greater 
part  of  r  s  life.  He  possesses  a  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  the  art  photographic  in  all  its  branches,  and  is  a  i-ecognized 
authority  on  all  questions  pertaining  thereto.  He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  National  Photographers*  Association,  also  of 
the  Photographers'  Association  of  Boston.  In  1881  Mr.  French  admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Wilfred  A.  French,  who  was 
born  in  Boston,  and  has  long  been  engaged  in  his  father's  establishment.  The  firm  are  sole  agents  for  Voigtlander  &  Son's  and  the  Darlot 
lenses,  also  for  the  Trapp  &  Milnoh  albumen  paper,  and  carry  on  an  active  business  as  dealers,  importers  and  manufacturers  of  photographic 
materials,  including  cameras,  lenses,  dry-plates,  and  every  variety  of  goods  in  this  line,  a  specialty  being  made  of  amateur  photographic 
outfits,  the  trade  supplied  extending  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada. 


-i-SON,  PIERCE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  61,  63  and  63  Chatham  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  and  foremost  houses  in  this 
line  is  that  of  Wason,  Pierce  &  Co.,  which  has  been  in  operation  for  upward  of  a  half  century.  The  business  was  founded  in 
September,  1837  by  Heniy  Pierce  and  Elbridge  Wason,  as  Wason  &  Pierce,  and  in  1839  Rufus  Clement  becoming  a  member  of 
the  Arm,  the  title  of  Wason,  Pierce  &  Co.  was  adopted.  Mr.  Clement  retired  in  1847.  From  1833  to  1865  Mr.  Geo.  A. 
Wadley  was  a  member  of  the  firm,  retiring  in  the  latter  year.  In  1841  Mr.  R.  B.  Wason  entered  the  house,  becoming  a  part, 
ner  in  1848.  Henry  E.  Pierce,  son  of  Henry  Pierce,  was  admitted  to  the  firm  in  1865  and  died  in  1881.  In'  August,  1887,  Iftr, 
Elbridge  Wason,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  house,  died,  after  a  long  and  highly  honorable  career.  The  surviving  and  present  members  of 
the  Arm  are  Messrs.  Henry  Pierce  and  R.  B.  Wason.  The  former  is  a  native  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  the  latter  of  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  and  both 
are  accounted  among  this  city's  foremost  and  most  representative  merchants.  They  are  members  of  the  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association  of 
the  United  States.  The  business  has  always  been  carried  on  at  the  same  address,  the  building  occupied  having  five  floors  and  basement,  50  x 
45  feet  in  dimensions,  and  it  is  completely  filled  with  an  immense  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  of  every  description,  both  of  foreign 
and  domestic  production.    The  trade  extends  all  over  New  England. 


H.  OSGOOD  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Weather  Strips  and  Wire  Screens,  No.  57  Bromfleld  Street.— Draughty  houses  and  bus 
iness  places  in  winter,  are  prolific  of  many  colds,  disease  and  suffering;  open  places  in  summer  time  invite  house  flies,, 
musquitoes  and  other  pests;  to  guard  against  both,  is  therefore  a  manifest  duty,  if  we  have  health  and  comfort  in  consid- 
eration. The  means  wherewith  to  do  so  are  within  easy  reach,  and  at  little  expense.  In  order  to  attain  the  desired 
•  protection,  it  is  only  necessary  to  patronize  the  house  of  H.  H.  Osgood  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  weather  strips  and  wire 
screens,  whose  salesroom  is  at  No.  57  Bromfield  Street,  Boston,  while  their  factory  is  at  No.  9  Water  Street,  Charlestown,, 
Mass.  This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1891,  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  H.  H.  Osgood,  W.  O.  Prince,  and  S.  W.  Doe,  under  the  firm 
title  of  H.  H.  Osgood  &  Co.  All  three  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Maine,  and  have  had  mature  experience  in  their  present  vocation,  Messrs. 
Doe  and  Prince  having  been  engaged  in  this  line  fifteen  years,  Mr.  Osgood  twenty  years,  and  the  latter  was  formerly  manager  for  the  Under- 
wood Weather  Strip  Company.  The  factory  at  Charlestown  covers  an  area  of  80  x  80  feet,  and  is  equipped  with  all  requisite  tools  and 
machinery.  The  firm  manufacture  a  superior  line  of  weather  strips  and  wire  screens,  made  of  the  best  materials,  and  their  goods  enjoy  a 
standard  reputation  in  the  market  for  their  general  excellence  and  manifest  good  qualities.  The  trade  extends  all  throughout  New  England 
and  New  York  State. 


E.  MOSELEY  &  CO.,  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  469  Washington  Street.— The  leading  headquarters  for  fine  boots  and  shoes  in  this, 
city,  is  generally  recognized,  by  old  residents  and  those  familiar  with  Boston's  principal  stores,  to  be  the  establishment  of 
Messrs.  T.  E.  Moseley  &  Co.  This  representative  house  was  founded  in  1847,  by  Mr.  Thomas  E.  Moseley,  at  No.  233  Washington 
Street.  The  present  head  of  the  firm,  Mr.  George  S.  Merrill,  entered  the  employ  of  the  house  in  1849,  and  in  1856,  he  was  ad- 
]  •  mitted  to  partnership.  About  1863,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Spencer  entered  the  employ  of  the  house,  and  in  1881  was  made  a  partner 
n  the  firm.  The  honored  founder  and  head  of  the  house  died  in  June,  1890,  after  a  long,  honorable  and  successful  career, 
and  the  business  has  since  been  continued  by  the  surviving  partners,  under  the  old  familiar  firm  name.  Their  very  desirably  located  prem- 
ises are  thoroughly  spacious  in  size,  and  are  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  which  the  advanced  requirements  of  the  times  demand.  The 
amplitude  of  the  stock  which  is  here  displayed,  embracing  nearly  every  make  of  goods  known  to  the  boot  and  shoe  trade,  ranks  this  house 
as  the  leader  in  this  line.  Boots,  shoes,  rubbers  and  slippers  for  gentlemen,  ladies,  misses,  youths,  boys  and  children,  in  all  the  various 
styles,  grades  and  sizes  to  suit  the  tastes  and  needs  of  all  classes  of  customers,  are  always  to  be  found  here,  while  many  of  the  styles  are 
peculiar  to  this  house,  and,  being  manufactured  expressly  for  it,  are  not  to  be  obtained  elsewhere.  There  are  separate  departments  for 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  a  repair  shop  up-stairs,  and  employment  is  given  altogether  to  thirty-five  hands. 


NTERPRISE  PLATING  COMPANY,  Electro-Plating,  Metal  Polishing  and  Buffing  of  Every  Description,  John  McCombie, 
Proprietor,  No.  71  Sudbury  Street.— The  Enterprise  Plating  Company,  of  No.  VI  Sudbury  Street,  was  established  in  1887 
and  from  the  first  the  venture  has  been  a  positive  and  permanent  success.  They  are  electro-platers,  metal  polishers,  etc., 
and  turn  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  work.  The  facilities  are  ample  and  excellent,  and  the  business  is  constantly 
growing.  Mr.  John  McCombie,  who  is  the  sole  proprietor,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia.  He  is  a  man  of  practical  skill  and 
thorough  experience,  and  is  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches.  His  shop,  which  is  commodious,  is  equipped  with  steam 
power,  electric  appliances,  and  all  the  latest  improved  devices  and  tools  pertaining  to  the  business,  and  half  a  dozen  expert  hands  are 
employed.  Electro-plating,  metal  polishing  and  bufBng  of  every  description  are  done  for  the  trade  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent 
manner,  and  satisfaction  is  assured,  all  work  executed  being  warranted  to  be  strictly  first-class.  Fine  silver-plating  is  a  specialty,  and  all 
orders  are  promptly  attended  to. 


W.  BARBOUR,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  Investment  Securities,  No.  178  Devonshire  Street,  John  Hancock  Building.— Con- 
ducting an  essentially  high  class  business  as  a  real  estate  broker  and  dealer  in  investment  securities,  Mr.  F.  W.  Barbour,  of 
No.  178  Devonshire  Street,  in  the  new  John  Hancock  Building,  controls  a  growing  connection  among  capitalists,  investors, 
property  owners  and  a  large  number  of  financial  and  mercantile  houses  in  and  around  Boston,  for  whom  all  branches  of 
the  profession  are  equally  undertaken,  and  receive  the  greatest  care  and  consideration.  Thus,  in  the  purchase,  sale  and 
exchange  of  all  kinds  of  realty,  particularly  Boston  business  property  and  Brookline  real  estate,  which  constitute  the  lead- 
ing feature  of  the  business,  Mr.  Barbour  invariably  acquits  himself  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  patrons,  and  also  in  the  negotiation  of  loans 
upon  bond  or  mortgage.  Mr.  Barbour  commenced  business  in  1885,  at  No.  38  School  Street,  the  office  now  occupied  having  been  assumed  on 
October  1, 1891.    Mr.  Barbour  is  a  native  of  the  Bay  State,  still  a  young  man,  and  is  a  resident  of  Newtonville. 


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W.  GILPATRICK,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  No.  125  Merrimac  Street.— One  of  the  most  experienced,  skilful  and  enterprising 
of  the  carpenters  and  builders  of  this  city  is  Mr.  J.  W.  Gilpatrick,  whose  place  of  business  is  at  No.  135  Merrimac  Street, 
wh  ?re  he  occupies  the  second  floor,  24  x  S3  feet  in  area,  and  employs  from  six  to  ten  experienced  mechanics.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  the  fitting  up  of  offices  and  stores,  putting  in  the  fronts  and  executing  the  interior  finish  in  first-class  style.  All 
•  •  branches  of  hard-wood  work  receive  the  most  careful  attention,  and  he  turns  out  none  but  A  No.  1  work,  all  done  by  hand 
n  the  best  possible  manner.  Mr.  Gilpatrick  has  had  an  experience  of  over  twenty-five  years  and  is  also  a  machinist  by- 
trade  and  puts  up  shafting  and  does  general  machinist's  work  in  fitting  up  manufacturing  plants,  etc.,  when  desired.  He  also  makes  to  order 
all  such  articles  as  refrigerators,  counters,  desks,  tables,  window  and  door  screens,  etc.,  and  attends  promptly  to  jobbing  of  all  descriptions 
in  and  out  of  town.  Mr.  Gilpatrick  is  also  a  thoroughly  competent  builder,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  plans  and  specifications  for  the  erec- 
tion of  buildings  of  any  class,  his  facilities  for  operations  of  this  kind  being  very  complete.  He  is  a  native  of  Biddeford,  Me.,  but  has  lived 
in  Boston  for  twelve  years  past.  Previously  he  carried  on  business  in  Fall  River  for  ten  years.  Seven  years  ago  he  established  his  present 
business  near  the  place  now  occupied,  to  which  he  removed  in  1891.  Mr.  Gilpatrick  is  a  member  of  Iron  Hall,  Knights  of  Honor  and  the 
Golden  Cross  and  is  an  energetic  and  enterprising  business  man. 


I  HE  TYPEWRITER  IMPROVEMENT  CO.  No.  4  Post  Office  Square.—One  of  the  most  useful  inventions  of  the  age  is  that  of  the 
typewriter,  and  no  business  house  is  complete  without  one  of  these  devices.  There  are  many  different  varieties  of  these 
machines  in  the  market,  but  for  compactness,  durability,  excellent  work,  and  above  all  for  cheapness  of  price,  there  is  none  that 
can  approach  the  "  New  World  Typewriter,"  of  which  about  75,000  are  now  in  use  in  all  parts  of  the  globe.  The  "  World  "  is 
manufactured  by  the  Typewriter  Improvement  Co.,  of  this  city,  whose  office  is  at  No,  4  Post  Office  Square.  The  first  patent 
on  this  device  was  issued  to  the  inventor,  Mr.  John  Becker,  October  12, 1886.  Later  on,  in  the  same  year,  he  sold  out  to  the 
World  Typewriter  Company,who,  in  turn,  disposed  of  the  property  to  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  andon  January  7, 1891,  the  invention  was  purchased  by 
the  Typewriter  Improvement  Co.,  who 
were  incorporated  under  the  State 
laws  of  Maine  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$100,000.  They  also  purchased  from 
Mr.  Becker  the  Canadian  patents  on 
the  invention.  The  president  of  the 
company  is  Mr.  A.  F.  Butterworth, 
attorney;  treasurer,  Horatio  Gore, 
contractor;  secretary,  Geo.  W.  Lever- 
ing. Directors,  Daniel  Allen,  Jr.,  John 
Clark,  and  the  three  gentlemen  above. 
The  company  have  400  agents  through- 
out the  "united  States.  The  western 
office  is  at  No.  164  La  Salle  St., 
Chicago.  The  trade  supplied  extends 
to  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world,  and 
shipments  of  over  100  typewriters  was  recently  made  to  ]><>nibay,  India.  Tiip  World  Typewriter  is  made  in  five  styles  in  single  cases,  and 
one  style  in  double  case,  the  prices  being  $10.00  for  single  case  and  $15.00  for  double  case.  They  may  be  had  not  only  in  the  English  language, 
but  also  in  German,  French,  Swedish,  Italian,  Russian  and  Spanish.  Illustrated  catalogues  containing  full  information  are  sent  free  to  any 
address  on  application.  In  addition  to  handling  the  World  Typewriter  the  Typewriter  Improvement  Co.  also  buy  and  sell  improvements  in 
typewriters  and  aid  typewriter  inventors.  They  are  liberal  in  all  dealings,  and  all  communications  addressed  to  P.  O.  Box  2882,  will  meet 
with  prompt  response. 


N.  HARDY,  Artist  Photographer,  No.  493  Washington  Street.— Special  complimentary  mention  is  due  Mr.  A.  N.  Hardy,  one 
of  the  oldest  as  well  as  one  of  the  foremost  exponents  of  the  photographic  art  in  Boston,  and  his  patronage,  which  extends 
throughout  New  England,  is  very  large.  Mr.  Hardy  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  resided  in  and  around  this  city  for  twenty- 
eight  years,  his  residence  being  at  Somerville.  He  is  an  expert  photographer  of  long  and  varied  experience,  a  man  of 
I  •  exceptional  skill,  and  is,  In  a  word,  thorough  master  of  his  art,  and  has  received  several  prize  medals  and  won  the  special  medal 
from  the  National  Photo.  Association  in  1889,  the  only  one  that  was  given  to  a  Boston  photographer.  Mr.  Hardy  established 
himself  in  business  in  August,  1863,  at  No.  202  Washington  Street,  and  later  was  at  No.  22  Winter  Street,  moving  to  the  present  location  about 
fourteen  years  ago.  The  quarters  here  occupied  as  reception  parlor,  operating-room,  etc.,  are  commodious  and  fitted  up  in  first-class  style, 
with  printing  department  on  the  roof  embracing  a  space  ot  1000  square  feet,  and  fifteen  to  twenty  competent  assistants  are  employed.  Pho- 
tography in  all  its  branches  is  executed  here  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  and  satisfaction  is  guaranteed,  fine  portraits  being  a  specialty. 


gARNABAS  CLARKE,  Importer  of,  and  Wholesale  Dealer  in,  Wines  and  Liquors,  Also  Distillers'  Agent,  Nos.  148-158  Kneeland 
Street.— It  is  now  some  twenty  years  since  Mr.  Clarke  established  business  operations,  and  during  the  period  intervening  he 
has  built  up  a  splendid  trade  with  dealers  and  consumers  in  all  parts  of  New  England.  He  is  a  direct  importer  of  the  choic- 
est foreign  wines  ana  )iquors  and  transacts  a  business  of  considerable  value  and  volume  as  a  distillers'  agent.  Both  a  whole- 
sale and  family  trade  is  supplied.  The  premises  occupied  wherein  Mr.  Clarke  conducts  his  business  comprise  two  floors,  each 
75  X  100  feet  in  area  and  appointed  in  an  admirably  tasteful  manner.  An  immense  stock  is  carried  of  foreign  and  American 
wines,  liquors,  cigars  and  malt  beverages,  while  there  is  also  a  department  devoted  to  the  sale  of  pure  teas,  coffees  and  spices.  The  crowning 
feature  of  the  place,  however,  is  a  large  ice  vault,  which  was  devised  and  recently  built  by  Mr.  Clarke  and  on  which  he  has  applied  for  a 
patent.  This  is  the  first  and  only  vault  of  the  kind  ever  constructed.  Its  dimensions  are:  height,  12  feet;  length,  30  feet;  width,  8  feet. 
It  consumes  five  tons  of  ice  weekly  in  summer,  two  tons  weekly  in  winter,  and  934  gallons  of  ales  can  be  stored  in  this  vault  in  the  original 
packages  or  fourteen  hogsheads  of  sixty-four  gallons  each.  The  interior  arrangement  is  most  ingenious,  while  the  exterior  presents  an  ele- 
gant appearance,  the  woodwork  being  of  the  finest  polished  cherry.  In  this  vault  the  following  ales,  in  original  packages,  are  kept  on  hand : 
Smith's  Philadelphia  Ale;  Bass' Pale  Ale;  Bass'  No.  1  Strong  Burton  Ale;  McCormick's  India  Pale  Ale;  McEwan's  Scotch  Ale;  Highland  Spring 
Ale,  and  Guinness'  Stout.  In  Mr.  Clarke's  patent  vault  these  ales  are  kept  in  the  highest  order  of  excellence.  Although  born  abroad  Mr. 
Clarke  has  resided  in  Boston  since  boyhood.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Liquor  Dealers'  Association  and  also  of  the  National 
Liquor  Dealers'  Association. 


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?|AEIj  WEHDE,  Manufacturer  of  Piano  Cases,  No.  50  Thayer  Street.— At  the  date  of  Mr.  Carl  Wehde's  embarkation  in  business, 
which  event  occurred  in  1881,  the  scene  of  his  operations  was  upon  Wareham  Street,  Boston,  his  removal  to  the  present 
address,  No.  50  Thayer  Street,  occurring  in  the  year  1884.  Mr.  Wehde  is  a  manufacturer  of  piano  cases  for  the  trade,  his 
specialty  being  high-class  workmanship.  His  connection  is  located  in  Boston,  and  comprises  a  number  of  the  foremost  piano 
manufacturers  of  the  city.  The  premises  occupied  by  Mr.  Wehde  consist  of  a  shop,  covering  an  area  of  50  x  60  feet,  such 
premises  having  all  the  equipments  necessary  to  the  successful  conduct  of  a  large  business,  and  Mr.  Wehde  keeps  in  constant 
employment  a  staff  of  ten  assistants.    Mr,  Wehde  is  a  native  of  Germany,  his  residence  in  this  country  covering  a  period  of  twenty  years. 


L.  HOOD,  Watchmaker  and  Jeweler,  No.  4  Bromfield  Street.— Mr.  A.  L.  Hood  is  a  well-known  dealer  in  watches,  jewelry  and 
silverware,  and  has  had  seven  years'  practical  experience  in  this  line.  He  learned  the  trade  of  Mr.  O.  D.  Eversou  of  Whit- 
man, Mass.,  and  established  business  on  his  own  account  at  No.  4  Bromfield  Street  in  1891.  In  watches  the  house  has  taken 
the  lead  in  keeping  those  of  the  finest  movements,  including  imported  chronometers,  stop  and  split  seconds  and  the  best  of 
Swiss  and  American  makes,  in  every  variety  of  plain  and  fancy  gold  cases  ;  also  sterling  silver  watches  at  such  a  wide  range 
of  prices  that  every  one  can  be  suited.    A  large  stock  of  jewelry  is  also  kept,  notable  for  the  richness  and  originality  of 

styles,  for  elaborate  workmanship  and  low  prices.    Mr.  Hood  is  an  expert  at  repairing  watches  and  jewelry,  and  keeps  several  experienced 

assistants  employed.    He  is  a  native  of  South  Monson,  Mass.,  and  is  a  resident  of  Whitman. 


SDERIC  DEXTER  &  CO.,  Cotton  Buyers,  No.  95  Milk  Street.—One  of  the  leading  firms  of  cotton  buyers  in  the  southern  mar- 
kets for  New  England  mills  is  that  of  Messrs.  Frederic  Dexter  &  Co.  The  business  was  founded  in  1884  and  has  developed  an 
active  trade  and  influential  connection  with  leading  New  England  mills.  The  firm  occupy  spacious  and  commodious  quar- 
ters at  No.  95  Milk  Street,  having  all  the  facilities  at  command  necessitated  by  the  requirements  of  their  trade.  No 
firm  in  the  United  States  has  such  desirable  connections  in  the  southern  cotton  markets  as  this,  and  none  but  the  best 
growths  are  handled  by  them.  Mr.  Frederic  Dexter  has  been  in  the  cotton  business  since  the  war,  alone,  and  as  a  member  of 
other  fli  ms.  The  firm  of  Frederic  Dexter  &  Co.  is  considered  as  an  authority  in  its  line  and  no  house  more  thoroughly  understands  the  needs  of 
the  New  England  mills  than  this.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  Frederic  Dexter  and  J.  C.  Inches,  are  both  natives  of  Boston 
and  are  highly  esteemed  in  business  circles.    Mr.  Dexter  served  his  country  in  a  Boston  regiment  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 


HENRY  WHITE,  Musical  Instruments,  Strings,  Clarionet  Reeds,  Etc.,  Musical  Boxes  Repaired,  No.  89  Court  Street. —Mr. 
J.  Henry  White  has  been  established  since  1869,  as  a  dealer  in  musical  instruments,  and  has  since  enjoyed  a  first-class  patron- 
age. Mr.  White  has  had  long  and  thorough  experience  at  his  profession,  and  is  a  master  hand  at  repairing  and  making 
reed  and  string  instruments  of  all  kinds,  such  as  flutes,  clarionets,  musical  boxes,  violins,  etc.  All  work  is  given  the  same 
careful  attention,  being  executed  in  the  most  finished  manner,  while  the  prices  charged  are  of  a  uniformly  reasonable  char- 
acter. Musical  instruments  and  strings,  clarionet  reeds,  etc.,  are  sold  by  Mr.  White  at  the  smallest  margin  of  profit.  Mr. 
White  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  long  a  resident  of  Boston.  His  trade  extends  throughout  the  United  States  and  to  Halifax  and  Montreal, 
and  he  refers  with  pride  to  all  the  prominent  music  dealers  in  the  city,  as  he  has  done  work  for  all  of  them.  • 


-  _^_J^RIENTAL  COFFEE  HOUSE  COMPANY,  "  Alhambra,"  Nos.  11  to  15  Green  Street.— The  Oriental  Coffee  House  Company  was 
rVj»tf^^  organized  in  1881,  the  officers  being:  President,  O.  J.  Briggs;  treasurer,  A.  Ybarra;  superintendent  and  general  manager,  J. 
^MK^^M  W.  Gordon.  Mr.  Gordon,  who  is  in  active  charge  of  affairs,  was  born  in  Maine  and  has  resided  in  Boston  the  past  twenty- 
^  "  "'  three  years.  He  was  the  originator  of  the  plan  of  business  carried  on  by  this  company.  This  is  the  combining  of  a  restau- 
rant, cigar  stand  and  pool  and  biUiard-room  in  one,  and  the  idea  has  proved  immensely  popular,  as  it  is  shown  in  the  great  pat> 
ronage  enjoyed,  the  company's  patrons  reaching  over  2,400  per  day,  the  restaurant  being  open  every  day  in  the  week.  The 
great  success  of  this  enterprise  has  been  done  to  the  sedulous  care  exercised  by  the  management  in  keeping  their  goods  up  to  the  standard. 
Their  prices  are  extremely  moderate  when  taking  into  consideration  the  exquisite  quality  and  flavor  of  the  articles  served.  Oriental  Male 
Berry  Java  Coffee  sells  at  two,  four  and  six  cents  a  cup,  while  their  exquisite  Yarba  Chocolate,  from  Caracas,  comes  direct  to  the  house  and 
from  5,000  to  6,000  cups  of  it  are  sold  every  day.  A  fine  bouillon  is  made  her©  which  is  sold  for  five  cents  a  cup  and  fifteen  cents  per  quart. 
The  company's  headquarters,  the  "  Alhambra,"  at  Nos.  11, 13  and  15  Green  Street,  have  dimensions  of  80  x  100  feet,  and  a  seating  capacity 
for  125  persons.  The  company  also  own  the  "Casino,"  No.  985  Washington  Street,  the  "Branch,"  No.  10  Columbus  Avenue,  and  the  "EI 
Dorado,"  at  No.  8  Federal  Street.  About  one  hundred  hands  are  employed  in  the  four  establishments.  The  menu  includes  the  choicest  of 
everything  the  market  affords  cooked  under  the  supervision  of  a  skilled  chef. 


A.  HAM,  Real  Estate  and  Loans,  No.  21  School  Street.~One  of  the  best  informed  real  estate  agents  and  brokers  in  this  city 
is  Capt.  W.  A.  Ham,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  31  School  Street.  Captain  Ham  was  for  [several  years  chief  inspector  of 
the  Boston  Police  Force  and  has  a  wide  acquaintance  and  a  high  repute  in  business  circles.  He  established  himself  in  the 
real  estate  business  in  1885,  bringing  to  bear  an  intimate  knowledge  of  property  and  values  in  this  community.  These 
!  *  qualifications  enabled  him  to  promptly  secure  a  large  and  influential  patronage  and  to  carry  through  to  a  successful  issue 
many  heavy  and  important  transactions.  He  transacts  a  general  real  estate  business  including  the  collection  of  rents,  the 
negotiations  of  loans  on  real  estate  and  approved  collateral,  the  investment  of  money  and  the  management  of  estates.  His  knowledge  of 
every  section  of  the  city  is  of  that  personal  character  which  adds  greatly  to  the  value  of  the  advice  he  offers  to  his  chents.  He  has  a  wide 
circle  of  patrons  and  fully  sustains  an  honorable  business  record  in  the  real  estate  market  of  this  city.  Captain  Ham  is  a  native  of  Maine  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Pine  Tree  State  Club,  of  the  K.  T.  of  the  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  will  be  found  reliable  m  all  his  transactions. 


B.  HOUGHTON  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  and  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  No.  59  Clinton  Street.—One  of 
the  most  noteworthy  of  the  houses  in  this  line  opened  in  1891,  is  that  of  G.  B.  Houghton  &  Co.  Mr.  Houghton,  the  active 
proprietor  of  the  business,  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  has  worked  in  the  fruit  and  produce  market  since  boyhood, 
being  for  several  years  of  the  firm  of  T.  J.  T.  McNear  &  Co.  As  a  business  man  he  is  a  hustler,  understands  fully  all  the 
*  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  is  painstaking  in  advancing  all  the  interests  of  his  many  patrons.  Mr.  Houghton  carries  on 
a  flourishing  business  as  a  commission  merchant  and  wholesale  dealer  and  jobber  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  of  all  kinds, 
making  a  leading  specialty  of  oranges,  lemons,  and  bananas,  of  which  he  disposes  of  very  large  quantities.  Frequent  consignments  are 
being  received,  the  stock  always  being  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  completeness  and  efficiency,  and  all  the  demands  of  the  trade  are 
met  promptly  in  the  most  acceptable  manner.  Mr.  Houghton  is  a  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  also  of  the  F.  and 
A.M. 


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J.  MAGDIEE  &  CO.,  Military  Tailors,  No.  243  Washington  Street.— The  house  of  P.  J.  Maguire  &  Co.,  which  is  well-known 
\T^8^^^k  throughout  the  United  States,  was  founded  in  18(i3  by  Messrs.  Maguire  &  Jacobs;  in  1874  the  firm  became  Maguire  &  Sulli- 
«V.SBHKfflw  ^.^Q.  ij,  jgg^  jjf  Sullivan  retired,  when  Mr.  Maguire  became  sole  proprietor,  and  has  since  directed  affairs  under  the  firm 
name  of  P.  J.  Maguire  &  Co.  His  reputation  as  an  expert  custom  tailor  is  second  to  none,  and  in  his  leading  specialty  of 
I  •  army  and  navy,  military,  band,  police,  firemen's  and  livery  work,  he  stands  without  a  peer.  Mr.  Maguire  has  supplied  uni- 
forms for  Gov.  Ames'  staff,  Gov.  Russell's  staff,  and  bands  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  also  for  the  West  Point  classes. 
of  from  1878  to  1S88,  and  in  every  instance  where  his  talented  services  have  been  called  into  action,  the  work  rendered  has  proved  eminently 
satisfactory.  Employment  is  found  for  some  seventy-five  hands,  and  fine  custom  clothing  or  uniforms  are  made  to  order  at  shortest  notice. 
Mr.  Maguire's  birthplace  was  in  Ireland,  but  having  lived  in  Boston  for  over  forty-five  years,  all  his  interests  are  identified  with  this  city. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  National  Merchants  Exchange. 


OOLEY'S  HOTEL,  John  Howlett.  Proprietor,  Nos.  .57  and  59  Portland  Street.— This  is  an  old-time  and  well-kept  hostelry,  and 
occupies  a  niche  in  the  esteem  of  the  travelling  public  of  moderate  means  almost  entirely  its  own.  It  is  conveniently  located 
to  horse  cars  to  and  from  all  depots  passing  the  door,  and  is  open  all  night  to  receive  guests.  The  house  accommodates 
gentlemen  only,  and  has  a  large  patronage,  both  transient  and  permanent.  The  hotel  contains  sixty  commodious,  airy,  com- 
fortable rooms,  and  is  neatly  furnished  throughout,  everything  being  clean,  tasteful  and  inviting.  The  house  is  provided 
with  .all  modern  conveniences,  is  excellently  lighted  and  perfectly  ventilated,  and  ten  or  more  in  help  are  employed,  the  pro- 
prietor exercising  close  personal  supervision  over  the  entire  establishment.  There  is  a  well-appointed  bar  and  caf6  in  connection,  "Doo- 
ley's "  being  conducted  on  the  European  plan,  and  the  liquid  refreshments  are  of  the  finest  brands.  The  service  and  attendance  are 
first-class,  and  the  accommodations  of  a  very  superior  character.  The  terms  are  certainly  most  reasonable,  and  nowhere  else  in  the  city 
are  such  excellent  lodgings  offered  at  the  same  figures,  the  rates  for  fine  single  rooms  being  50  cents,  75  cents,  and  $1.00.  This  well-kno^'n 
and  popular  hostelry  was  established  in  1848,  where  the  old  Post  Office  was  located  on  State  Street,  and  in  1859  came  into  control  of  Henry 
Dooley,  who  conducted  it  up  to  1891,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  John  Howlett,  the  present  proprietor,  under  whose  capable  and  efficient 
management  the  business  has  since  been  conducted  with  increased  success. 


lOUIS  H.  ROSS  &  CO.  Musical  Merchandise,  No.  ii  West  and  No.  6  Mason  Streets.— A  noted  and  popular  Boston  music  house,  is 
that  of  Louis  H.  Ross  &  Co.,  No.  32  West  and  No.  6  Mason  Streets.  They  are  publishers  of  and  dealers  in  sheet  music,  nausic 
books,  and  general  musical  merchandise,  and  are  agents  for  the  justly  famed  Bruno  guitar,  mandolins  and  other  instruments. 
The  firm,  who  are  successors  to  the  retail  department  of  the  W^hite-Smith  Music  Co.,have  a  very  large  and  flourishing  patronage, 
their  trade, which  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  extending  throughout  New  England  and  other  sections  of  the  United  States.  The 
warerooms  are  spacious,  commodious  and  well-appointed,  and  an  extensive  assortment  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  here, 
while  half  a  dozen  or  more  clerks  and  salesmen  are  employed.  The  stock,  which  is  of  a  comprehensive  and  superior  character,  embraces 
the  favorite  Mathushek  &  Son  pianos,  and  the  Bruno  guitars,  mandolins  etc.,  zithers,  violins,  cellos,  banjos,  and  a  great  variety  of  musical 
instruments,  popular,  clasical  and  sacred  sheet  music,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  music  and  instruction  books,  strings  and,  in  short,  every- 
thing in  this  line,  mail  orders  receiving  immediate  attention.  Every  instrument  sold  by  this  responsible  firm,  is  fully  warranted,  while  the 
very  lowest  consistent  prices  are  quoted,  liberal  discounts  being  offered  to  teachers,  etc.  Mr.  Ross,  who  is  the  sole  proprietor,  is  a  native  of 
this  city.  He  is  a  man  of  thorough  experience  in  the  music  line,  as  well  as  of  entire  reliability  in  his  dealings.  He  established  himself  in 
business  at  No.  3  West  Street,  in  1886.  and  about  three  years  later  bought  out  the  retail  department  of  the  White-Smith  Music  Co. 


T.  BIRD  &  CO.,  Society  Stationers  and  Engravers,  No.  28  West  Street.— The  progenitors  of  this  firm  were  Messrs.  Danforth 
&  Davis,  who  commenced  operations  in  the  spring  of  1885,  Mr.  Davis  purchasing  the  entire  business  the  following  year,  and 
conducted  it  under  the  firm  name  of  W.  W.  Davis  &  Co.  After  two  years  of  close  attention  to  business,  Mr.  Davis'  health 
failed,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  owner,  Mr.  M.  T.  Bird.  The  business  comprises  the  manufacture  of  fine  station- 
ery and  fancy  goods.  A  heavy  and  artistie  assortment  of  small  leather  goods  is  produced  and  an  important  department  of 
their  business  is  high  grade  copper  and  steel  plate  engraving  and  printing,  the  specialty  being  society  printing  and  station- 
ery. The  retail  trade  area  of  the  store  comprises  iS  x  65  feet,  and  a  staff  of  sis  assistants  is  constantly  maintained.  The  house  to-day  is 
much  enlarged,  and  in  a  very  prosperous  condition,  standing  among  the  leaders  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  owing  to  the  strict  attention  to  busi- 
ness, unremitting  energy,  and  indomitable  perseverance  of  Mr.  Bird. 


S.  CROWN  &  CO.,  Watches,  Clocks,  Diamonds  and  Jewelry,  No.  186  Washington  Street.— A  prosperous  Boston  house  main- 
taining an  excellent  reputation  for  the  liberality  of  its  management,  is  that  of  W.  S.  Crown  &  Co.  The  business  was 
founded  in  1883  by  Messrs.  W.  S.  Crown  and  C.  S.  Hart,  the  co-partnership  continuing  up  to  1888,  when  the  former  retired, 
and  Mr.  Hart  has  since  remained  in  sole  possession.  He  employs  ten  assistants,  four  being  traveling  representatives,  and 
the  active,  large  trade  that  has  been  developed  extends  all  over  the  New  England  States.  The  premises  occupied  for  busi- 
ness headquarters  are  equipped  with  burglar  proof  safes,  and  all  conveniences  requisite  for  the  handling  of  stock  and  trade. 
The  heavy  supply  of  goods  constantly  carried  embraces  a  choice  assortment  of  gold  and  silver  watches,  parlor  clocks,  diamonds  and  other 
valuable  gems,  and  jewelry  in  profuse  variety,  all  of  the  best  workmanship  and  most  reliable  manufacture.  Mr.  Hart  is  a  native  of  New 
York,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  twenty-two  years.  For  eighteen  years  of  this  time  he  carried  on  a  drug  business  in  this  city.  Mr,  Hart  is  a 
prominent  Mason,  a  member  of  the  American  Legion  of  Honor,  also  of  the  Order  of  United  Friends. 


jASKINS  &  MONTAGUE,  Commission  Merchants,  Cotton,  Wool,  Hides.  Etc.,  No.  309  Atlantic  Avenue.— One  of  the  oldest 
among  the  most  prominent  of  the  liouses  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  Haskins  &  Montague,  which  was  originally 
founded  in  1853  by  Messrs.  Pierce  &  Haskins,  the  firm  becoming  Haskins  &  Co.,  in  1854,  and  Haskins  &  Montague  in  1859.  In 
February,  1889,  Jtr.  Montague  retired,  when  the  present  firm  was  organized,  the  co-partners  being  Mr.  Horace  Haskins,  his 
son.  Mr.  Charles  E.  Haskins,  and  Mr.  Charles  E.  Joslin.  The  senior  member  of  the  firm  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  but  has 
resided  in  Boston  since  1852,  and  has  long  been  identified  with  the  commercial  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  community. 
His  son,  Mr.  Charles  E.  Haskins,  was  born  in  Charlestown,  and  Mr.  Joslin  hails  from  New  Hampshire,  and  came  to  this  city  in  1867.  The 
building  occupied  by  the  firm  was  erected  in  1875  for  their  special  uses,  and  it  possesses  an  area  of  6,000  square  feet,  the  frontage  on  Atlantic 
Avenue  being  140  feet.  The  firm  are  general  commission  merchants  in  domestic  cotton,  southern  wool  and  hides,  and  general  dealeis  in 
scrap-iron,  metals,  rubber  and  paper  makers'  supplies. 


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ILES  &.  THOMPSON,  Publishers,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  American  Sheet  Music,  No.  13  West  Street.— Messrs. 
Miles  &  Thompson  are  publishers,  importers  and  dealers  in  foreign  and  American  sheet  music,  and  their  trade,  which  is  both 
wholesale  and  retail,  is  very  large,  extending  throughout  the  United  States.  They  carry  on  hand  always,  a  vast  and  varied 
assortment,  including  all  the  standard  publications,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  and  make  a  specialty  of  selections  for 
teachers  and  colleges.  Their  stock  of  piano,  organ  and  sacred  music  is  of  a  most  comprehensive  character,  best  foreign  edi- 
tions being  a  leading  specialty,  and  particular  attention  is  given  to  mail  orders.    The  firm  occupy  two  commodious  floors,  which 


are  well  ordered  and  neatly  arranged,  and  a  staff  numbering  thirteen  is  employed.  They  publish  classic  and  popular  sheet  mus: 
their  printing  done  by  contract.  Catalogues  are  furnished  upon  application  and  all  orders  are  attended  to  in  the  most  prompt  and  trust- 
worthy manner,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  exceptionally  low,  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade.  This  flourishing  business  was 
established  about  eighteen  years  ago  by  Arthur  P.  Schmidt  &  Co.,  whose  retail  department,  in  July,  1889,  passed  into  control  of  the  present 
proprietors.  Messrs.  Jonas  M.  Miles  and  Charles  W.  Thompson,  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  are  natives  of  this  city,  and  both  gentle- 
men are  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  wants  of  the  trade. 


OLL  &  RICHARDS,  Fine  Arts,  No.  3  Park  Street.— A  representative  and  reputable  fine  art  store  is  that  owned  and  controlled 
by  Messrs.  Doll  &  Richards.  The  foundation  of  the  concern  occurred  during  the  year  1839,  the  present  proprietors  succeeding 
John  Sowle.  In  1866  the  business  title  of  the  firm  became  Hendrickson,  Doll  &  Richards  and  during  the  continuity  of  1871, 
the  name  as  used  at  present  was  a.'opted ;  the  existing  condition  of  affairs  coming  into  operation  in  1880.  The  business  is  that 
of  importers  of  and  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  works  of  art;  the  trade  of  the  house  extending  all  over  the  United  States. 
The  firm  carries  a  large  stock  of  etchings,  engravings,  oil  paintings,  water  color  drawings,  etc.,  and  an  important  department 
of  the  business  is  that  devoted  to  a  trade  in  original  American  paintings;  the  house  handling  none  but  the  very  highest  class  productions. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  large  and  commodious  store,  well  equipped  and  located,  covering  a  ground  area  of  50  x  75  feet,  arid  a 
staff  of  twenty-five  employees  is  maintained.  The  sole  proprietorship  and  the  major  proportion  of  the  management  of  the  business  devolves 
upon  Mr.  J.  D.  Richards,  who  has  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  life  to  this  trade.  He  is  a  native  of  this  city  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Boston  Art  Club. 


IT.  JAMES  HOTEL,  E.  F.  Mclntire,  Manager,  Nos.  69  and  71  Beach  Street.— The  St.  James  Hotel  has  been  fovmded  many  years 
and  has  always  borne  the  enviable  reputation  for  excellence  it  now  holds.  Since  the  date  of  the  establishment  of  the  house 
its  proprietorship  has  passed  through  many  hands,  the  present  conditions  having  come  into  operation  during  the  currency  of 
the  year  1891,  when  Mr.  E.  F.  Mclntire  took  charge.  The  house  contains  thirty  neat,  clean  rooms,  excellently  furnished  and 
appointed;  the  charges  for  which  vary  from  75  cents  to  $1.50  per  day.  The  patronage  of  the  establishment  is  made  up 
chiefly  of  the  better  class  of  drummers  and  traveling  salesmen  visiting  the  city,  and  the  management  caters  to  a  transient 
trade,  the  hotel  being  open  all  night.  Every  modern  convenience  is  in  constant  use,  and  evei-y  care  for  the  insurance  of  the  comfort  of 
guests  is  zealously  exercised,  a  staff  of  ten  able  assistants  being  maintained.  Patrons  of  the  hotel  are  enthusiastic  in  their  appreciation  of 
the  choice  wines,  Uquors  and  cigars  provided.  Mr.  Mclntire  is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  a  middle-aged  man  of  lengthy  and  continuous  expe- 
rience in  his  business.    His  residence  in  Boston  covers  a  lengthy  period. 


E.  WOODWARD  &  CO.,  Druggists,  No.  52  Bromfield  Street.— The  pharmacy  conducted  by  Messrs.  C.  E.  Woodward  &  Co. 
was  founded  in  November,  1886,  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  C.  E.  Woodward  and  F.  Gilbert.  Mr.  Woodward  is  a 
nativeof  Boston,  born  in  the  Roxbury  district,  and  learned  the  pharmacists'  profession  in  the  drugstore  of  his  father,  Mr. 
W.  E.  Woodward,  who  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  drug  trade.  Before  the  present  firm  was  organized  Mr.  C.  E. 
*  Woodward  was  for  ten  years  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Woodward  Brothers,  his  partner  being  bis  brother,  Mr.  H.  E.  Wood- 
ward. Mr.  Gilbert  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  lived  in  Boston  the  greater  part  of  his  Uf  e,  having  come  here  forty-four  years 
ago,  when  but  eight  years  old.  He  has  had  thirty-seven  years'  experience  in  the  drug  trade,  and  for  a  long  time  was  employed  in  the 
establishment  of  William  E.  Woodward.  The  store  occupied  is  of  commodious  proportions  and  admirably  fitted  up  throughout,  while  it  is 
filled  with  an  immense  stock  of  proprietary  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  goods,  fresh  drugs,  pure  chemicals,  herbs,  roots,  pharmaceutical 
specialties,  surgical  appliances,  physicians''  supplies,  liquors  for  medicinal  purposes,  etc.  A  staff  of  twelve  assistants  is  employed,  and 
particular  attention  is  given  to  the  compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions,  which  are  put  up  at  an  inunense  reduction  from  the  regular 
drugstore  price,  while  accuracy  is  assured  in  every  instance. 


JO-OPERATIVE  FARM  AGENCY,  Real  Estate  Bought,  Sold  and  Exchanged,  Clark  &  Hazeltine,  Managers,  No.  178  Washing- 
ton Street.— The  inception  of  this  concern  dates  from  1885,  the  projectors  being  Messrs.  C.  Hazeltine  &  Son,  who  adopted  the 
trade-name  of  the  Co-Operative  Farm  Agency.  In  1888  Mr.  Hazeltine's  son  retired  and  Mr.  Sidney  P.  Clark  was  admitted  to 
partnership.  Mr.  Hazeltine  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  was  for  some  time  engaged  in  the  tannery  industry  in  that  State. 
He  has  long  resided  in  Boston,  and  for  five  years  before  embarking  in  his  present  venture,  carried  on  operations  as  a  stock 
broker  at  No.  178  Devonshire  Street.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  Both  gentlemen  possess  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  value  of  realty  in  both  city  and  country,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  farm  and  suburban  property,  buying  and  selling  houses, 
lots  or  farms  in  any  part  of  New  England.  They  also  place  insurance  in  any  company  desired,  through  the  agency  of  John  C.  Paige. 
Loans  are  negotiated  at  favorable  rates  on  bond  or  mortgage  security,  and  careful  attention  given  to  all  branches  of  the  real  estate  business. 


W.  RICE&  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Commission  Merchants,  "Dry  Goods  and  Notions,  No.  109  Kingston  Street.— At  the  date 
of  the  inception  of  the  business  owned  and  controlled  to-day  by  Messrs.  A.  W.  Rice  &  Co.,  of  No.  109  Kingston  Street,  the 
name  of  the  firm  was  Coleman,  Mead  &  Co.,  formerly  Lewis,  Coleman  &  Co.,  the  company  being  represented  by  the  chief 
pai-tner  in  the  house  under  review.  The  scene  of  the  early  operations  of  the  projectors  of  the  business  was  upon  Federal 
*  Street,  but,  in  1889,  in  which  year  Mr.  Rice  retired  from  the  firm  of  Coleman,  Mead  &  Co.  to  establish  the  present  busi- 
ness, the  quarters  at  present  in  occupation  by  the  house  were  taken  up.  Messrs.  Rice  &  Co.  are  commission  merchants  and 
jobbers,  the  goods  handled  being  chiefly  dry  goods  and  notions,  the  specialty  being  small  wares  and  ladies'  and  gents'  furnishings.  The  Bos- 
ton premises  consist  of  the  entire  second  floor  of  the  building.  They  are  excellently  equipped  and  suitably  managed,  and  cover  a  superficial 
area  of  10,000  square  feet.  The  firm  owns  also  two  large  dry  goods  stores  at  Waltham  and  Warren,  Mass.,  and  employs  a  staff  of  over  forty 
assistants.  The  control  and  possession  of  the  business  reposes  mainly  in  Mr.  A.  W.  Rice,  a  gentleman  of  the  soundest  business  ability  and 
judgment.  He  is  a  native  of  Hardwick,  Mass.,  resides  at  Newton,  and  during  1888  and  1889  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  City  Government 
of  that  place,  decHning  renomination  on  the  completion  of  his  term  of  office. 


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I RTHUE  BENJ.  BROWNE,  Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemist,  Assayer,  and  Mining  Engineer,  No.  119  Water  Street.— Experi- 
mental and  practical  chemistry  has  in  recent  years  made  very  rapid  progress,  not  alone  in  the  domains  of  art,  but  in  imme- 
diate relation  to  mining  and  manufacturing,  the  old  rule  of  thumb  methods  giving  place,  with  an  ever-increasing  speed,  to 
scientific  systems  of  production,  to  the  manifest  advantage  of  the  entire  community.  This  calls,  in  increasing  degree,  for 
the  services  of  the  consulting  and  analytical  chemist,  such  gentlemen  as  Mr.  Arthur  Benjamin  Browne,  whose  training  has 
been  of  a  thorough  character,  and  whose  studies  have  rendered  them  really  highly  qualified,  being  in  exceptionally  strong 
request.  Practicing  for  four  years  with  Dr.  Smith,  the  state  assayer,  Mr.  Browne  has  had  unexcelled  opportunities  of  acquiring  a  complete 
mastery  of  his  profession,  and  has  availed  himself  of  these  with  so  great  assiduity  and  with  such  eminently  satisfactory  results,  that  he  has 
obtained  an  enviable  recognition  and  is  much  sought  by  the  more  progressive  manufacturers  of  Boston  and  its  vicinity,  as  well  as  mine  owners 
from  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  conducting  of  tests  and  experiments,  and  the  making  of  assays  in  all  branches  of  chemical  manufacture, 
and  in  any  factory  or  mining  works  where  chemicals  play  or  should  play  a  part,  comes  within  the  range  of  Mr.  Browne's  professional  duties. 
The  professional  business  was  established  in  1888,  with  headquarters  at  No.  119  Water  Street,  and  has  met  with  a  success  which  places 
its  proprietor  among  the  most  eminent  consulting  chemists  of  Boston.    He  is  a  young  man  born  in  Cambridge  where  he  now  resides. 


]  ILLIAM  F.  LOW,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  all  kinds  of  Oils,  Steamship  and  Engineers'  Supplies,  No.  24  India  Square.— 
This  widely-known  establishment  was  founded  eighteen  years  ago  by  the  present  owner,  and  his  subsequent  success  is  well- 
known  to  the  trade,  the  influential  and  permanent  patronage  that  has  been  developed  being  derived  from  all  over  the  New 
England  States.  Mr.  Low  cari-ies  on  an  active  trade  as  a  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  lubricating  and  machinery 
oils,  steamship  and  engineers'  supplies.  Only  the  best  and  most  reliable  products  are  handled,  v/hile  all  goods  are  sold  under 
a  guarantee  to  be  exactly  as  represented,  no  competition  being  ever  entered  into  with  low  grade  and  inferior  oils,  which 
very  soon  show  their  injurious  effects  on  machinery.  The  largest  orders  are  filled  with  ease  and  facility,  and  the  wants  of  all  classes  of 
trade  met  with  success.    Mr.  Low  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  is  a  merchant  of  entire  reliability  in  his  dealings. 


[|OHN  W.  SHAW  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  Agents  and  Mortgage  Brokers,  Nos.  194  Washington,  29  Devonshire  and  14  State  Streets.— 
John  W.  Shaw  &  Co.,  cbnducta  general  business  as  real  estate  agents,  buying,  selling,  leasing  and  making  exchanges;  and 
also  do  a  large  business  as  brokers  in  the  negotiation  of  mortgages.  They  are  well  posted  in  regard  to  real  estate  values,  and 
in  their  specialty  of  placing  mortgages  have  more  than  ordinary  advantages.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  John  W.  Shaw 
and  Mr.  Jas.  M.  Shaw,  and  was  established  in  1862,  in  their  present  business.  Previously  they  were  commission  mer- 
chants in  cotton  and  rice,  that  line  of  business  having  been  commenced  by  Mr.  John  W.  Shaw  in  1846.    He  was  joined  in 

it  by  Mr.  Jas.  M.  Shaw  in  1865,  their  location  being  on  Milk  Street.    Since  the  war  they  have  confined  their  attention  to  real  estate  affairs. 

The  senior  member  of  the  firm  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  his  partner  was  born  in  Maine. 


H.  LONG,  Practical  Machinist,  No.  164  High  Street.— Of  the  practical  machinists  in  Boston  who  have  made  a  reputation  for 
skill  and  ability,  none  stands  higher  than  J.  H.  Long,  who  established  his  enterprise  three  years  ago,  and  who  brought 
thorough  practical  skill  to  bear  in  his  management  of  affairs.  The  trade  has  steadily  grown,  and  now  the  services  of  thirty 
expert  workmen  are  required  to  keep  up  with  the  orders  constantly  coming  in.  The  premises  used  comprise  two  floors, 
each  50  x  100  feet  in  area,  supplied  with  ample  steam  power,  and  completely  equipped  with  the  most  superior  machinery 
and  facilities  for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  work.  Mr.  Long  gives  his  close  personal  attention  to  general  machine  work,  all 
kinds  of  experimenting,  model  making,  etc.,  and  to  the  repairing  of  light  and  heavy  machinery,  marine  and  stationary  engines,  etc^ 
Designs  and  plans  for  machinery  of  every  kind  are  executed  in  the  most  accurate  and  reliable  manner,  and  machines  aiid  r.-.eubanical  appli- 
ances of  every  description  are  constructed  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  Mr.  Long  is  a  native  of  this  Stat©  auii  resides  at  Melrose,  and  is 
popularly  known  in  trade  circles. 


M.  THXJRLOW,  Suspender  Webs,  No.  42  Thayer  Str-eet.- This  business  was  founded  in  J888  by  tha  American  Webbing  Com- 
pany, the  scene  of  that  firm's  operations  being  the  present  address;  Mr.  Thurlow's  succession  to  the  control  of  the  concern 
occurring  in  1891.  The  business  is  the  manufacture  of  suspender  webs  of  all  kinds  as  a  specialty,  and  a  general  line  of  elastic 
webbing;  which  goods  the  house  disposes  of  throughout  the  entire  United  States.  The  selling  agents  of  the  concern  are  the 
*  E.  Reed  Goodrich  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  which  house  furnishes  all  the  material  used  by  Mr.  Thurlow 
in  his  business.  The  premises  wherein  the  gentleman  conducts  his  business  consist  of  a  shop,  covering  a  superficial  area  of 
5,600  feet;  the  same  being  appointed  with  every  necessary  adjunct  of  the  industry,  a  powerful  volume  of  steam  included.  Mr.  Thurlow  is  a 
practical  workman  hailing  from  the  State  of  Maine.  He  has  been  a  resident  in  Boston  during  a  period  of  ten  years  and  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  F.  and  A.  M. 


|URNER  &  BROWN,  Boots,  Shoes,  Slippers  and  Rubbers,  No.  136  Court  Street.— An  establishment  that  has  passed  through  an 
honorable  career  of  a  half  century,  during  which  period  it  has  supplied  an  extensive  trade  all  throughout  New  England,  is 
the  wholesale  and  retail  shoe  emporium  of  Turner  &  Brown,  whose  headquarters  are  at  No.  136  Court  Street,  this  city,  with 
branch  store  at  No.  164  Court  Street,  and  who  also  have  branches  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  Lowell,  Mass.  The  firm  handle  the 
entire  products  of  several  factories,  furnishing  the  capital  to  cover  the  cost  of  manufacture.  The  business  of  this 
widely-known  house  was  founded  some  fifty  years  ago,  by  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Turner,  on  Merrimac  Street,  and  conducted  by  him 

under  the  firm  title  of  Geo.  E.  Turner  &  Co.    Thirty-flve  years  ago  a  removal  to  the  present  quarters  was  made.    In  1877,  Mr.  Oran  Brown. 

who  had  worked  in  the  establishment  for  six  years  prior  to  that,  was  admitted  to  partnership,  and  in  1891  the  firm  name  of  Turner  &  Brown 

■was  adopted.    Mr.  Turner  has  now  reached  an  advanced  age  of  life,  and  the  active  management  of  the  business  devolves  upon  Mr.  Brown. 

Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of  New  Hampshire,  but  have  resided  in  Boston  since  boyhood.    Their  stores  contain  heavy  stocks  of  the  choie. 

est  goods  in  boots,  shoes,  slippers  and  rubbers  of  every  description,  in  all  grades,  sizes,  and  styles. 


D.  BROWN  &  SON,  Cotton  Buyers,  No.  .35  Congress  Street.- One  of  the  well-knoTvn  houses  engaged  in  this  line,  is  that  of 
Messrs.  A.  D.  Brown  &  Son.  The  senior  member  of  this  firm  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  experienced  cotton  men  in  Bos- 
ton, having  been  identified  with  the  cotton  iatei.est  for  upward  of  a  half  century.  From  1840  to  1868  he  was  connected  with 
a  number  of  cotton  mills,  holding  various  positions,  the  last  capacity  served  in  by  him  being  that  of  treasurer.  He  is  prom- 
'  inently  known  to  the  trade  and  is  recognized  as  an  expert  judge  and  buyer  of  cotton.  Mr.  Brown  established  his  present 
business  in  1868  and  in  1877  admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Mr.  L.  M.  Brown,  who  is  also  possessed  of  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  cotton  trade,  and  is  a  business  man  of  enterprise  and  ability.  The  firm  are  ;buyers  for  New  England  cotton  manufacturers 
and  possess  unexcelled  facilities  for  promptly  meeting  the  requirements  of  the  trade. 


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jAGOP  BOGIGIAN  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Rare  and  Artistic  Persian  and  Turkish  Rugs,  Antique  Silver 
Jewelry  and  Brass  Goods,  Art  Fabrics  and  Hangings,  Corner  of  Park  and  Beacon  Streets.— Messrs.  Hagop  Bogigian  &  Co. 
are  importers,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  Persian  and  Turkish  rugs,  antique  silver  jewelry,  brass  goods,  art  fabrics, 
hangings,  etc.  The  firm  are  the  largest  importers  in  their  line  in  the  city  and  carry  an  immense  stock  in  all  depart- 
ments, the  assortment  of  Oriental  rugs  being  especially  large  and  attractive.  Many  of  these  goods  are  exceedingly  rich  and 
beautiful,  adapted  to  the  highest  class  of  trade.  The  local  business  of  the  firm  is  lar^e  and  they  also  send  goods  all  over  the 
United  States.  The  warehouse  is  a  spacious  double  store,  50  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  basement  one-half  the  size.  The  establishment  is 
very  elegantly  fitted  up  and  the  display  of  rare  and  curious  articles,  rich  fabrics,  etc. ,  is  exceedingly  brilliant.  Mr.  Bogigian  is  a  native  of 
Turkey,  but  has  lived  in  this  country  for  thirteen  years  and  established  this  business  at  its  present  location  in  1885.  He  makes  yearly  trips  to 
the  Orient  and  personally  selects  the  fabrics,  etc.,  for  which  his  house  is  so  deservedly  popular. 


G.  BRIDGE  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Dealers  in  Hides,  Calf  Skins  and  Sheep  Skins,  No.  45  N.  Market  and  11  Ferry  Street. 
—  One  of  the  representative  establishments  which  convincingly  demonstrates  the  mercantile  supremacy  of  this  city,  is  that  of 
Messrs.  J.  G.  Bridge  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  45  N.  Market  and  No.  11  Ferry  Streets,  who  are  extensive  dealers  in  hides,  calf 
skins,  and  sheep  skins.  The  house  was  founded  by  Messrs.  C.  M.  Barrett  &  Co.,  in  1878  at  No.  220  Congress  Street,  and  in 
November,  1890  the  present  proprietors  succeeded  to  the  control.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious, 
and  every  convenience  and  facility  is  at  hand  for  the  transaction  of  a  large  and  active  business,  and  no  similar  concern  in 
the  city  is  more  thoroughly  prepared  for  taking  proper  care  of  its  extensive  and  still  growing  interests.  The  house  commands  all  the 
advantages  that  are  naturally  accumulated  through  long  years  of  identification  with  a  business,  and  is  thus  enabled  to  render  the  most  valu- 
able service  to  those  who  commit  their  interest  to  its  care.  The  firm  receive  some  goods  on  commission,  but  buy  direct  mostly.  They  buy 
green  hides  and  pack  and  salt  for  the  tanner  and  a  splendid  stock  of  these  products  is  constantly  carried,  carefully  selected  from  the  best 
sources  of  supply  by  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  calculated  to  command  the  attention  of  careful  and  discriminating  buyers.  The  trade,. 
which  is  constantly  increasing,  extends  to  all  the  New  England  States.  Its  resources  are  large  and  ample,  its  facilities  are  unsurpassed,  and 
its  connections  the  most  influential,  while  the  substantial  inducements  it  offers  to  the  trade  cannot  readily  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  Mr.  J. 
G.  Bridge,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  n.ative  of  Massachusetts,  is  Past  Regent  of  R.  A.,  Past  Master  of  F.  and  A.  M.  and  Past  Grand 
Master  of  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  has  held  all  the  offices  in  the  K.  of  H.  He  is  accounted  among  those  young,  vigorous  and  progressive  business. 
men  upon  whom  the  continued  development  of  the  city  rests. 


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R.  SEYMOUR  M.  VAN  ALSTINE,  Trusses,  Etc.,  No.  106  Tremont  Street.— The  alleviation  and  cure  of  physical  defoi-mities, 
weaknesses,  and  defects,  by  the  use  of  scientific  appliances  and  instruments,  is  made  a  specialty  of  by  Dr.  Seymour  M.  Van 
Alstine.  He  has  in  stock  a  large  assortment  of  the  latest  novelties  in  trusses,  patent  cork  pads,  special  applications  for 
every  variety  of  hernia,  abdominal  supporters,  elastic  stockings,  knee  caps  and  anklets;  rubber  bandages  for  relief  of 
varicose  veins,  inflamed  and  weak  joints,  ladies'  special  appliances  for  abdominal  weekness,  instruments  for  curvature  of 
spine- club  feet,  bow  legs,  knock  knees,  etc.;  improved  shoulder  braces,  magnetic  belts,  crutches,  suspensory  bandages, 
syringes,  hearing  instruments,  etc.  Appliances  are  made  to  oi-der  for  special  cases.  Dr.  Van  Alstine  gives  special  attention  to  rupture,  in 
the  treatment  of  which  he  is  eminently  successful.  He  established  this  business  in  1876,  and  in  1879,  the  firm  of  Van  Alstine  &  Howe  was 
organized,  the  sale  of  optical  goods  being  added.  In  1888,  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  Dr.  Van  Alstine  retaining  the  truss  business;  Mr. 
Howe  that  in  optical  goods,  and  a  division  of  the  premises  was  made.  The  business  was  originally  located  under  Tremont  Temple,  but 
removed  to  the  present  place  in  1880.  Dr.  Van  Alstine  was  born  in  New  York  State,  coming  to  Boston  in  1876.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant 
with  his  profession  and  seems  to  have  inherited  his  ability,  his  father,  grandfather  and  great-grandfather  having  all  been  skilled  practitioners. 


AGE'S  TRUNK  DEPOT,  No.  638  Washington  Street.— The  best  known  trunk  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  the  city  of  Boston  is 
Mr.  O.  F.  Sage,  proprietor  of  Sage's  Trunk  Depot,  and  the  establishment  has  patrons  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  This  busi- 
ness was  founded  in  1863,  near  the  present  address,  a  removal  being  made  here  in  1876.  Mr.  Sage  has  therefore  had  ample 
experience  "in  his  vocation.  The  superior  quality  of  his  products  have  won  for  them  an  enviable  reputation.  The  premises 
occupied  comprise  a  four-story  building  having  four  floors,  each  50x75  feet  [in  dimensions.  The  first  floor  is  used  as  a 
salesroom,  the  remaining  floors  for  manufacturing  purposes.  These  floors  are  equipped  with  the  most  improved  machin- 
ery, driven  by  steam  power.  Fifty  hands  are  employed.  The  products  include  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  trunks,  travelling  and  shopping  bags, 
fancy  leather  goods  and  tourists'  articles  of  every  description,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  basket  trunks.    A  heavy  stock  is  carried. 


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Q.  ADAMS  &  CO.,  Subscription  Books,  No.  35  Bromfleld  Street.— This  firm  handle  a  number  of  valuable  works,  and  have  a 
trade  extending  all  throughout  the  New  England  States,  furnishing  employment  to  one  hundred  agents  in  the  various  tribu- 
tary sections.  The  business  of  this  establishment  was  founded  in  1866,  by  Messrs.  Adams  &  Curran,  at  No.  48  Winter  Street, 
the  firm  afterward  becoming  Adams,  Putnam  &  Co.,  and  seven  years  since  a  removal  to  the  present  quarters  was  made. 
Mr.  J.  Q.  Adams,  two  years  ago,  became  sole  proprietor,  adopting  the  firm  name  of  J.  Q.  Adams  &  Co.  The  premises  occu- 
pied are  amply  commodious  and  contain  a  full  supply  of  the  publications  handled.  These  include  the  following  works: 
Webster's  International  Dictionary,  subscription  edition,  'Encyclopasdia  Britannica,  The  American  Nation,  The  Standard  Atlas  of  the  World, 
Teachers'  Bible,  subscription  edition.  The  Royal  Gallery  of  Poetry  and  Art,  Masters  of  the  Situation,  The  Best  Family  Bibles,  The  Best  Family 
Encyclopaedia  of  Medicine,  The  Best  Line  of  Albums.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  the  Webster  International  Dictionary,  a  successor  to  the- 
authentic  unabridged,  and  which  is  published  by  G.  &  C.  Merriam  &  Co.,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  Mr.  Adams  is  sole  agent  for  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts.  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut.  The  book  is  sold  only  through  canvassers,  for  cash  or  on  easy  install, 
ments.  Mr.  Adams  is  a  native  of  New  York  State,  but  has  long  resided  in  Boston.  He  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  has  an  excellent  war 
record,  having  served  in  the  war  as  a  non-commissioned  officer  of  the  147th  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  captain  of  the 
30th  U.  S.  C.  Troops. 


jRTHUR  H.  PRAY,  Diamonds,  Etc.,  No.  .376  Washington  Street.— Though  but  a  comparatively  short  time  established  as  a 
dealer,  Arthur  H.  Pray,  diamond  merchant  and  importer  of  precious  stones.  No.  .376  Washington  Street,  has  built  up  an 
extensive  trade.  He  was  for  many  years  with  The  Morse  Diamond  Cutting  Co.— known  throughout  the  world— and  about  two 
years  ago  embarked  in  the  present  line  alone,  the  venture  proving  a  highly  successful  enterprise  from  the  start.  Thfr 
quarters  occupied  by  him  as  oflice  and  salesroom  (on  the  second  floor)  are  compact,  ample  and  well  appointed,  and  an 
exceedingly  fine  assortment  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  here  of  diamonds  and  other  gems.  Orders  from  the  trade  are  filled  in 
the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner,  and  the  very  lowest  prices  consistent  with  quality  of  goods  are  quoted,  while  cutting,  polish- 
ing and  mounting  are  attended,  likewise,  at  short  notice,  in  first-class  style.  Mr.  Pray  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  practical  and 
expert  diamond  cutter  and  polisher. 


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ECKFORD'S  PHOTO.  STUDIO,  No,  43  Winter  Street.— A  leading  establishment  in  this  line  in  Boston  is  Beektord's  Photo. 
Studio.  This  house  was  established  over  twenty  years  ago  and  was  conducted  £or  some  years  by  the  Chickering  Photo.  Com- 
pany ,who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1S88.  The  establishment  is  now  one  ot  the  best  in  the  country,  and  the 
fine  quality  and  low  prices  of  its  productions  in  crayon,  pastel,  water  colors,  India  ink  and  oil  portraits  are  unsurpassed  by 
any  other  house  in  New  England.  Fine  portrait  work  is  a  specialty,  and  the  most  admirable  facilities  are  possessed  for  pro- 
ducing work  of  the  highest  character.  Four  assistants  are  employed.  Mr.  D.  C.  Beckford  is  a  native  of  the  Isle  of  Jamaica, 
vho  came  to  Boston  twenty  years  ago  and  was  with  the  Chickering  Photo.  Company  for  several  years. 

OSTON  BRASS  ANDIRON  AND  POLISHING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Brass  Andirons,  No.  78  Kingston  Street.— 
Prominent  among  the  successful  business  enterprises  of  this  city  may  be  mentioned  that  of  the  Boston  Brass  Andiron  and 
Polishing  Company,  ot  which  Mr.  A.  Pearce  is  the  popular  proprietor.  The  business  was  founded  by  Mr.  Pearce  in  1883  on 
Hawkins  Street  and  was  moved  to  the  present  location  in  1888,  which  is  fully  equipped  with  every  convenience  and  facihty, 
and  employment  is  furnished  to  a  corps  of  skilled  workmen.  All  kinds  of  polishing  is  done  here  in  a  highly  satisfactory 
manner,  and  the  goods  manufactured  are  in  great  demand  by  the  trade.  Mr.  Pearce  is  agent  for  C.  Bucholtz's  wrought 
L  fireplace  trimmings.  He  is  a  native  and  resident  ot  Boston,  and  is  an  able  and  experienced  manufacturer.  He  is  a  practical  brass  finisher- 
and  has  personal  supervision  over  all  the  details  of  the  business. 

ALKINSHAW  &  VOIGHT,  Commission  Merchants  in  Woolens,  Thomas  P.  West,  Manager,  No.  56  Summer  Street.— So 
important  is  the  trade  ot  this  house  that  many  out  of  town  houses  find  it  profitable  to  be  represented  here.  One  of  the 
leading  concerns  of  the  number  is  that  of  Walkinshaw  &  Voight,  whose  headquarters  are  at  Nos.  47  and  49  Worth  Street, 
New  York,  and  whose  Boston  branch  is  at  No.  56  Summer  Street.  This  branch,  which  supplies  the  firm's  New  England  cus- 
tomers, was  opened  four  years  ago,  and  for  the  past  two  years  has  been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Thomas  P.  West, 
who  has  had  many  years'  e.'vperieuce  in  this  line  of  trade.  Messrs.  Walkinshaw  &  Voight  are  selling  agents  for  the  Lippitt 
Mills  and  Thorndale  Mills,  ot  Rhode  Island;  the  Corona  Mills,  of  Philadelphia;  and  S.  and  G.  of  Austria.  Mr,  West  personally  represents  the- 
foUowing  firms:  W.  E.  Tillotson,  Pittsfield,  Mass;  W.  H.  Crawford,  woolen  manufacturer,  Hicks  Bros.,  manufacturers'  agents,  and  M.  Arnold 
&  Co.,  all  of  New  Y'ork  City.  Both  foreign  and  domestic  woolens  are  handled,  a  heavy  stock  is  always  kept,  and  orders  are  filled  at  shortest 
notice  upon  the  most  acceptable  terms. 

JHEELER  BROTHERS,  Children's  Lace  Caps,  Hats  and  Cloaks  and  Suits,  No.  544  AVashington  Street.— Messrs.  Tuch  Brothers 
are  represented  in  Boston  by  Mr.  George  H.  Wheeler  and  N.  C.  Wheeler  at  No.  544  Washington  Street.  This  branch  was 
opened  here  eighteen  months  ago  and  has  built  up  an  extensive  and  steadily  increasing  trade  throughout  its  territory,  com- 
prising the  New  England  States.  The  trade-mark  adopted  by  Messrs.  Tuch  Brothers  is  widely  recognized  by  the  trade 
everywhere,  as  the  sure  guarantee  of  uniform  excellence  and  exquisite  taste,  while  the  firm  conform  their  claim  to  leader- 
ship by  originating  exclusive  new  styles,  which  are  accepted  by  the  Site  as  en  rSgle,  and  to  which  the  homage  of  the  trade 
is  rendered  by  close  imitation.  The  Messrs.  Tuch  are  leading  authorities  as  designers  and  manufacturers  ot  children's  fine  lace  hats  and 
caps;  there  are  few  their  equals,  none  their  superiors.  They  select  their  materials  with  the  utmost  care,  having  special  fine  grades  of  lace 
made  by  the  thousand  yards  to  their  order,  so  that  their  special  brand  is  always  a  standard  of  quality,  fashion,  fit  and  fabric.  They  are  also 
agents  for  fine  cloaks  and  suits.  Messrs.  G.  H.  and  N.  C.  Wheeler  are  natives  of  Maine  and  residents  of  this  city  for  the  past  twenty-three- 
years,  and  are  yoimg  men  of  wide  business  experience,  tried  ability  and  personal  worth. 


AC  DONALD  BROTHERS,  Manufacturers  of  Awnings,  Tents,Flags,  Etc.,  No.  168  Lincoln  Street.— The  pushing  and  prosperous 
firm  whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  was  established  in  1889,  and  from  the  start  has  been  steadily  growing  in  favor  and  pat- 
ronage. The  MacDonald  Brothers  turn  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  work,  being  not  surpassed  in  this  respect  by  any  in 
their  line  in  Boston.  Every  article  made  by  them  is  warranted  as  to  workmanship  and  material,  while  their  awnings,  tents, 
flags,  etc..  are  noted  for  beauty  ot  design  and  pleasing  effect.  Messrs.  Alexander  and  G.  Archibald  MacDonald,  were  born 
in  Prince  Edward's  Island,  and  have  been  in  this  city  for  a  number  of  years.  They  are  both  thoroughly  practical  and 
expert  workmen,  and  are  masters  of  their  art  in  its  every  detail.  The  quarters  occupied  by  the  firm  are  well-equipped,  and  a  large  flrst- 
class  assortment  ol  awnings,  canopies,  water-proof  wagon  covers,  tents,  fiags.  lawn  tennis  specialties  and  canvas  goods  in  quite  a  variety 
being  constantly  kept  in  stock,  and  halt  a  dozen  skilled  hands  are  employed.  Fancy  -window  and  door  awnings  for  cottages,  etc.,  English 
and  American  flags,  banners,  lawn  canopies,  wall  and  camping  tents,  wagon  covers,  etc.,  are  manufactured  to  order  here,  also,  in  the  most 
prompt  and  excellent  manner,  while  carpets  are  covered  tor  dinner  parties,  etc.,  and  canopies,  tents,  etc.,  furnished  tor  all  occasions,  at 
short  notice  and  very  moderate  terms. 

M.  WADE,  Real  Estate  Agent  and  Auctioneer,  No.  10  Tremont  Street.— There  is  perhaps  not  one  among  the  many  solid  citi- 
zens of  Boston  engaged  in  the  handling  of  realty  who  is  better  kno-vvn  or  stands  higher  in  public  esteem  than  J.  M.  Wade, 
He  is  a  general  real  estate  agent  and  auctioneer,  and  enjoys  a  large  and  influential  patronage,  numbering  in  his  clientele 
some  of  the  most  extensive  property  owners  in  the  country.  Mr.  Wade  is  a  native  of  Charlestown,  and  ot  large  experience 
in  the  purchase,  sale,  leasing  and  renting  of  houses,  stores  and  land,  and  prior  to  embarking  in  business  on  his  own 
account  in  1870,  had  been  associated  with  a  Mr.  Porter  for  several  years.  He  bears  a  creditable  war  record,  too,  serving 
in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  in  the  Gulf  Squadron  during  the  "  late  unpleasantness,"  and  is  an  active  member  ot  Abraham  Lincoln  Post,  G.  A.  R,,  of 
Charlestown.  Mr.  Wade  is  prepared  to  engage  in  all  classes  of  business  as  .above  indicated,  including  the  buying,  selling  and  exchanging  of 
city  and  country  property,  and  gives  personal  attention  to  the  management  ,ot  estates  and  the  collection  of  rents.  Mortgages  are  negotiated, 
likewise,  and  loans  effected,  while  insurance  is  placed  with  responsible  fire  companies  and  sales  at  auction  conducted  at  any  part  of  the 
State  at  short  notice. 


HE  DREWSEN  FRENCH  CLEANSING  AND  DYEING  COMPANY,  No,  32  West  Street.— One  of  the  foremost  concerns  in 
Boston  in  this  line  is  that  of  The  Drewsen  Fi-ench  Cleansing  and  Dyeing  Company.  This  enterprise  was  founded  in  the  Spring 
of  1891,  and  has  had  a  wonderful  growth  in  the  time  it  has  been  in  existence.  Mr.  Drewsen  is  thoroughly  skilled  and  practi- 
cal, having  been  for  years  engaged  in  the  industry.  The  company  have  opened  some  200  agencies  in  all  parts  of  New  Eng- 
land, Their  extensive  dyeworks  are  located  at  Watertovra,  Mass.,  and  are  equipped  with  superior  machinery,  driven  by 
steam  power,  and  employment  is  found  for  a  large  force  of  operatives.  Goods  of  all  kinds  are  cleansed  and  dyed  in  the  best 
manner,  at  shortest  notice,  being  returned  in  less  than  a  week  if  desired.  Dresses  are  dyed  and  cleansed  without  ripping,  blankets  and 
curtains  cleansed,  shine  is  removed  from  coats,  vests  or  trousers  without  extra  charge,  while  the  company  also  have  a  first-class  laundry 
run  in  connection  with  the  dyeing  establishment,  in  which  clothes  are  washed  and  ironed  after  the  French  method. 


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S.  POTTER,  Representing  tlie  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Company  of  Boston,  No.  9  Quincy  Row.— For  a  term  of  three  pros- 
perous years  Mr.  J.  S.  Potter  has  been  established  in  business.  He  is  an  electric  light  expert  and  he  has  charge  of  4,000  to 
5,000  lights  of  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Company's  plant  forthe  downtown  district.  He  has  been  engaged  for  fifteen 
years  in  the  business  of  supplying  steam  power  for  working  the  elevators  of  no  less  than  thirty  city  stores.  He  employs 
a  staff  of  fifteen  skilled  assistants  in  the  electric  line  and  he  owns  an  engine  of  150-horse  power  and  a  boiler  of  lOO-horse 
power  capacity.  The  business  premises  occupied  by  the  gentleman  comprise  one  floor  covering  an  area  of  1,500  feet.  The 
same  are  excellently  managed  and  in  the  matter  of  equipment  they  are  perfect,  every  necessary  improvement  designed  to  facilitate  the 
conduct  of  a  heavy  volume  of  transactions  being  employed,  including  telephone  connection,  the  telephone  number  being  2,985.  Mr.  Potter 
is  a  native  of  Massachusetts. 


S.  BURKE,  Authorized  United  States  Claim  Agent,  No.  50  School  Street. — Under  the  liberal  terms  of  the  new  pension  law 

all  soldiers  disabled  in  any  way  from  full  performance  of  manual  labor,  regardless  of  the  origin  of  disability,  are  entitled  to 

pensions;  also  widows  and  dependents.    Mr.  Burke  is  an  authorized  United  States  claim  agent,  and  prior  to  estabUshmg 

himself  in  business  here  in  1887  had  had  eight  years'  experience  in  the  Pension  Office  at  Washington.    He  is  a  man  of 

entire  probity  of  character,  as  well  as  thorough  experience,  being  an  expert  in  pension  matters,  and  all  interests  entrusted 

to  him  are  certain  to  be  attended  to  in  the  most  careful,  capable  and  satisfactory  manner.    Mr.  Burke,  who  is  a  native  of 

a  creditable  war  record  himself,  serving  in  the  Rebellion  from  June  1861  to  July  1864,  during  which  he  shared  the  checkered 

the  Twelfth  Massachusetts  Volunteers.    He  has  a  branch  office  in  Washington,  and  enjoys  exceptional  facilities  for  securing 

for  clients,  while  he  gives  advice  free. 

P.  RICHARDSON,  Marine  and  Stationary  Engines  and  Boilers,  Steering  Wheels,  Propellers,  Shafts,  Bearings,  Etc.,  No.  392 
Atlantic  Avenue.— Mr.  A.  P.  Richardson  deals  in  new  and  second-hand  marine  and  stationary  engines  and  boilers;  also 
steering  wheels,  propellers,  shafts,  bearings,  etc.  The  repairing  of  all  such  machinery  is  a  specialty  to  which  careful  atten- 
tion is  given.  Mr.  Richardson  is  a  skilled  practical  machinist  and  engineer,  and  is  also  an  expert  in  steam  and  gas  fitting 
I*  and  plumbing,  and  gives  particular  attention  to  yacht  plumbing  in  all  its  branches.  Mr.  Richardson  was  formerly  with  J- 
H.  Maginley,  in  Post  Office  Square,  and  has  been  established  in  business  on  his  own  account  about  one  year.  He  is  a 
young  man,  and  was  born  in  Boston. 


M.  CUNDALL,  Manufacturer  of  Piano  Covers  and  Scarfs,  No.  43  West  Street.— This  well-known  gentleman  established 
business  as  importers'  agent  in  Irish  and  English  linen  for  housekeeping  and  art  purposes  in  1887.  In  1889  he  added  to  the 
business  that  of  manufacturing  piano  covers  and  scarfs.  His  ti'ade,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  is  extensive  and  constantly 
increasing.  He  is  a  selling  agent  for  New  York  importers.  He  keeps  a  full  assortment  of  samples  of  linen  and  is  thoroughly 
'  experienced  in  this  business,  possessing  a  complete  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  trade.  He  was  with  the  T.  D.  Whitney  & 
Co.  linen  store  for  fifteen  years,  and  is  a  thoroughly  reliable  business  man.  Retailers  and  jobbers  throughout  New  England 
will  do  well  to  call  on  Mr.  Cundall  and  examine  his  goods  and  prices  before  leaving  orders  elsewhere.  His  stock  of  material  for  piano  covers 
and  scarfs  is  complete,  and  he  has  displayed  some  elegant  ones  handsomely  embroidered  in  new  and  original  patterns.  Mr.  Cundall  is  a 
native  of  Connecticut  and  a  resident  of  Readville,  Mass. 


1  W.  BABCOCK  &  CO.,  Independent  Illuminating  Oils,  No.  4  Custom  House  Street.— At  the  date  of  the  inception  of  the  busi- 
ness prosperity  of  Messrs.  F.  W.  Babcock  &  Co.,  having  its  Boston  office  at  No.  4  Custom  House  Street,  the  sole  quarters  of 
the  house  were  located  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  at  the  present  time  the  head  center  of  the  business.  The  date  of  the  foundation 
of  the  house  occurred  in  the  year  1883,  the  establishment  of  the  Boston  branch  taking  place  just  two  years  ago.  Messrs. 
Babcock  &  Co.  are  dealers  in  independent  illuminating  oils,  and  the  connection  of  the  concern  embraces  within  its  sphere 
the  entire  section  of  New  England.  The  ban-eling  stations  of  the  house  are  located  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  Providence,  R.  I., 
Lowell,  Mass.,  and  New  ilaven,  Conn.,  and  the  storage  capacity  of  the  concern  is  5,000  barrels  at  the  former.  The  original  location  of  the 
business  premises  of  the  house  was  No.  153  Milk  Street.  Some  time  ago,  however,  more  commodious  quarters  became  a  matter  of  absolute 
necessity,  and  the  existing  address  was  taken  up.  Teleplioue  connection,  the  number  of  the  house  being  1424r4.  Mr.  Babcock  is  a  native  of 
Rhode  Island.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Oil  Trade  Association,  and  prior  to  entering  upon  the  business  of  his  present  enterprise  he  was 
actively  identified  with  the  firm  of  J.  L.  Pierce,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 


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iOYT  &  TRIPP,  Mechanical  Draughtsmen,  Pattern  and  Model  Makers,  Turning,  Jig,  Band  and  Circular  Sawing,  No.  17  Chardon 
Street. — Messrs.  Hoyt  &  Tripp,  mechanical  draughtsmen,  pattern  and  model  makers,  certainly  rank  among  the  foremost 
representatives  of  the  branches  of  art  indicated  in  this  city,  and  have  a  large  and  flattering  patronage  throughout  New  Eng- 
land, and  turn  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  work,  special  attention  being  given  to  the  construction  of  machine  patterns 
and  working  models.  Messrs.  F.  A.  Hoyt  and  B.  F.  Tripp,  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  are  natives  of  New  Hampshire 
and  Maine  respectively.  Both  are  men  of  exceptional  skill  and  thorough  experience.  They  have  been  established  in  busi- 
ness as  at  present  about  four  years,  and  from  the  first  have  been  rapidly  pushing  their  way  to  the  front.  They  occupy  a  floor  60  x  70  feet, 
with  steam  power,  all  the  latest  improved  appHances,  tools  and  appurtenances,  including  electric  light,  and  employ  eight  expert  hands,  theirs 
being  the  very  best  equipped  establishment  of  the  kind  in  this  city.  'Patterns  and  models  of  every  description  are  designed  and  made  in  the 
most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner,  while  turning,  jig,  band  and  circular  sawing  is  done  also  in  flrst-class  style  at  short  notice. 


ILSON  &  SILSBY,  Sailmakers,  Nos.  .330  to  338  Atlantic  Avenue.— This  business  was  founded  in  1884  by  Mr.  Adrian  Wilson, 
who  came  here  from  Port  Jefferson,  N.  Y.,  his  native  place,  for  that  purpose.  Mr.  Wilson  has  been  familiar  with  the  sail- 
making  trade  since  youth,  his  father  having  been  engaged  in  the  industry  at  Port  Jefferson  from  1836  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  when  his  sons  succeeded  him.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  Wilson  admitted  to  partnership  Mr.  Frederick  S.  Silsby,  a  native  of 
Maine,  who  has  resided  here  the  past  six  years,  and  who  is  also  a  skilled  practical  sailmaker.  The  flrm  employ  some  twentiy- 
flve  hands,  and  occupy  premises  having  an  area  of  .5.000  square  feet.  Messrs.  Wilson  &  Silsby  make  sails  of  every  variety,  but 
leading  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  yacht  sails,  in  wliich  line  they  have  done  notable  work,  having  made  the  sails  for  the  follow- 

sloops— the  Gloriana, 


make 

ing:  in  schooners— the  Volunteer,  Gitana,  Mohican,  Sea  Fox,  Fortuna.  O  Euone,  Rebecca,  Phantom,.Foan)e  and  Frolic 


Gossoon,  Beatrix,  Mineola,  Oweene,  Sayonara,  Saracen,  Saladin,  Hawk,  Shark  and  Fancy;  open  race  boats— True  Blue,  Eureka,  Volante,  Ida, 
M.  L.  I.,  Marole,  Psyche,  Mirage,  Bird  and  Mab,  and  all  the  leading  racing  boats  of  the  day.  They  have  patrons  from  all  parts  of  the  country, 
the  excellence  of  their  work  being  its  best  recommendation,  and  they  are  amply  prepared  to  promptly  fill  all  orders  at  shortest  notice. 


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ASON  &  RISCH,  Manufacturers  of  the  Vocalion,  Worcester,  Mass,,  Boston  Warerooms,  No.  151  Tremont  Street,  Chickering  Hall 

-pijg  Vocalion  manufactured  by  Messrs.  Mason  &  Rlscli,  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  is  thoroughly  typical  of  the  greatest  degree  cf 

progress  in  the  production  of  true  pipe  tones  from  the  common  reeds.  The  New  England  agency  for  the  sale  of  this  marvel- 
ous instrument  is-entrusted  to  the  hands  of  Jlr.  J.  W.  Follett,  whose  headquarters  are  located  at  Nos.  151  and  153  Tremont 
Street,  (Chickering  Hall).  This  agency  was  opened  here  in  September,  1891,  and  immediately  took  a  front  rank  position  in 
the  musical  instrument  trade.  The  Vocalion  is  an  organ  constructed  on  the  principles  of  the  pipe-organ.  In  its  method  of 
produciu-^  tone  as  well  as  in  its  construction,  the  Vocalion  is  a  patented  invention,  and  is  the  outcome  of  many  years  of  labor  and  experi- 
ment, involving  large  expenditure.  The  idea  is  copied  from  nature's  method  of  producing  tone— the  method  that  is  undeniably  the  best— 
and  which,  as  far  as  is  practicable,  is  embodied  in  the  Vocalion.  This  will  be  clear  by  instancing  the  tone-making  apparatus  of  the  human 
throat.  The  lungs  are  the  bellows;  the  muscles  which  inflate  tlie  lungs  are  represented  by  the  toot-treadles  or  the  bellows-lever  of  the  organ  ; 
the  vocal  chord  or  the  larynx  of  the  throat  is  a  reed;  the  tube  or  throat  which  contains  the  vocal  chord  develops  the  tone  and  delivers  it  to 
the  mouth;  there  it  is  reinforced  and  further  qualified  before  its  final  emission.  Tones  produced  on  this  plan  have  purity,  beauty  and 
variety,  as' well  as  power,  carrying  property  and  intrinsic  musical  value.  These  qualities  are  peculiarly  the  property  of  the  Vocahon,  which 
serve  to  make  it  a  rival  in  the  variety  and  excellence  of  its  registration  and  tonal  qualities,  of  a  richly-voiced  pipe  organ  costing  more  than 
double  its  price  and  for  the  reasons  already  given,  is  in  many  respects  superior  to  a  pipe  organ  of  equal  capacity.    Its  advantages  over  the 


pipe  organ  are  its  cost,  which  is  one-half  the  price  of  a  good  pipe  organ  of  equal  capacity;  the  Uttle  space  required,  being  one-quarter  that 
occupied  by  a  pipe  organ  of  similar  capacity;  its  construction,  so  that  each  reed,  havingits  own  separate  tone-chamber,  can  be  removed  with 
ease,  and  without  disturbing  the  action;  its  fifty-eight  notes  to  each  tone  in  the  manuals,  and  the  fact  that  no  tone  borrows  from  another  for 
the  lower  fourteen  tones,  as  is  frequent  in  pipe  organs;  its  being  ready  for  use  on  being  unpacked.  For  the  above  reasons  the  Vocahon  is 
better  than  any  pipe  organ  for  churches  of  moderate  size,  or  houses  remote  from  pipe  organ  builders.  In  designs  and  architectural  propor- 
tions the  Vocalion  is  so  artistic  that  it  harmonizes  with  the  interior  of  the  most  beautiful  church  or  chapel,  while,  on  the  other  hand,  the 
solidity  and  churchly  character  of  its  design  fit  it  for  an  auditorium  of  the  simplest  style  of  architecture.  It  is  highly  endorsed  by  such 
eminent  authorities  as  S.  B.  Whitney,  organist  of  Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston;  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  of  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Chicago;  Ad.  Neuendorff.  orchestral  conductor  and  composer,  Boston;  Walter  J.  Damroseh,  leader  of  Grand  Opera,  Metropohtan  Opera 
House,  New  York;  S.  B.  Whiteley,  organist  of  Church  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  New  York;  Dr.  EberharJ,  Grand  Conservatory  of  Music,  New  York; 
Dr.  A.  H.  Messiter,  organist  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York;  Frederic  Archer,  Esq.,  concert  organist  and  composer,  London,  Eng,;  Henry  M. 
Dunham,  Esq.,  organist  of  Euggles  Street  Baptist  Church.  Boston;  S.  B.  Mills,  the  well-known  pianist.  New  York,  among  many  others.  The 
Vocahon  is  recognized  by  musical  critics  everywhere  as  duplicating  in  small  compass  and  low  cost  the  most  magnificent  and  powerful 
achievements  of  the  great  pipe  organs  found  only  in  churches  and  halls,  while  combining  a  melody,  tone,  diversity  of  expression  and  dura- 
bility that  is  possible  in  no  other  musical  instrument.  Mr.  Follett,  the  New  England  agent,  is  thoroughly  experienced  and  familiar  in  the 
music  trade,  and  a  business  man  of  marked  executive  capacity,  sound  judgment  and  sterling  worth,  with  whom  it  is  always  pleasant  and 
profitable  to  deal. 


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C.  WILLISON,  Importer  and  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Marble,  Granite  and  Statuary.  No.  160  Boylstou  Street.— A  foremost  Bos- 
ton importer  and  wholesale  dealer  in  marble,  granite  and  statuary  is  Mr.  E.  C.  Willison,  whose  office  is  aD  No.  160  Boylston 
Street.  Mr.  Willison  established  his  enterprise  in  1888,  previous  to  which  he  had  been  manag'er  for  W.  C.  Townsend,  whose 
marble  and  granite  house  was  located  at  the  corner  of  Beacon  and  Park  Streets.  Through  the  expert  knowledge  of  the 
I  industry  exercised  by  him,  he  has  met  with  the  most  substantial  success,  building  up  a  large,  first-class  trade  all  throughoii'j 
the  United  States  and  the  lower  Canada  provinces.  He  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  the  finest  class  of  work,  hi3  r'acilitie::: 
L  to  produce  monuments  of  the  most  artistic  design  and  finish.  Mr.  Willison  has  a  branch  office  on  the  corner  of  Eighth  and 
Delaware  Streets,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  a  purchasing  offlce  at  No.  74  Union  Street,  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  while  his  granite  works  are  at  South 
Quincy,  Mass.,  and  at  Montpelier,  Vt.  At  the  Boston  salesroom  a  fine  display  of  sample  work  is  shown  and  orders  are  also  filled  from 
designs.  Mr.  Willison  is  an  importer  of  Scotch  granite,  Italian  marble,  statuary  figures  and  finished  monuments  and  he  makes  a  leading 
specialty  of  fine  granite  monuments  and  polished  columns  for  buildings.  All  orders  are  filled  at  lowest  quotations.  Mr.  Willison  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boston  Wholesale  Granite  Dealers  Association,  also  the  Quincy  Wholesale  Dealers  Association  and  is  popularly  known  in  both, 
business  and  social  circles. 


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HARLES  LAWRENCE  &  CO..  Commission  Merchants,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and 
Produce,  No.  103  Commercial  Street.— Among  the  representative  merchants  who  sat  at  table  at-the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
banquet  at  the  "Vendome  on  February  4,  1889,  were  the  Lawrence  brothers,  Chaiies  and  William  W.  They  are  well-known 
North  Market  produce  dealers,  the  former  being  in  the  firm  of  Charles  Lawrence  &  Co.,  and  the  latter  in  the  firm  of  Farnum 
&  Co.  There  are  two  more  of  the  Lawrence  brothers  on  North  Market  Street^George  H.  of  the  firm  of  Curtis  &  Co.,  and 
Frank  M.,  a  salesman  with  another  provision  firm.  The  brothers  were  all  born  and  raised  on  the  Lawrence  farm  in  Lexing- 
ton. Their  father,  still  hale  and  hearty  in  spite  of  his  almost  fourscore  years,  generally  comes  into  town  of  a  Saturday  to  see  his  boys  on 
North  Market  Street.  They  are  good  examples  of  the  hundreds  and  thousands  of  country  bred  boys  who  have  come  to  the  city  and  have 
become  successful  business  men,  and  whose  muscle  and  brawn  andability  and  prosperity  have  contributed  so  largely  to  the  city's  prosperity. 
Charles  and  Wilham  Lawi'ence  began  business  in  a  modest  way  in  Boston  in  1852.  They  were  successful.  After  a  year  and  a 
half  William  Lawrence  entered  the  employ  of  Curtis  &  Co.,  where  he  remained  until  the  firm  of  Farnum  &  Co.,  of  which  he 
became  a  member,  was  formed.  His  brother  George  succeeded  William  at  Curtis  &  Co.'s,  of  which  he  is  a  member  to-day.  The 
Lawrence  brothers  are  among  the  best  known  men  in  the  wholesale  produce  commission  business.  Their  special  references  are  the  Fourth 
National  Bank  and  all  the  mercantile  agencies,  but  the  best  reference  they  can  produce  is  the  honorable  record  accredited  to  their  estab- 
lishment the  past  third  of  a  century.  The  enterprise  of  the  house  is  well-known,  and  none  of  its  contemporaries  are  better 
equipped  to  meet  all  the  demands  of  the  trade.  The  Messrs.  Lawrence  are  active  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Boston 
Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and  have  an  expert  knowledge  of  all  the  requirements  of  the  trade  in  which  they  are  engaged.  As  business 
headquarters  they  occupy  a  store  and  basement.  25  x  90  feet  in  dimensions,  but  also  have  unlimited  storage, facilities  in  the  public  ware- 
houses. The  firm  are  commission  merchants,  importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  of  every  description,  making 
leading specialties^of  oranges,  lemons,  grapes,  bananas  and  similar  favorite  fruits,  receive  very  extensive  consignments,  and  make  a  spe- 
cialty of  selling  by  the  carload  lot.  their  trade  extending  to  all  parts  of  New  England.  Liberal  advances  are  made  to  consignors  whert 
desired,  and  returns  are  made  without  delay,  a  ready  sale  for  all  goods  being  found  at  highest  market  quotations. 


jtEABODY  BROTHERS,  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Country  Produce,  No.  22  Mercantile  Street,  and  No.  27  Concord 
OJ^PjH^^I  Avenue.— One  of  the  very  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  produce  commission  houses  in  the  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Peabody 
eVSStl^KS^  Brothers,  No.  22  Mercantile  Street  and  No.  27  Concord  Avenue.  They  receive  on  consignment  a  great  variety  of  produce 
from  New  England,  New  York  and  New  Brunswick;  making  cash  advances;  and  reporting  the  best  prices  in  their  account 
sales,  which  are  always  promptly  rendered.  They  carry  at  all  times  a  large  stock,  especially  of  potatoes,  apples  and  cabbages; 
and  in  their  season  have  a  full  line  of  Florida  oranges  and  other  fi*uits  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  They  supply  dealers 
at  wholesale  only,  and  have  a  large  first-class  trade.  Their  store  and  loft  are  35  x  50  feet  in  area,  and  their  employes  number  five.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  T.  H.  and  J.  D.  Peabody, Natives  of  Vermont  and  gentlemen  of  middle  age.  who  have  been  associated  in  business 
since  1880.  The  former  has  lived  in  Boston  since  1868,  and  is  well-known,  aside  from  business  relations,  being  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order 
and  the  Knights  of  Honor.    Mr.  J.  D.  Peabody  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  since  1876,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 


I ANE  &  ROWELL,  Tailors,  160  Boylston  Street.— To  Messrs.  Lane  &  Rowell  of  160  Boylston  Street,  belongs  the  distinction  of 
having  brought  the  art  of  tailoring  to  a  condition  as  nearly  approachfng  perfection  as  possible.  The  business  was  founded  in 
1867,  by  Lane  &  Mitchell,  on  Tremout  Street,  Mr.  Lane  having  had  a  practical  experience  as  a  tailor  since  1856.  In  1869  the 
firm  changed  to  Lane  &  Hubbard,  and  in  1880  the  style  was  changed  to  A.  T.  Hubbard  and  in  1890  to  the  present  firm  name, 
Mr.  Rowell  having  been  with  the  house  since  1870.  The  character  of  the  business  is  essentially  high  class,  the  specialty 
being  fine  custom  work.  The  house  handles  none  but  the  finest  and  most  tasteful  imported  goods  and  possesses  unusual 
facilities  for  furnishing  patrons  with  the  latest  fashions,  both  in  the  matters  of  cut  and  pattern.  The  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  Lane  & 
Rowell  consist  of  an  elegantly  appointed  store  covering  an  area  of  3500  square  feet;  the  premises  being  well  located  upon  the  second  floor  of 
the  building.  A  large,  choice,  varied  and  complete  stock  of  goods  is  constantly  maintained,  and  the  major  proportion  of  the  making  up  is 
executed  outside.  The  partners  are  Mr.  D.  H.  Lane  and  Mr.  C.  A.  Rowell,  both  gentlemen  of  middle-age,  and  both  practical  adepts  at  the 
art  of  cutting  and  of  lengthy  experience  in  the  other  details  of  the  business.  Mr.  Lane  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  while  Mr.  C.  A.  Row- 
ell hails  from  Warner,  N.  H.,  both  partners,  however,  having  been  residents  of  Boston  for  many  years. 


i  EORGE  W.  SWETT,  Wholesale  Druggist,  No.  245  Washington  Street.— This  house  has  a  first-class  trade  that  extends  all  over 
New  England  and  wherever  known  its  reputation  is  A  No.  1  in  every  respect.  The  business  was  originally  founded  in  1836,  at 
No.  106  Hanover  Street,  by  William  Johnson,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  up  to  1863,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present 
proprietor,  Mr.  George  W.  Swett,  who  removed  to  his  present  address  eighteen  years  ago.  Dr.  Swett  is  a  regularly  gradu- 
ated physician,  having  won  his  title  of  M.  D..  at  the  University  of  New  York.  He  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  is  one  of  Bos- 
ton's oldest  and  most  respected  citizens.  The  spacious  premises  used  for  business  purposes  comprise  a  store  and  basement, 
each  33  X  110  feet  in  dimensions,  and  the  place  is  admirably  systematic  in  its  arrangement,  the  stock  being  disposed  in  the  most  convenient 
manner.  A  heavy  supply  is  carried  of  drugs  and  chemicals  of  every  description,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  botanic  medicines.  Par. 
ticular  attention  is  given  to  the  selection  of  medicinal  roots,  barks,  leaves,  herbs,  flowers  and  seeds,  the  stock  being  strictly  fresh  and  reli- 
able. Dr.  Swett  is  proprietor  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Rolands'  White  Pine  Compound,  Humor  Doctor  and  Fellows'  Worm  Lozenges,  remedies  that  a^e 
widely  known  for  their  efficacy  in  curing  the  complaints  for  which  they  are  prepared. 


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F,  WILSON,  Real  Estate  Broker,  No.  247  Washington  Street.— Owin»  to  its  stability  no  class  of  financial  investment  in  any- 
progressive  community  oCEers  such  safe  and  substantial  returns  as  realty,  as  it  is  the  last  commercial  element  to  be 
affected  by  general  depression  and  the  first  to  be  enhanced  by  indications  of  a  revival  of  business  prosperity.  It  is  for  '.his 
^  reason  that  the  shrewd  and  sagacious  everywhere  pin  their  faith  to  real  estate  in  pi-eference  to  any  other  forms  of  specula- 
tion. One  of  the  most  reliable  real  estate  dealers  and  brokers  in  Boston  is  Mr.  J.  F.  Wilson,  whose  ofSce  is  eligibly  located  at 
N0.24T  Washington  Street.  This  gentleman  has  been  engaged  in  this  business  since  IStjl  and  numbers  among  his  pernia- 
;  many  of  the  solid  citizens  and  wealthiest  property  owners  in  the  city.  He  transacts  a  general  real  estate  business,  buying,  sell- 
ing, renting  and  exchanging  houses,  lots  and  business  property;  negotiating  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage,  managing  estates,  collecting 
rents  and  making  investments.  He  buys,  sells  and  builds  houses,  selhng  them  on  easy  payments.  His  operations  in  real  estate  are  princi- 
pally in  Somerville,  Cambridge  and  Dorchester,  in  1890-91,  eighty  houses  were  built  by  him  with  prices. ranging  from  $3,000  to  $6,000.  He  is  the 
agent  in  Somerville  for  the  Imperial  Insurance  Office,  of  England,  having  an  office  at  No.  47  Alpine  Street.  He  conducts  all  operations  on 
the  strict  basis  of  business  integrity,  gives  his  personal  attention  to  advancing  the  best  interests  of  his  clients,  makes  his  charges  eminently 
fair  and  reasonable,  and  no  one  in  this  line  is  more  worthy  of  enduring  success.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  native  of  Boston,  Mass..  and  is  eminently 
popular  in  real  estate,  commercial  and  financial  circles. 


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ATIONAL  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY,  No.  611  Washington  Street.— There  are  numerous  machines  that  are  being  extensively 
advertised,  but  for  a  machine  that  will  do  any  and  all  kinds  of  work,  in  the  very  best  manner,  and  ;n  all  languages  in  the 
known  world,  there  is  none  in  use  that  can  compare  favorably  with  the  New  Model  Hall  Typewriter,  manufactured  by  the 
National  Typewriter  Company,  whose  headquarters  are  located  at  No.  611  Washington  Street.  This  company  was  incor- 
porated, July  9,  1889,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000  000  and  having  purchased  the  special  tools  and  all  the  patents,  foreign  and 
domestic,  issued  on  the  Hall  Typewntei,  aie  now  piepared  to  furnish  the  public  with  the  very  best  typewriting 
machine,    all    things     considered    that   has  z*^*"^*.  ever    been    placed  on     the    market    for   a 

reasonable  price.    It  has  triumphantly  stood  j^^Sl  Cji^^^^  '''^  '^^^  °^   time,   and  is   to-day,    the    only 

practical  typewriter  for  a  low  pi-ice  in  exist-  ^-^^^mWII  -^^^^^^^  ence.    It  is  the  ideal  of  what  everybody  had 

long  ago  said  should  be  brought 'out,  light  and        BPl^^^wVf  ^^P^pi^  handy,  yet  durable  and  precise  in  its  work, 

securing  great  speed,  yet  being  so  simple  in         ffi!^^^^"     ^  ■*-*!  >^^pB^  iiperation  as  to  enable  the  operator  to  avoid 

the  blunders,  blurs  and  slovenly  work  that         Hi  fa      iJ^^^^^^/S^    -^        ^^^^%i  characterizes  haste  on  other  machines.    The 

New  Model  Hall  has  many  elements  of  supe-  i  '  '|^  Ji^^^  ^^'^id.      I  ''/^™-         riority,  including  simplicity,  portability,  com- 

pleteness, varietj',  capacity,  durability,  speed  ^H.r'^SlsJ8Blri3Hl?£i/  -MM^^     *'"'  cheapness.     You  can  write  in  various 

styles  of  English,  and  change  at  will  to  Greek.  ",      JiPg^^^^^aBI^F  ^ . iaM|fc      German,  Italian,  Spanish,  French,  Swedish, 

Norwegian.  Portuguese,  Dutch,  Danish,  Rus-  _  ^^a.^Sl-^^^«Efc£J  %J^a^Jg^HB^  Man,  Armenian,  Bulgarian,  Bohemian,  ate,  or 
have  any  other  style  made  to  order.  No  scholar  ^^^^^^^™^r!^^sLs.^S^SBife  ^^'"  '^"  '"  *PP''^ciate  this.  The  Hall  is  the 
finest  built  writer  made.  The  best  of  material  t  ^s  "jU_^C«sO  "  ^^^^K^^*^^^^^^  only  is  used,  and  every  part  is  fashioned  and 
put  together  with  the  greatest  accuracy  and  '  '''''i/!'i|f||lfl|'lj|,  ,  '»/ 1 'I'^^fc^i^  ""^^^^  '  "^''^'  Q"^'"}' considered,  it  is  the  cheapest 
typewriter  in  the  land.    Possessed  of  sterling         .^   '       'I 'iPj!  I|l     '|  P  P^^^ia    -  -.^^'  enterprise,  alert  to  meet  the  most  exacting 

requirements  of  customers,  and  manifesting  a  '"  determination    to   maintain    their   splendid 

typewriters  in  the  van  of  the  market  the  National  Typewriter  Company  sell  then  machines  in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world.  Those  who  con- 
template the  purchase  of  a  typewriter,  should  communicate  w  ith  this  company  They  will  save  money  and  obtain  as  good  service  through  this 
honorable  corporation,  with  its  magnificent  facilities  as  by  dealing  with  any  other  in  the  United  States.  The  officers  of  the  company  are 
F.  H.  Henshaw,  president;  L.  S.  Hapgood,  treasurer.  The  management  of  the  office  in  Boston  is  placed  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Hapgood,  the 
treasurer,  who  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  the  business,  and  is  reliable  and  painstaking  in  meeting  every  demand. 


S.  BROWN,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  No.  84  Chardon  Street.— The  enviable  position  of  leading  builder  and  contractor  in  his 
own  ward  now  enjoyed  by  Mr.  T.  S.  Brown,  carrying  on  his  operations  at  No.  84  Chardon  Street,  has  been  attained  almost 
entirely  by  the  high  principles  upon  which  the  business  is  conducted  and  the  fact  that  none  hut  strictly  A.  No.  1  work  of  the 
most  satisfactory  nature  is  executed.  Mr.  Brown,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  man  and  b,ay  devoted  his  whole  life  to  the 
building  industry,  commenced  business  in  1872,  at  the  West  End,  removing  hither  in  1876,  ani  the  progress  he  has  made 
has  been  gradual  and  stead.y.  each  succeeding  year  witnessing  a  material  development  in  hip  operations.  Building,  car- 
penter-work, jobbing  of  every  description;  the  cornplete  fitting  up  of  offices,  stores,  saloons,  etc. ;  and  particularly  all  kinds  of  fancy  wood 
work  are  equall.y  undertaken  and  executed  in  a  manner  that,  alike,  does  credit  to  the  builder  and  renders  the  greatest  measure  of  satisfac 
tion  to  patrons;  no  job  being  too  small,  none  too  large  to  be  undertaken,  and  all  receiving  equally  the  same  cax  e  and  attention.  He  is  also 
a  builder  to  a  considerable  extent,  having  built  several  schools,  hotels,  mercantile  buildings  and  a  large  number  of  dwellings  and  comp,artnient 
houses.  Mr.  Brown's  services  are  now  called  into  constant  requisition  to  all  sections  of  the  city  and  surrouiiQl^ag  districts,  mainly  by 
architects,  whose  plans  he  invariably  interprets  with  an  accurac.y  born  of  long  experience.  At  the  address  indicated  above,  a  spacious  flhop, 
3.5  X  75  feet  in  area,,is  maintained,  fitted  with  machinery  actuated  by  electric  power,  for  turning  out  the  best  des^iri'ptions  of  work,  and  a 
force  of  skilled  mechanics  is  employed,  varying  from  fifteen  to  forty.  Estimates  are  cheerfully  furnished  upoD.  aj'splication,  as  well  as 
plans  and  specifications  when  so  desired.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  native  of  Maine,  now^  in  the  prime  of  life  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the 
past  twenty-five  years.  He  served  eighteen  months  in  the  Eighth  Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  Civil  War  and  also  in  vhe  Navy  and  is  now 
a  member  of  6.  A.  R.,  Post  No.  .36  and  the  Veteran  Chib.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  F.  and  A.  M.  and  the  Royal  Arointtm. 


1 ELCH  BROTHERS,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Cut  Flowei-s  and  Florists'  Supplies,  No.  165  Tromcnt  Street  —The 
love  of  flowers  is  almost  universal.  Flowers  are  the  very  poetry  of  nature— the  language  whereb.y  our  teudorest  sentiinonta 
are  most  fittingl.y  expressed;  hence  no  wedding  or  obsequies — those  occasions  which  call  out  our  deepest  emotions,  of  joy  on 
the  one  hand,  of  grief  on  the  other,  is  complete  without  them.  The  most  extensive  Boston  establishmeui  E-ngafj^ed  in  the 
wholesale  and  commission  trade  in  cut  fiowers  and  florists'  supplies  is  that  of  the  Messrs.  Welch  Brothers,  situated  at  No. 
165  Tremont  Street.  The  firm  began  business  thirteen  .years  ago,  at  No.  147  Tremont  Street,  removing  ^^o  their  present 
address  six  years  since.  The  trade  that  has  been  developed  by  their  energy,  enterprise  and  liberal  business  policy  now  reaches  to  all  sections 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  industry  have  an  area  of  80  x  110  feet  and  are  equipped  with  all  modern 
improvements,  including  electric  lighting.  Employing  fifteen  experienced  assistants  the  firm  carry  on  an  active  series  of  operations  af 
wholesale  dealers  and  commission  merchants  in  cut  fiowers  and  florists'  supplies  of  every  description,  attending  to  all  branches  of  the  busi- 
ness. Fresh  flowers  are  carefully  packed  and  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  on  order.  Consignments  of  fiowers  are  recelA'ed  from 
prominent  nurserymen,  and  the  resources  of  the  firm  enable  them  to  make  ready  sales  and  immediate  returns'in  every  instance.  The 
co-partners,  Messrs.  P.  D.  and  E.  J.  Welch,  are  native  Bostonians,  practical  florists  of  ability,  and  they  enjoy  an  excellent  reputatio.n  as  reli- 
able, progressive  business  men. 


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[OTT  GRANT,  Wooden  Boxes  and  Box  Shooks,  No.  38  Kilby  Street.— Mr.  Jott  Grant  represents  the  leading  box  manufacturers 
of  New  England.  He  started  in  business  here  two  years  ago  and  by  strict  attention  to  the  requirements  of  his  customers  and 
fair,  liberal  and  honorable  methods,  he  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large,  influential  patronage.  He  represents  F.  H. 
Garraan,  Boston,  H.  W.  Smith,  Bangor,  Me.,  A.  M.  Howard,  of  New  Hampshire,  and  others.  He  takes  and  promptly 
fills  orders  for  boxes  and  shooks  of  every  description,  a  specialty  being  made  of  lock-cornered  wood  boxes  of  all  kinds  with 
hinge  or  side  covers.  These  are  printed  to  order  with  any  device  to  suit  purchasers.  Owing  to  Mr.  Grant's  intimate  relations 
with  the  manufacturers  he  represents,  he  is  enabled  to  offer  advantages  in  the  way  of  goods  and  prices  that  it  would  be  difficult  to  duplicate 
elsewhere.    IVIr.  Grant  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  formerly  a  well-known  inventor,  having  devised  some  valuable  patents. 


P.  ELLICOTT  &  CO.,  Ship  and  Insurance  Brokers  and  General  Commission  Merchants,  No.  13  Central  Wharf. — To  Messrs. 
J.  P.  Ellicott  &  Co.,  of  No.  13  Central  Wharf,  Boston,  ship  and  insurance  brokers  and  general  commission  merchants, 
emphatically  belongs  the  honorable  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  reputable  business  houses  having 
operations  in  the  capital  city  of  the  Bay  State.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1817,  the  authors  of  its  prosperity 
*  being  Messrs.  E.  D.  Peters  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  existing  firm  sixteen  years  ago.  Messrs.  Ellicott  &  Co. 
own  extensive  interests  in  vessels,  and  engage  largely  in  the  chartering,  freighting,  selling,  purchase,  clearance  and  entrance 
of  vessels.  The  partnership  is  made  up  of  the  names  of  two  estimable  gentlemen— Mr.  Joseph  P.  Ellicott  and  Mr.  Morris  W.  Child.  The 
former  is  a  native  of  Maryland,  his  residence  in  Boston  having  commenced  nearly  half  a  century  ago.  He  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life 
and,  prior  to  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  present  business,  he  was  engaged  in  the  general  commission  business.  Mr.  Child  is  a  native  of 
Connecticut,  his  residence  being  at  Medford.  His  identification  with  the  house  covers  a  pei'iod  of  sixteen  years,  the  date  of  his  admission  to 
the  partnership  commencing  two  years  ago. 


S.  LAWRENCE  CLOTHING  COMPANY,  Nos.  3.301- 
2311  Washington  Street.— The  most  popular  and  ex- 
cellent store  devoted  to  the  sale  of  male  apparel  in 
the  Boston  Highlands  is  without  compare  the  spa- 
cious and  elegant  emporium  of  the  H.  S.  Lawrence 
Clothing  Company,  located  at  Nos.  2301-3311  Wash- 
ington Street.  This  is  one  of  the  leading  and  best  equipped 
establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  as  it  is  also  one  of  the  oldest, 
and  for  nearly  forty  years  has  maintained  an  enduring  hold  on  pub- 
lic favor.  The  house,  in  short,  is  a  thoroughly  representative  one, 
and  its  patronage  is  at  once  of  a  substantial  and  influential  charac- 
ter. The  various  departments  are  replete  with  all  the  newest  styles 
and  latest  novelties  in  men's,  boys',  youths'  and  children's  outfit. 
and  an  uncommonly  fine  assortment  of  suits  of  fashionable  cut  and 
elegant  material  from  which  the  most  fastidious  in  dress  can  mal^e 
selection  is  here  displayed.  Every  garment  is  warranted  too,  as  to 
style,  make,  finish  and  fabric,  and  perfect  fit  is  assured,  no  pains 
being  spared  to  render  the  fullest  satisfaction.  The  prices  prevail- 
ing are  notably  moderate,  likewise,  being  in  fact,  exceptionally  low, 
quality  of  goods  and  character  of  workmanship  considered,  and 
purchasers  can  rel.y  upon  getting  first-class  value  and  satisfactoiy 
treatment  in  every  instance.  The  store,  which  is  eligibly  situated,  is 
90  X  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  is  very  handsomely  fitted  up  ari'l 
tastefully  arranged,  while  upwards  of  twenty  efficient  assistants  are 
in  attendance.  The  stock  is  exceedingly  large,  and  embraces  ready- 
made  clothing  in  all  sizes,  shapes,  styles  and  patterns  in  finest  and  medium  grades;  novelties  in  house  wear,  bath  and  dressing 
suits,  etc. ;  also  white  and  fancy  colored  shirts,  underwear,  neckwear,  gloves,  hose,  umbrellas  and  everything  comprehended  in 
furnishing  goods.  This  flourishing  business  was  established  in  1854  by  H,  S.  Lawrence,  and  in  1891  was  duly  incorporated  under 
the  State  of  Massachusetts. 


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1 1SEPH  H,  WHEELER,  Ye  Plate  Printer,  Etchings,  PhotoGravures,  No.  399  Washington  Street,— Mr,  Joseph  H,  Wheeler,  the 
plate  printer,  established  his  enterprise  in  1886  and  has  developed  a  large,  first-class  trade  which  now  extends  to  all  parts  of 
the  United  States,  but  is  particularly  heavy  in  Boston  and  New  York,  He  is  agent  for  the  Brentzden  Photo-Gravure  Com- 
pany, of  Boston  and  Maiden,  makers  of  etchings  and  photo-gravures,  and  he  also  produces  a  similar  line  of  goods  himself. 
The  premises  occupied  for  the  industry  comprise  two  floors,  each  35  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  sixteen  hand- 
presses  and  mechanical  appliances  adaptable  to  the  business  and  employment  is  found  for  eighteen  expert  workmen,  whose 
labors  are  personally  supervised  by  Mr.  Wheeler.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  a  high  grade  of  work,  both  plain  and  colored,  for  publish- 
ers and  book  houses,  the  finest  effects  being  produced  in  everything  undertaken,  Mr,  Wheeler  is  a  native  of  Boston  and  an  energetic,  pro- 
gressive young  business  man. 


J.  HOLT  &  CO.,  Metal  Platers,  Manufacturers  of  Saddlery  Hardware,  Etc.,  No,  5  Portland  Street,— Although  of  but  recent 
establishment— dating  only  from  1889— the  firm  of  Messrs.  O.  J.  Holt  &  Co.  have  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  business, 
owing  to  the  excellence  of  the  work  they  execute  and  the  superiority  of  the  goods  they  manufacture.  They  are  gold,  silver, 
brass,  copper  and  nickel  platers,  and  also  manufacturers  of  saddlery  hardware,  letters  for  harnesses,  badges,  etc.  They  exe- 
'  cute  plating  in  all  its  branches,  both  electro  and  close,  and  have  every  facility  for  the  repairing  and  plating  of  carriage 
lamps,  the  plating  of  tableware,  house  furnishings,  carriage  and  sleigh  trimmings,  etc.,  and  oxidizing  and  buffing  for  bank 
and  office  fixtures  is  done.  In  both  departments  of  the  business  they  turn  out  only  the  highest  grade  of  work.  Their  factory  premises 
are  35  x  75  in  area,  supplied  with  electric  power  and  well-equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery.  The  trade  is  chiefly  in  the  city  and 
suburbs,  but  goods  are  also  sent  throughout  New  England,  Mr.  Holt  seems  to  have  inherited  his  mechanical  ability,  his  father  and 
grandfather  having  followed  the  same  line  of  business.  He  is  a  thoroughly  skilled,  practical  workman,  although  one  of  the  city's  youngest 
business  men.    He  was  born  in  Illinois,  and  has  lived  in  Boston  for  ten  years. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 


AMES  BTOLDING. 


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HOMAS  &  WADSWORTH,  Printers'  and  Bookbinders'  Machinists,  No.  390  Federal  Street.— The  inception  of  this  establish- 
ment dates  back  to  1870,  the  enterprise  being  founded  by  Messrs.  Charles  H.  Thomas,  James  T.  Wadsworth,  M.  Wagner 
Brush  and  Joseph  F.  Carroll,  under  the  firm  title  of  Thomas,  Carrol  &  Co.  In  1875  Mr.  Brush  retired;  in  1891  Mr.  Carroll  did 
hkewise,  and  Messrs.  Thomas  &  Wadsworth  have  since  carried  on  business  under  this  firm  name.  Both  gentlemen  are 
natives  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  have  resided  in  Boston  iov  many  years,  and  sustain  a  very  favorable  reputation  in  the  commu- 
nity. Both  are  expert  practical  machinists,  and  employ  only  tlioroughly  competent  workmen.  The  premises  occupied  com- 
prise two  floors,  each  60  x  75  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  superior  machinery,  driven  by  steam  power,  and  the  firm  carry  on  a  general 
business  as  manufacturers  of  printers' and  bookbinders'  machinery,  and  tailors' presses.  Their  pi'oducts  are  of  the  most  superior  charac- 
ter, being  made  from  the  best  materials. 


S.  HOOD,  Scrap,  Pig,  Ballast  Iron  and  Metals,  No.  4  Liberty  Square,  Room  No.  27.— One  of  the  largest  houses  engaged  in  this 
line  is  that  of  Mr.  R.  S.  Hood,  who  has  been  established  for  six  years,  during  which^period  he  has,  by  his  able  business 
methods,  developed  a  large  and  growing  tradt;  extending  all  throughout  New  England.  He  deals  in  scrap,  pig.  ballast  iron 
and  metals,  buying  in  carload  lots  from  the  track,  and  also  sells  in  the  same  quantity.  Consignments  are  received  from  all 
^  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  the  highest  cash  prices  are  paid  for  as  much  as  can  be  sent  along.  Sales  are  made  to  iron  and 
other  metal  workers  and  altogether  a  very  brisk  trade  is  carried  on.  Mr.  Hood  is  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  has  resided 
in  Boston  for  the  past  ten  years.  For  nineteen  years  he  was  a  sea-captain,  his  ]ast  command  being  "  The  Helen."  Considering  he  had  buf- 
feted old  Ocean's  billows  long  enough,  he  retired  from  sea  life  to  enter  into  his  present  commercial  pursuit,  in  which  he  has  met  with  favor- 
able breezes  and  a  brisk  sea.    His  sales  now  amount  to  about  10,000  tons  of  metals  of  all  kinds  per  year. 


i.  C.  WEBBER,  Dentist,  No.  149  A  Tremont  Street.— Perhaps  in  no  department  of  the  healing  arts  has  there  been  made  more 
notable  progress  of  late  years  than  in  dentistry.  And  this  is  true  as  regards  both  the  mechanical  and  surgical  branches  of  the 
profession,  adegree  of  excellence  akin  to  perfection  having  been  reached  in  artificial  teeth  and  accessories.  Among  Boston's 
leading  dental  practitioners,  there  is  not  one  who  sustains  a  higher  reputation  for  skill  and  reliability  than  the  gentleman 
whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  has  been  established  for  nearly  half  a  century,  being  one  of  the  very  oldest  as  well 
as  foremost  in  his  line  in  the  city,  and  has  a  large  practice.  Dr.  Webber,  who  has  a  well-equipped  office  at  No.  149  A 
Tremont  Street,  provided  with  all  the  latest  improved  appliances,  is  a  man  somewhat  past  the  meridian  of  life,  but  active  and  energetic  and 
was  born  in  the  State.  He  is  a  thoroughly  expert  dentist  of  long  and  varied  experience,  master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches,  and  is  manufac- 
turer of  some  highly  meritorious  preparations,  notably  "  Sapodentia  "  and  Hygienic  Mouth  and  Tooth  Wash.  He  is  prepared  to  perform  all 
operations  comprehended  in  modern  dentistry. 


|OSEPH  A.  JACKSON,  Hatter  and  Furrier,  No.  412  Washington  Street.— The  house  of  Mr.  Joseph  A.  Jackson,  the  representa- 
tive Boston  hatter  and  furrier,  leads  the  trade  in  fine  hats  and  furs  in  this  city  and  throughout  New  England.  Since  1875  Mr. 
Jackson  has  manufactured  and  sold  the  finest  goods  in  this  line  to  the  fashionable  public  of  Boston,  Cambridge,  Lowell, 
Providence,  Worcester,  Springfield,  l^ynn,  Lawrence,  Fall  River,  Newport.  Portland,  Biddeford,  Portsmouth,  Manchester 
Concord,  Fitchburgand  all  over  New  England.  He  brings  to  bear  the  ripened  experience  of  the  manufacturer  as  well  as  the 
designer  and  critic.  Every  hat  in  his  stock  is  a  gem  of  art  and  taste,  and  so  well  understood  is  this  that  his  resources  are 
taxed  more  and  more  every  year  to  supply  the  growing  demands  at  retail,  through  permanent  channels,  in  city  tind  country,  as  his  hats  are 
typical  in  all  this  section  of  the  country.  All  that  is  best  is  embodied  in  their  prod.uction,  while  that  indefinable  element,  style,  is  always 
imparted.  Here  is  shown  the  largest  stock  in  the  city,  of  gentlemen's  fine  hats  of  every  description,  liicewise  riding,  tourists'  and  steamer 
hats,  and  other  novelties  in  a  profusion  of  styles  nowhere  else  duplicated.  The  fur  department  is  even  of  greater  attractiveness,  on  account 
of  the  extent  and  value  of  the  stock.  Fashionable  folks  in  thisj  city,  and  all  the  way  from  Bangor,  Me.,  to  Burlington,  Vt.,  have  reason  to 
remember  the  reliable  fur  store  of  Joseph  A.  Jackson.  Every  sort  and  sample  of  the  furrier's  art  is  carried— great  carriage  robes  and  dainty 
little  ear-muffs,  seal-skin  sacques  and  rich  wraps  enough  to  clothe  a  battalion  of  beauty  one  hundred  thousand  strong,  and  at  prices  which 
make  an  inquirer  a  purchaser  in  every  instance.  As  Mr.  Jackson  selects  his  skins  with  the  utmost  care,  the  public  can  always  secure  here 
the  most  valuable  sealskin  jackets,  dolmans,  ulsters,  newmarkets,  capes,  trimming  and  small  furs,  which  can  be  implicitly  relied  on.  Any 
style  of  fur  garment  is  promptly  made  to  order,  and  furs  are  cleaned,  altered,  stored  and  insured.  Mr.  Jackson  enjoys  the  patronage  of 
those  most  eminent  in  public  life  and  prominent  in  society. 


FLEMING  &  CO.,  Bookbinders,  No.  192  Summer  Street.— This  is  the  largest  book-bindery  in  operation  in  Boston.  The  busi- 
ness was  founded  in  1855,  on  Cornhill,  by  Messrs.  Fleming  &  Haskell,  Mr.  Edwin  Fleming  afterward  becoming  sole  proprie- 
tor. Later  on  Mr.  M.  Bazin  became  his  partner,  the  firm  name  changing  to  E.  Fleming  &  Co.,  and  on  Mr.  Bazin's  death  in 
1881,  Mr.  Charles  Laurie  was  admitted  to  partnership.  Mr.  Fleming  is  a  native  of  England  but  has  resided  in  Boston  since 
*  1844;  Mr.  Laurie  hails  from  Montreal,  Can.,  and  came  to  this  city  twenty -eight  years  ago.  Both  are  practical  bookbinders 
of  thorough  expert  skill,  and  are  valued  members  of  the  Franklin  Typographical  Society.  The  premises  occupied  by  the 
firm  comprise  two  spacious  floors,  each  having  10,000  square  feet,  and  the  entire  place  is  equipped  with  the  most  approved  machinery, 
while  employment  is  found  for  one  hundred  and  forty  skilled  operatives.  Book  and  pamphlet  binding  of  every  description  is  executed  in  the 
highest  style  of  the  art»  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  cloth  and  leather  binding. 


G.  BOWDEN,  Manufacturers'  Agent.  No.  33  Kingston  Street.— Prior  to  entering  upon  a  business  career  on  his  own  i 
Mr.  J.  G.  Bowden,  manufacturers'  agent,  No.  33  Kingston  Street,  officiated  as  manager  for  Mr.  J.  W.  Lynch,  the  founder  of 
the  concern.  Eleven  years  ago,  however,  upon  theiremoval  of  Mr.  Lynch  to  Philadelphia,  Mr.  Bowden  purchased  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  has  since  controlled.  As  he  distributes  the  products  of  several  very  large  mills  he  is  necessarily  headquarters 
for  his  line  of  goods.  Mr.  Bowden  makes  large  contracts  with  the  underwear,  hosiery  and  blanket  mills  all  over  the  country 
for  supplying  them  with  bindings  throughout  the  year,  and  as  his  goods  are  always  up  to  the  standard  and  bis  deliveries 
prompt,  this  department  of  his  business  is  constantly  increasing  and  he  has  long  since  obtained  the  reputation  of  being  the  largest  operator 
in  his  line  in  New  England.  Among  the  almost  infinite  miscellany  of  commodities  handled  by  the  gentleman,  mention  is  due  of  the  follow- 
ing: Pi*ussian  binding;  Petersham,  slipper,  blanket,  carpet,  awning  and  tent  bindings;  bed  lace,  tapes,  pins,  webbing,  tennis  tapes,  galloons, 
cotton  braid,  worsted  braid,  shoe  laces,  etc.  The  worsted  goods  department  includes  cardigan  jackets,  leggins,  mittens,  gloves,  infants' 
shirts,  etc.,  the  gentleman  being  manufacturers'  agent  also  for  the  products  of  the  American  Worsted  Company,  and  for  the  celebrated 
"Star"  tapes.  The  business  area  over  which  Mr.  Bowden  has  operations  comprises  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  he  is 
represented  upon  the  road  by  two  efficient  drummers.    Mr.  Bowden  is  a  native  of  Marblehead. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITEEATURE. 


NOW  FLAKE  AXLE  GREASE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated  Snow  Flake  Axle  Grease;  Dealers  ia  Harnesses, 
Etc.,  Nos.  151  and  152  Canal  Street.— To  carriage  owners  one  of  the  most  important  items  for  their  consideration  is  the  secur- 
ing of  an  axle  grease  that  shall  give  entire  satisfaction,  but,  heretofore,  this  has  been  a  difficult  thing  to  obtain.  With  the 
advent  of  the  Snow  Flake  Axle  Grease  Company  however,  this  difficulty  has  been  banished,  and  Snow  Flake  Axle  Grease  is 
coming  into  widespread,  general  use.  The  company's  office,  salesroom  and  laboratory  are  at  Nos.  151  and  152  Canal  Street, 
the  place  being  adjacent  to  the  Lowell,  Eastern,  Fitchburg  and  Maine  depots.  This  enterprise  was  founded  seven  years  ago 
at  this  address,  by  Mr.  F.  P.  Bruce,  and  in  1889  the  present  proprietors,  Mr.  S.  H.  Shannon  and  his  son,  Mr.  Charles  B.  Shannon,  succeeded 
to  the  control,  since  conducting  affairs  under  the  present  existing  company  title.  Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Ohio,  but  are  weli- 
known  in  the  Eastern  States.  Mr.  S.  H.  Shannon  was  formerly  engaged  in  the  oil  trade,  and  has  a  wide  commercial  acquaintance,  while  the 
junior  member  of  the  firm  is  also  an  experienced  business  man.  The  quarters  occupied  are  equipped  in  the  most  thorough  manner  with  all 
requisite  conveniences,  a  full  staff  of  assistants  is  employed,  and  the  company  manufacture  the  famous  Snow  Flake  Axle  Grease  in  great 
quantities,  shipping  it  to  all  parts  of  South  America  as  well  as  every  section  of  this  country.  The  evidence  is  unanimous  with  all  users  of 
this  grease  that  it  will  run  a  light  buggy  or  a  heavy  wagon  one  third  longer  than  any  other  grease,  not  excepting  castor  oil;  and  it  has  no 
sticky  or  gummy  properties.  For  oiling  a  harness  it  surpasses  any  oil  ever  used,  making  the  harness  as  soft  as  a  kid  glove.  It  is  the  finest 
.and  best  preparation  in  the  world  for  horses'  feet.  It  makes  the  hoof  smooth  and  tough,  causes  it  to  grow,  removes  all  fever  from  the  foot, 
-cures  quarter-cracks,  sore  heels,  contracted  feet,  brittle  hoofs,  thrush,  scratches,  caulks,  and  hard  swellings,  as  well  as  sore  back  and  neck, 
and  during  the  same  time  you  are  able  to  work  your  horse.  The  Messrs.  Shannon  also  deal  in, harnesses,  blankets,  whips,  stable  tools,  etc., 
carrying  a  large  stock,  and  they  are  prepared  to  quote  the  most  favorable  prices. 

R.  McKAY,  D.D.S.,  No.  3  Hamilton  Place.— Dr.  G.  R.  McKay,  D.D.S.,  located  in  this  city  at  No.  3  Hamilton  Place,  was  first 
established  in  business  in  1888,  at  Union  City,  Pa.,  and  in  June,  1890,  he  came  to  Boston  and  purchased  the  connection  of 
Mr.  C.  C.  Twitchell,  who  then  retired  after  having  been  practising  for  over  thirty-five  years.  Thus  Dr.  McKay  succeeded  to 
a  practice  of  considerable  magnitude,  which,  to  his  credit,  he  has  succeeded  in  not  only  preserving  intact,  but  has  materially 
*  added  to  the  already  long  list  of  regular  patrons.  Added  to  skill.  Dr.  McKay  has  embraced  every  facility  and  all  modern 
devices  for  undertaking  any  branch  of  dentistry,  with  a  minimum  of  pain  and  discomfort  to  patients— a  fact  which  has 
considerably  augmented  his  reputation.  Dr.  McKay  \vas  born  in  Canada,  and  was  graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  Dental  College  in  1888,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Alumni  of  the  same. 


HARLES  F.  CHASE,  Insurance,  No.  82  Devonshire  Street.— One  of  the  most  active  and  successful  fire  insurance  underwriters  in 
Boston  is  Mr.  Charles  F.  Chase,  whose  office  is  at  No.  82  Devonshire  Street,  and  who  brings  to  bear  that  wide  range  of  practi- 
cal experience  so  essential.to  the  best  interests  of  the  public  at  large.  He  represents  solid  and  honorably  managed  companies 
that  afford  every  safeguard  to  the  pohcy  holders  and  invariably  meet  promptly  all  just  claims.  His-  business  has  grown  to 
proportions  of  much  importance.  Besides  his  Boston  business  Mr.  Chase  has  sub-offices  in  Brookline  and  Orange  where  he  is 
agent  for  a  number  of  first-class  companies,  including  the  old  and  reliable  ^tna,  the  North  American  of  Boston,  the  Conti- 
nental of  New  York,  Lancashire  of  England,  the  First  National  of  Worcester,  Connecticut  of  Hartford,  Rochester  German  of  New  York,  Peo- 
ples of  New  Hamphire,  and  several  of  the  best  mutuals.  His  facilities  for  conducting  an  insurance  business  in  this  city  are  such  as 
can  apply  only  to  those  who  are  prominent  as  underwriters  and  who  enjoy  the  confidence  of  insurance  corporations  and  the  entire  public. 
Mr.  Chase  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  a  resident  of  Boston,  a  valued  member  of  the  Boston  Board  of  Underwriters  and  the  Board  of  Fire 
Insurance  Brokers,  and  he  is  highly  esteemed  in  social,  business  and  financial  circles.  In  addition  to  his  fire  business,  Mr.  Chase  also  gives 
considerable  attention  to  life  and  Uability  Insurance.    He  represents  the  leading  companies  in  these  very  important  branches. 

I DWARD  E.  CLARK,  Art  Stationer,  No.  41  West  Street.— There  are  few  places  more  attractive  to  persons  of  taste  and  refine- 
ment than  such  an  establishment  as  that  of  Mr.  Edward  E.  Clark.  He  deals  in  the  most  elegant  and  artistic  goods  in  the 
line  of  fine  stationery,  including  the  choicest  imported  and  domestic  productions;  also  high-class  engravings,  a  full  line  of 
fancy  articles,  etc.  He  has  every  facihty  for  the  execution  of  steel  and  copper  plate  engraving  and  fine  printing,  employ- 
ing from  six  to  eight  skilled  workmen.  The  premises  comprise  the  ground-floor  and  basement,  30  x  100  in  area,  and  the 
stock  of  goods  is  very  large  and  varied.  Mr.  Clark  has  carried  on  this  business  for  over  thirty  years,  having  bought  out  Mr, 
Mordy,  by  whom  it  was  established  in  1852.  For  twenty  years  Mr.  Clark  was  located  at  Bedford  and  Washington  Streets,  removing  to  his 
present  place  some  ten  years  since.    He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  is  president  of  the  Boston  Stationers'  Association. 

M.  S.  HILLS  COMPANY,  Flour  and  Produce,  No.  243  South  Street.— This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  leading  concerns  in  the  lino 
indicated  in  the  city,  and  for  the  past  forty-three  years  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the  trade.  Its  history  has  been  an 
unbroken  record  of  progress,  being  conducted  at  the  present  location  during  the  entire  period  since  1849.  The  company 
'»\j  receives  immense  quantities  of  flour  direct  from  mills  in  New  York  State  and  the  West,  and  are  heavy  jobbers  in  general  farm 
produce,  supplies  of  the  latter  coming  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  Their  transactions  are  conducted  on  a  scale  commen- 
surate with  the  distinct  prominence  of  the  concern,  shipping  extensively  throughout  the  New  England  States.  This  widely 
and  favorably  known  house  was  established  in  1849  by  the  gentleman  who  is  still  at  the  head  of  the  business,  and  was  afterwards  incorpora- 
ted under  the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  present  firm  name  adopted,  Wm.  S.  Hills,  the  founder,  being  president  of  the  company;  A.  L.  Ireland, 
treasurer,  and  G.  C.  Gardiner,  secretary.  The  building  occupied  as  office  and  warehouse  is  a  four-story  structure,  140  x  25  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  fifteen  to  twenty  of  a  staff  are  employed.  A  vast  and  varied  stock  is  constant!}'  kept  on  hand,  the  specialty  being  Collins  Purity  Flour, 
and  all  orders  by  the  wholesale  are  attended  to  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy  manner.  The  company  are  in  a  position  to  offer  special 
inducements  on  car  lots,  and  all  their  transactions  are  characterized  by  the  most  liberal  and  honorable  methods. 

B.  REED  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  5  High  Street.— This  firm  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  fine 
boots  and  shoes,  making  a  specialty  of  men's  fine  shoes,  with  office  and  [[salesrooms  at  No.  5  High  Street,  and  factories  at 
South  Weymouth,  Mass.  The  business  was  founded  in  1848  by  Mr.  Josiah  Reed,  and  in  1879  his  sons,  Messrs.  H.  B.  and  F.  S. 
Reed,  succeeded  to  the  control  under  the  present  name  and  style.  The  plant  of  the  firm  has  been  specially  designed  and 
constructed  with  a  view  to  the  most  convenient  and  successful  prosecution  of  the  business,  and  gives  steady  employment  to 
from  two  hundred  and  fifty  to  three  hundred  skilled  hands.  In  the  selection  of  raw  material  as  well  as  in  the  many  pro- 
cesses through  which  the  shoe  passes  previous  to  completion,  a  most  thorough  system  of  inspection  and  supervision  is  employed,  resuUing  in 
the  highest  standard  of  stock,  workmanship  and  superiority  of  finish.  No  concern  in  the  country  is  more  reliable  in  this  respect.  The  aver- 
age output  is  sixty  dozen  pairs  daily,  which  includes  a  general  line  of  male  footwear,  while  the  finer  grades  are  equal  m  every  respect  to  the 
best  custom  work  in  fit,  finish,  elegance  and  fashion.  These  goods  go  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  Orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled 
promptly,  and  terms  and  prices  are  made  invariably  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Reed  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  a  young  man  of 
'experience  and  ability. 


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BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATUEE. 


|EORGE  G.  HACKETT,  Broker,  No.  74  Treniont  Street.— Mr.  George  G.  Hackett  has  been  established  in  Boston  as  a  broker  for  a. 
period  of  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The  business  embraces  the  purchase  and  sale  upon  commission  of  a  general  line  of  stocks* 
bonds  and  investment  securities,  besides  operations  in  real  estate  and  patents.  The  present  premises  have  been  occupied  by 
him  for  the  past  five  years.  They  are  excellently  located,  appropriately  appointed  and  ably  managed  and  comprise  tvi^o 
capacious  rooms  situated  at  the  above  address.  Mr.  Hackett  is  a  perfect  master  of  all  the  complex  details  incident  to  the 
practice  of  the  "  Profession  of  Finance."'  He  is  a  Bostonian  and  is  the  general  manager  of  the  Trussell  Automatic  Refriger- 
ating Company. 

EASTMAN  CHASE,  Paintings,  Etchings  and  Frames,  No.  7  Hamilton  Place.— Among  those  who  have  contributed  in  no- 
small  measure  to  the  development  of  refined  and  correct  taste  in  this  direction  is  Mr.  J.  Eastman  Chase,  vi'ho  deals  exten- 
sively in  paintings,  etchings,  and  frames.  He  occupies  a  store  and  basement,  each  30  x40  feet  in  area,  and  has  in  the  rear 
a  picture  gallery  of  the  same  dimensions.  The  salesroom  is  very  handsomely  fitted  up.  On  the  top  floor  of  the  building  is 
the  frame  factory,  in  which  a  number  of  skilled  workmen  are  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  picture  frames  of  all  sizes 
and  descriptions,  from  the  plainest  to  the  most  ornamental.  In  all,  there  are  from  eight  to  ten  persons  employed  in  the 
establishment.  Mr.  Chase  is  a  direct  importer  of  pictures  and  works  of  art,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  fine  goods,  his  stock  being  large  and 
very  attractive.  This  business  was  established  by  Mr.  Chase  at  the  present  location  in  1881.  He  has  had  much  experience  in  this  line,  hav- 
ing for  fifteen  years  been  with  the  well-known  firm  of  Doll  &  Richards.    He  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  resides  in  Brookline. 


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TEPHEN  TILTON  &  CO.,  Tobaccos,  No.  10  Central  AVharf.— The  tobacco  trade  in  this  city  has  many  long  established  repre- 
sentatives, one  of  the  oldest  being  the  house  of  Messrs.  Stephen  Tilton  &  Co.  Under  the  present  firm-name  this  concern  was- 
founded  in  1836,  as  general  commission  merchants  in  flour,  tobacco  and  other  articles  of  merchandise.  In  later  years  their 
attention  became  concentrated  upon  tobacco.  Mr.  Stephen  Tilton  died  in  1857,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  sons,  Stephen, 
James  B.  and  Charles  T..  all  of  whom  have  since  deceased.  The  present  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  George  H.  Tilton,  a  son 
of  Stephen  Tilton— the  founder  of  the  house,  and  a  partner  in  it  since  1871- and  Charles  H.  Tilton,  a  grandson  of  the  founder. 
Both  gentlemen  were  born  in  Boston  and  have  a  wide  acquaintance  in  business  and  private  circles.  For  more  than  forty  years  this  house- 
has  been  the  New  England  agents  for  Messrs.  P.  H.  Mayo  &  Brothers,  (Inc.)  Richmond,  Va . ,  and  carry  in  stock  a  f uU  line  of  their  manufactured 
tobaccos,  includingall  the  well-known  brands— Mayo' s  genuine  United  States  Navy,  the  Clarence  Smoking,  Eglantine,  Ivy,  Holly  (sweet  chew-^ 
ing),  Mayo's  cut  plug,  "  I.  C."  cut  plug,  Constellation,  Heavy  Hitter  (smoking),  etc.  All  these  brands  are  well-known  to  the  trade  as  staple- 
goods  of  the  highest  quality.  The  warehouse  of  Messrs.  Tilton  &  Co.  comprises  four  floors,  each  25  x  75  feet  in  area  and  the  stock  of  goods. 
is  at  all  times  large  and  complete.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England  and  they  make  lai-ge  shipments  to  the  British 
Provinces,  South  America  and  Africa. 


^UIMBY  &  COMPANY,  Stock  Brokers,  No.  S44  Washington  Street.— Of  the  many  noteworthy  firms  that  have  come  to  the  front 
in  financial  circles  in  Boston  within  recent  years,  few  have  been  more  fortunate  in  securing  a  clientele  than  that  of  Quimby  & 
Company.  They  deal  in  investment  securities,  making  a  specialty  of  buying  and  selling  national  bank  stocks,  municipal, 
gas,  water  and  other  bonds,  and  have  a  flourishing  business.  All  operations  are  conducted  on  sound  and  conservative  prin- 
ciples and  those  having  dealings  here  are  assured  of  finding  the  same  of  an  entirely  satisfactory  character.  Messrs.  H.  B. 
and  G.  Quimby,  (brothers)  who  compose  the  firm,  are  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and  natives  of  this  city.  They  are  men 
of  the  highest  personal  integrity  and  of  excellent  business  ability,  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  purchase  and  sale  of  stocks,  bonds  and 
general  securities  and  enjoy  an  enviable  reputation  in  financial  and  commercial  circles.  They,  have  been  engaged  in  the  line  above  indicated, 
for  the  past  three  years  and  from  the  first  have  been  steadily  winning  their  way  to  public  favor  and  patronage. 


I OHN  STEBBINS  &  CO.,  General  Transfer  Agents,  and  Forwarders  for  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad,  No.  192  Lincoln  Street.— 
The  firm  is  one  of  the  oldest  as  well  as  one  of  the  foremost  of  the  kind  in  this  city,  having  been  established  for  thirty-seven 
years  and  its  patronage  is  exceedingly  large,  handling  and  shipping  ah  immense  amount  of  freight  and  miscellaneous 
merchandise.  The  business  was  established  in  1855  by  John  Stebbins,  who,  in  1891  took  into  partnership  his  son,  George  F. 
The  senior  member  is  a  gentleman  of  about  seventy,  but  active,  energetic  and  devoted  to  his  business,  and  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  Mr.  Stebbins  the  younger,  who  is  a  man  in  the  prime  of  life,  being  a  Bostonian  by  birth.  They  occupy  a  com- 
modious, well-ordered  office,  and  employ  a  staff  of  twenty  all  told,  giving  close  personal  attention  themselves  to  every  detail  of  the  business. 
The  Messrs.  Stebbins  have  in  service  a  mmiber  of  trucks,  wagons  and  teams  of  every  description,  and  have  superior  facilities  for  transferring 
and  shipping  heavy  machinery.  They  give  special  attention  to  forwarding  freight  for  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad,  receiving  goods  here 
in  transit,  and  forwarding  the  same  as  marked,  or  ordered,  with  care  and  despatch;  while  notice  of  transfer  is  given  and  bills  of  lading 
remitted,  if  desired,  and  ah  orders  receive  immediate  attention. 


j]OHN  E.  MARSHALL,  Manufacturer  of  Saratoga  Potato  Cliips,  No.  44  Clinton  Street.— Mr.  John  E.  Marshall  is  a  manufacturer 
of  Saratoga  potato  chips,  and  his  business  was  founded  in  the  year  1883,  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Sibley,  who  maintained  control  of  the 
i  until  1886,  during  which  year  the  present  proprietor  assumed  possession.  The  goods  manufactured  by  Mr.  John  E. 
Marshall  are  of  the  highest  order  of  excellence,  and  they  are  packed  in  cases  of  two  dozen  half-pound  boxes,  and  in  kegs  and 
barrels.  Mr.  Marshall  justly  claims  to  manufacture  a  higher  grade  of  goods  than  any  other  on  the  market,  and  the  major  pro- 
portion of  his  operations  is  with  the  wholesale  grocers  of  New  England  and  the  West,  his  sales  for  the  year  1890  amount- 
ing to  100,000  half-pound  boxes  and  500  barrels  of  Saratoga  chips.  The  house  maintains  a  staff  of  twelve  assistants.  Mr.  Marshall  is  a  native  of 
New  Hampshire,  his  residence  in  Boston  covering  a  period  of  ten  years.  He  is  a  member  of  that  influential  organization— the  Pilgrim 
Fathers'  Association,  and  a  prominent  associate  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


W.  DESMOND,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  21  School  Street.— Mr.  D.  W.  Desmond  established  his  business  here  in  1871, 
and  by  faithful  and  conscientious  zeal  for  the  best  interests  of  his  customers,  he  has  secured  a  very  superior  clientage.  He 
is  familiar  with  both  present  and  prospective  values  in  and  around  Boston,  and  has  always  on  his  books  many  desirable 
bargains  in  business,  residential  and  manufacturing  sites,  while  he  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  loans  on  real  estate  and 
personal  property.  In  the  latter  branch  of  business  he  is  of  the  utmost  service  to  both  borrower  and  lender,  securing  to 
the  one  ample  funds  with  which  to  extend  his  enterprise,  and  to  the  other,  a  profitable  and  perfectly  safe  investment.  The 
properties  which  Mr.  Desmond  handles  are  absolutely  perfect  as  regards  their  title,  and  no  real  estate  is  dealt  in  except  that  which  is  thor- 
oughly safe  as  an  investment.  Mr.  Desmond  is  a  native  of  New  York  State,  a  resident  of  Somerville,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  ability  and 
experience,  who  is  well  worthy  of  every  trust  and  confidence. 


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AGE  &  CO.,  Jobbers  of  Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes,  Nos.  100  and  103  Federal  Street.— The  leading  headquarters  for  rubber  boots 
and  shoes  in  Boston  is  the  estabhshment  of  Messrs,  Sage  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  100  and  103  Federai  Street.  This  firm  are 
agents  for  the  Candee  Rubber  Company,  receiving  a  large  part  of  their  product,  and  are  New  England  agents  for  the  Col- 
chester Rubber  Company,  of  Colchester,  Conn.  They  sell  to  both  jobbers  and  retailers,  and  theirs  is  the  largest  esclnsive 
rubber  boot  and  shoe  house  in  the  world.  They  established  their  business  here  in  1882,  and  occupy  an  entire  six-story  build- 
ing, 26  X  125  feet  in  dimensions,  giving  ample  accommodation  for  supplying  the  most  extensive  demand.  The  companies 
represented  by  this  firm  are  making  a  quality  of  goods  that  are  rapidly  vianning  their  way  to  the  favor  of  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  of  the 
country,  and  are  widely  preferred  by  dealers  over  all  other  makes  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and  solid  merits.  These  goods  are 
being  made  in  such  attractive  styles,  and  in  so  durable  a  manner  that  they  are  having  an  extensive  sale  in  the  rubber-using  sections  of  the 
country,  and  are  fast  working  their  way  into  the  South,  where,  until  recently,  rubbers  have  been  practically  tabooed.  The  specialties  are  all 
strictly  first-class,  and  the  styles  are  many  of  thera  novel  and  original.  The  facilities  possessed  by  Messrs.  Sage  &  Co.  for  meeting  the  great 
and  growing  demands  of  the  trade  are  of  the  most  complete  and  perfect  character.  Their  stock  is  unequaled  in  either  extent,  variety  or 
value,  and  a  corps  of  twenty-seven  talented  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  to  the  trade  in  the  different  sections  of  the  country. 
The  business  is  immense  and  influential,  requiring  in  its  transaction  the  services  of  some  seventy-five  clerks  and  salesmen,  and  orders  of 
whatever  magnitude  receive  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment,  while  terms  and  prices  are  quoted  that  smaller  houses  cannot  afford  to  duplicate. 
Mr.  W.  L.  Sage,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,"and  a  well-known  citizen  of  Boston;  a  director  of  the  Col- 
chester Rubber  Company,  a  member  of  the  Boston  Boot  and  Shoe  Club,  and  a  gentleman  of  large  experience  in  the  trade  and  a  foremost 
representative  of  its  gi'owhig  interests  in  this  busy  metropohs. 

L.  RUTAN,  Contractor  and  Builder,  Room  No.  75,  Phillips  Building,  No.  120  Tremont  Street.— Judging  from  the  many  impor- 
tant and  significant  contracts,  which  have  been  entrusted  to  Mr.  William  L.  Rutan,  contractor  and  builder,  located  in  this  city 
at  No.  120  Tremont  Street,  it  is  only  just  to  assume  that  all  work  undertaken  by  him  is  executed  in  the  most  highly  satisfac- 
tory manner  both  as  to  the  materials  used  and  the  workmanship  employed,  and  it  is  a  generally  accepted  fact  in  the  trade 
that  in  the  exact  interpretation  and  materialization  of  architects''  plans  and  specifications  he  is  thoroughly  reliable,  capable 
and  worthy  of  every  confidence.  The  business  was  established  in  1887  by  Messrs.  Rutan  and  Fraser,  and  on  the  retirement  of 
the  latter  in  1891, -the  present  proprietor  assumed  sole  control  of  affairs.  During  its  estabhshment,  the  house  has  been  entrusted  with  a  number 
of  notable  jobs;  among  others  being  Saint  Barnabee  Church,  Falmouth,  Mass. ;  the  Town  Hall,  Lincoln,  Mass. ;  and  the  Exposition  Building,  at 
Denison,  Texas;  thus  illustrating  not  only  the  far-reaching  nature  of  the  business,  but  the  thorough  ability  of  the  proprietor  as  a  contractor 
and  builder.  Moreover,  mason  and  carpenter  work  of  every  description  is  undertaken  and  executed  by  expert  mechanics  with  that  degree  of 
satisfaction  which  is  a  marked  characteristic  of  the  house.  The  able  proprietor,  Mr.  William  L.  Rutan,  is,  himself,  a  thoroughly  practical 
mason  and  carpenter  of  wide  knowledge  and  ripe  experience,  and  personally  conducts  all  work  with  which  he  is  entrusted.  He  is  a  native  of 
Massachusetts  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  eleven  years. 


|HOMAS  WHITE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  28  High  Street.— One  of  the  most  remarkable  records  of  suc- 
cessful progress  and  development  in  the  New  England  boot  and  shoe  industry  is  that  of  the  house'of  Messrs.  Thomas  White 
&  Co.,  whose  main  office  is  located  at  No.  28  High  Street.  For  every  essential  and  every  feature  of  elegance,  style  and  com- 
fort, their  line  of  men's  fine  shoes  are  recognized  as  leaders  in  the  market,  and  are  in  growing  demand  with  the  best  class  of 
trade  throughout  the  entire  United  States.  The  business  was  founded  in  1839  by  Mr.  Thomas  White,  and  in  1869  he  admitted  his 
two  sons,  Messrs.  T.  Edgar  and  Henry  M.  White,  to  partnership.  These  gentlemen  unite  every  possible  qualification,  bringing 
to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  perfected  facilities,  and  inlluential  connections,  Their  business  has  grown  upon  the  legiti- 
mate basis  of  demand  and  supply,  to  proportions  of  great  magnitude,  and  they  now  have  in  active  operation  two  large  factories,  situated  in 
Holbrook  and  Brockton,  Mass.,  which  are  thoroughly  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  which  give  employ- 
ment to  some  six  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  output  includes  men's,  boys'  and  youths'  calf  boots,  and  men's,  boys'  and  youths'  calf  and  buff 
shoes,  of  both  fine  and  medium  grades,  in  band  sewed  Goodyear  welt  and  McKay  sewed.  The  product  embraces  every  feature  of  excellence 
in  design,  workmanship  and  finish.  The  co-partners  give  their  personal  supervision  to  every  branch  of  the  business,  selecting  their  leather 
and  findings  with  the  utmost  care,  introducing  all  the  latest  popular  styles,  employing  the  most  skilful  cutters  and  foremen,  and  guarantee- 
ing the  quality  of  every  pair  of  shoes  leaving  their  factories.  The  trade  can  select  at  their  warerooms  on  High  Street  from  one  of  the  finest 
and  most  comprehensive  stocks  of  boots  and  shoes  in  Boston,  and  rely  upon  securing  the  most  liberal  terms,  prompt  service  and  entire  satis- 
faction. The  demand  for  these  goods  is  rapidly  enlarging  in  all  sections  of  the  United  States,  a  sure  indication  of  their  superiorty.  The  sen- 
ior partner  and  founder  of  the  business  is  one  of  the  most  experienced  shoe  manufacturers  in  the  country,  beginning  business  before  the 
great  revolution  was  effected  in  boot  and  shoe  making,  and  aiding  largely,  throughout  his  business  career  of  fifty-three  years,  in  the 
development  of  the  industry  to  its  present  grand  proportions.  He  and  his  sons  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  experts  in  the 
shoe  trade,  and  combine  ripe  experience  and  vigorous  enterprise  to  form  a  firm  of  commanding  influence,  wide  popularity  and  solid  worth. 


A.RK  ANDREWS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Overcoats,  Reefers  and  Ulsters,  No.  4G  Summer  Street.— The 
prosperous  business  controlled  by  Messrs.  Mark  Andrews  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and  wliolesale  dealers  in  spring,  fall  and 
winter  overcoats,  reefers  and  ulsters,  at  No.  46  Summer  Street,  was  established  thirteen  years  ago  at  Belfast,  Me.,  the 
character  of  the  house  at  that  date  being  that  of  wholesale  manufacturers  and  retail  dealers.  The  occupation  of  the  present 
premises  and  the  adoption  of  the  existing  conditions  occurred  during  the  year  1891.  The  goods  handled  by  the  house  are 
of  the  highest  order  of  superiority  aud  the  connection  extends  throughout  the  entire  New  England  section.  The'  premises 
occupied  cover  a  superficial  area  of  2,500  feet  and  their  management  is  the  perfection  of  systematic  control.  A  staff  of  six  skilled  employees 
is  maintained,  Mr.  Andrews  being  himself  a  practical  cutter  and  clothing  manufacturer,  and  the  connection  of  the  house  is  visited  by  a  corps 
of  efficient  drummers.    Mr.  Andrews  is  a  native  of  Maine. 


OHN  CONLON  &  CO.,  Importers  of  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wines  and  Liquors,  Nos.  198  and  200  Lincoln  Street.-— This  bouse 

has  been  established  since  the  year  1863,  Mr.  Conlon  himself  having  been  the  founder  of  the  business,  the  original  title  John 

Conlon  &  Co.,  having  always  been  in  use,  notwithstanding  the  f-act  that  the  founder  had  never  associated  with  him  a 

partner  in  his  enterprise.    In  addition  to  conducting  an  importing  business  of  extensive  volume,  Messrs.  John  Conlon  &  Co., 

transact  a  heavy  business  as  wholesale  dealers.    Every  choice  brand  of  goods  engages  the  attention  of  the  fii-m,  the  specialty 

being  "  Old  Elm  Whiskey."    An  immense  stock  of  choice  goods  of  all  kinds  is  constantly  kept  and  the  house  ships  goods  to 

the  Union;  the  major  proportion  of  the  operations  of  the  concern,  however,  being  confined  to  New  England.    The  premises 

ver  an  area  of  25  x  75  feet,  and  comprise  three  well-appointed  and  arranged  floors.      They  are  excellently  located  near  the 

Albany  Depot  and  a  staff  of  ten  assistants  is  required  in  the  management.      Messrs.  Conlon  &  Co.  take  just  pride  in  the  excel- 

goods  they  handle  and  furnish  exhaustive  price-lists  upon  application. 


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A.  MOORE,  Commission,  Boots  and  Siioes,  No.  116  Summer  Street.— In  no  branch  of  trade  is  sounder  judgment,  wider 
experience  and  greater  care  required  than  in  that  devoted  to  boots  and  shoes.  It  is  also  apparent  that  nowhere  in  the 
world  so  greatly  as  in  Boston—the  very  heart  and  center  of  the  American  boot  and  shoe  industry— is  the 
trade  educated  up  to  such  a  high  and  critical  standard;  thus  it  reflects  the  greatest  credit  upon  the  ability  of  Mr.  J. 
A.  Moore,  the  well-known  commission  merchant  in  this  line,  at  No.  116  Summer  Street,  to  control  a  trade  of  such  a  character 
as  he  does.  This  gentleman  has  been  identified  with  the  shoe  trade  for  the  past  twenty  years,  and  is  now  the  selling  agent 
for  Parker  &  Peakes,  of  Bangor,  Me.,  manufacturers  of  men's,  boys'  and  youths'  medium  grade  shoes,  who  employ  400  hands  and  turn  out 
300  cases  per  day;  also  for  the  Blount  Holly  Shoe  Company,  of  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.,  children's  machine  turned  shoes,  who  do  a  business  of 
$150,000,  per  year;  and  the  Taber  Felt  Boot  Company,  of  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  having  a  capacity  of  seventy-five  cases  a  day.  Mr.  Moore  handles 
the  entire  product  of  these  three  factories,  the  proprietors  of  which  never  lower  the  quality  of  their  goods  but  always  seek  to  raise  it. 
Jobbers  are  supplied  in  quantities  to  suit  direct  from  the  factory  and  at  the  shortest  possible  notice,  while  a  full  line  of  samples  are  carried 
here,  where  the  trade  can  readily  make  their  selections.  The  largest  orders  are  filled  with  promptness  and  care,  and  goods  are  shipped  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States,  a  permanent  and  influential  demand  having  been  created  from  Bangor,  Maine,  to  Portland,  Oregon,  and  from 
Baltimore  to  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  native  of  Western  New  York,  and  has  been  established  in  the  commission  trade  here  since  1881. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Boot  and  Shoe  Club  and  the  Fifty  Associates,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  a  wide  circle  of  manu- 
facturers and  dealers  throughout  the  country. 


M.  BULLOCK,  Real  Estate  and  Business  Chances,  No.  3S5  Washington  Street,  Room  A.— Few  among  the  number  engaged  in 
the  handling  of  realty  and  kindred  interests  in  Boston  are  better  known  or  stand  higher  in  public  esteem  than  the  gentleman 
whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  has  been  established  in  the  sphere  of  activity  above  indicated  for  over  fifteen  years,  and 
has  acquired  an  extensive  and  substantial  patronage,  numbering  in  his  clientele  some  of  the  largest  property  owners  in  and 
around  the  city.  Mr.  Bullock,  whose  office  is  at  No.  325  Washington  Street,  (Room  A),  is  a  man  of  middle  age,  born  in  this 
State  and  resides  at  Franklin,  Mass,  He  is  a  gentleman  of  strict  integrity  in  his  dealings,  as  well  as  of  energy  and  thorough 
business  experience,  and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  in  real  estate  and  commercial  circles.  Mr.  Bullock  is  a  general  real  estate  and  busi- 
ness agent  and  broker,  buying  and  selling  all  kinds  of  city  and  country  property,  including  private  residences,  lodging-houses,  stores,  etc., 
and  has  some  desirable  farms  for  sale.  Rents  are  promptly  collected,  and  estates  taken  in  charge  and  judiciously  managed,  while  appraise- 
ments are  made  for  intending  purchasers  and  investments  desirably  placed.  In  short,  all  classes  of  business  pertaining  to  the  purchase,  sale, 
care  and  management  of  realty  are  engaged  in,  and  those  having  dealings  with  Mr.  Bullock  are  assured  of  finding  the  same  both  pleasant 
and  profitable. 


I  EORGE  H.  HAYES,  Ship,  Derrick  and  General  Iron  Worker,  No.  207  Commercial  Street.— This  concern  was  estabhshed  in 
1888  by  the  Eastern  Block  Company,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  in  March,  1890.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a 
shop  25  X  50  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  with  everything  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business.  From 
four  to  six  skilled  workmen  are  employed.  Anything  in  the  line  of  general  ship  forging  is  done  here,  including  iron  blocks, 
chains,  small  anchors,  etc.  Mr.  Hayes  is  a  practical  workman,  gives  to  the  business  his  personal  supervision  and  has  thus 
far  been  eminently  successful  in  meeting  all  the  demands  of  the  trade.    Mr.  Hayes  is  a  native  of  Bath,  Maine,  and  has 

been  in  Boston  thirteen  years  and  has  had  many  years'  experience  in  this  line,  having  been  for  ten  years  with  the  Bagnall  &  Loud  Block 

Company. 

N.  SNOW  &  SON,  Provisions,  Groceries,  Etc.,  No.  253  Atlantic  Avenue.— Few  mercantile  houses  have  enjoyed  more  unin- 
terrupted prosperity  during  a  long  career;  than  that  of  Messrs.  J.  N.  Snow  &  Son,  the  well-known  dealers  in  provisions, 
groceries  and  general  ship  stores,  located  at  No.  253  Atlantic  Avenue.  This  representative  house  was  established  in  1857  by 
Mr.  J.  N.  Snow  and  in  October,  1890,  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  I.  W.  Snow  to  partnership. 
The  premises  occupied  for  trade  purposes  are  spacious  in  size  and  thoroughly  fitted  up  for  the  proper  handhng  and  preser- 
vation of  the  choice  and  valuable  stock.  The  business  is  both  of  a  wholesale  and  retail  character  and  the  prices  and  quality 
of  goods  are  always  such  as  to  command  a  very  brisk  trade.  The  supplies  are  received  direct  from  manufacturers  and  first  hands  and  com- 
mend their  own  merits  to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  buyers.  Orders  by  telephone  No.  3088,  by  telegraph 
and  mail  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and  goods  are  promptly  delivered  at  any  of  the  docks  or  railroads  in  the  city  or  in  the 
suburbs.  Prices  are  placed  at  the  low^est  figures  and  the  greatest  care  is  exercised  to  meet  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  patrons.  The  senior 
partner  was  born  on  Gape  Cod  and  has  resided  in  this  city  for  the  past  thirty-five  years.  The  son  is  a  native  Bostonian  and  combines  his  vigor 
and  ability  with  the  ripe  experience  of  his  father  to  form  a  firm  of  eminent  popularity  and  solid  worth. 

I  ARVEY  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  No.  29  Temple  Place.— The  Harvey  Manufacturing  Company  was  organized  and  incor- 
porated in  1891,  under  the  State  laws  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $500,000,  and  was  an  outcome  of  the  business  origi- 
nally founded  in  1883  by  Mr.  S.  B.  Harvey.  The  officers  of  the  company  are:  President,  Geo.  L.  F.  Harriman;  secretary, 
J.  F.  Rowell;  treasurer,  S.  B.  Harvey,  inventor  of  the  Ladies'  Delight  Tailor  System,  and  of  the  United  States  Standard 
Adjustable  Form,  which  the  company  are  putting  upon  the  market.  The  Form  combines  the  best  features  of  all  figures 
that  have  ever  been  manufactured.  It  can  be  elevated  to  any  required  height  and  made  to  revolve  at  will;  so  that  the  artist 
can  sit  while  at  work  on  the  bottom  of  the  skirt.  It  is  on  casters,  and  is  of  solid  construction  and  intended  for  use.  It  is  guaranteed  against 
imperfections  in  material  or  manufacture.  The  figure  is  without  a  rival.  The  neck  opens  by  drawing  up  on  the  cylinder  head,  and  adjusts 
the  neck  and  bust  perfectly  to  any  size.  At  the  company's  salesrooms  at  No.  29  Temple  Place  will  be  found  the  largest  assortment  of  forms 
and  skirt  forms  in  New  England.  The  prices  range  from  two  dollars  and  upwards,  Harvey's  system  of  dressmaking  can  be  learned  in  from 
two  to  three  months,  taking  tw^o  lessons  per  week,  the  price  per  lesson  being  one  dollar.  The  company  receive  pupils  from  aU  parts  of  New 
England  and  the  West,  and  some  forty  are  at  present  receiving  instruction.  Garment  and  dressmaking  and  millinery  work  are  executed  in 
all  their  branches,  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 

H.  BISHOP,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  34  School  Street.— This  is  probably  the  oldest  house  of  the  kind  in  Boston,  having  been 
founded  in  the  early  '20's  by  Mr.  L.  A.  Huntington,  who  continued  for  many  years  at  the  head  of  affairs,  when  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Messrs.  Hoyle  &  Kingsbury.  In  1876  Mr.  Bishop  became  the  proprietor.  He  had  entered  the  establishment  in  1858, 
and  had  been  in  the  employ  of  both  Mr.  Huntington  and  Messrs.  Hoyle  &  Kingsbury.  He  is  an  expert  practical  cutter,  and 
famous  for  the  excellent  fitting  clothing  made  by  him.  One  of  his  assistants  has  been  employed  in  this  house  for  the  past 
fifty-nine  years,  and  is  the  oldest  active  tailor  in  Boston.  Mr.  Bishop  is  a  direct  importer  of  French  and  English  fabrics 
and  at  all  times  carries  a  full  stock  of  the  newest  novelties  in  patterns  and  designs,  and  a  perfect  fitting  garment  is  guaranteed  in  every 
instance.  Mr.  Bishop  is  a  native  of  Bath,  England,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  Here  he  is  familiarly  known  as  a 
straightforward,  obliging,  painstaking  business  man. 


BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATUEE. 


JOSEPH  CLEVE  &  CO.,  Foreign  and  Native  Wines  and  Liquors,  Nos.  9  and  11  Cambridge  Street.— Tliose  who  appreciate  fine  wines 
and  liquors  can  rely  upon  always  obtaining  goods  of  absolute  purity  at  the  warehouse  of  Mr.  Joseph  Cleve  &  Co.  They  handle 
only  the  highest  grades  of  foreign  and  native  wines  and  liquors,  and  supply  first-class  family  trade  exclusively ;  doing  the 
largest  business  in  this  particular  Une  of  any  house  in  the  city.  They  sell  at  retail  only  and  conduct  their  business  upon  a 
strictly  cash  basis.  They  employ  live  salesmen  and  fill  orders  from  all  parts  of  the  city  and  suburbs.  The  store  is  40  x  50 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  storage  cellar  of  the  same  size.  The  stock  is  at  all  times  very  large  and  complete.  The  imported  wines 
comprise  many  old  and  famous  vintages:  and  those  of  domestic  production  are  from  the  most  celebrated  sources  of  supply.  Fine  whiskies 
constitute  a  specialty  in  which  the  stock  is  unsurpassed.  Mr.  Cleve  established  this  business  in  1873,  at  its  present  location.  He  was  for- 
merly in  the  grocery  and  provision  trade  in  Roxbury,  Mass.    He  was  born  in  Germany,  but  has  Uved  in  this  country  since  boyhood. 


HADBOURNE  &  MOORE,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Shoe  Goods,  Woolens  a  Specialty,  No.  ISO  Bedford  Street.— Although 
established  as  at  present  only  since  January,  1891,  Messrs.  Chadbourne  &  Moore,  wholesale  dealers  in  shoe  goods,  No.  130 
Bedford  Street,  have  already  built  up  a  flourishing  business.  They  make  a  specialty  of  fine  goods  for  the  shoe  trade  and 
sell  extensively  to  shoe  manufacturers  throughout  New  England  and  the  West.  Mr.  J.  H.  Chadbourne,  who  is  a  gentleman 
in  the  prime  of  life  and  a  native  and  resident  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  has  had  ten  years'  experience  in  the  business.  The  firm 
is  selling  agent  for  the  Gleudale  Elastic  Fabrics  Co.,  the  Hopedale  Elastic  Fabrics  Co.,  and  the  Russell  Manufacturing  Co. 
Mr.  W.  B.  Moore,  his  partner,  who  is  also  a  comparatively  young  man,  born  at  Ware,  N.  H.  and  residing  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  has  been  cormected 
with  the  shoe  trade  for  twelve  years.  Both  are  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  as  well  as  of  ample  experience.  They  occupy  commodious 
quarters  as  office  and  salesroom,  and  keep  on  hand  always  a  large  and  first-class  stock,  while  an  eiificient  staff  is  employed.  The  assortment 
in;ludes  all  kinds  of  fabrics  used  in  footwear  manufacture,  and  every  article  sold  by  this  responsible  house  is  fully  wan-anted.  The  prices 
quoted,  too,  are  maintained  at  the  very  lowest  figures  consistent  with  quality  of  goods,  the  firm  being  in  a  position  to  offer  substantial 
inducements  to  shoe  manufacturers,  and  all  orders  are  attended  to  in  the  most  expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner. 


B.  HUMPHREY,  Importer  of  Diamonds,  and  Diamond  Cutter.  No.  383  Washington  Street.— A  branch  of  industry  in  which 
the  most  delicate  judgment  and  most  expert  skill  must  be  exercised  is  that  of  diamond  cutting.  At  every  stage  of  the 
process  the  utmost  care  must  be  used  to  prevent  any  waste  of  the  precious  material  and  to  preserve  those  perfect  propor- 
tions upon  which  the  brilliancy  of  the  finished  gem  depends.  Although  but  comparatively  few  American  workmen  have 
acquired  the  art,  which  for  centuries  was  known  only  to  the  Dutch  Jews,  and  by  them  most  jealously  guarded,  their  native 
skill  and  ingenuity  has  enabled  them  to  so  far  improve  upon  the  foreign  methods  of  cutting,  that  in  this,  as  in  many  other 
branches  of  mechanical  Industry,  America  now  leads  the  world.  Among  the  first  to  engage  in  the  business  in  Boston  was  John  B.  Humphrey, 
whose  factory  at  No.  383  Washington  Street  is  now  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  New  England.  Mr.  Humphrey  established  his  enterprise  in  1876, 
on  Bromfield  Street,  and  removed  to  his  present  quarters  five  years  ago.  He  is  a  thoroughly  experienced  diamond  cutter,  and  employs  a 
stafiE  of  ten  competent  assistants.  The  commodious  premises  occupied  are  equipped  with  the  finest  special  machinery,  operated  by  steam- 
power.  Mr.  Humphrey  carries  on  a  general  business  as  a  diamond  cutter,  giving  special  attention  to  recutting,  matching  and  repairing.  He 
is,  also,  a  direct  importer  of  and  dealer  in  fine  diamonds,  at  all  times  carrying  a  stock  of  the  choicest  stones.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends 
all  throughout  New  England  and  the  Western  States.    Mr.  Humphrey  is  a  native  of  Maine  and  for  twenty-five  years  a  resident  of  Boston. 


S.4.NF0RD  &  SONS,  of  New  York.  Carpets,  Harry  B.  Richmond,  Representative,  No.  533  Washington  Street.— Messrs.  S. 
Santord  &  Sons,  Carpet  Manufacturers,  of  Amsterdam,  New  York,  are  probably  the  second  largest  in  this  important 
industry  in  the  world,  and  their  goods,  now  well-known  in  both  hemispheres,  are  popularly  regarded  in  the  trade  as  of  the 
highest  standard  of  make  and  quahty .  This  eminent  undertaking  was  founded  in  1838,  and  its  annual  output  now  aggregates 
one  hundred  and  thirty-five  thousand  pieces  of  fifty  yards  each;  all  of  which  are  either  tapestry  or  fine  velvet-pile  carpet; 
although  Axminster  carpet  will  soon  be  turned  out;  the  firm's  manufactory — containing  three  hundred  and  twenty -five 
looms— now  being  enlarged  for  that  purpose.  Branch  offices  are  maintained  at  No.  869  Broadway,  New  York  City,  No.  188  Wabash 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111.,  and  in  this  city  at  No.  533  Washington  Street.  This  latter  was  inaugurated  two  and  a  halt  years  ago  by  the  present 
representative,  Mr.  Harry  B.  Richmond,  under  whose  very  able  and  skilful  direction  its  every  detail  is  conducted.  The  trade  from  this  city 
reaches  among  jobbers,  dealers  and  other  wholesale  consumers  throughout  the  New  England  States.  Mr.  Richmond  is  a  native  of  New  York, 
has  been  engaged  in  this  line  for  the  past  ten  years  and  was  formerly  engaged  with  Messrs.  Arnold,  Constable  &  Co.,  of  New  York. 


B.  HOSMER,  Commission  Merchant,  and  Dealer  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruit,  Basement,  No.  9  North  Market  Street.— No 
house  in  the  fruit  trade  on  North  Market  Street  is  better  known  or  maintains  a  higher  commercial  standing  than  that  of  G. 
B.  Hosmer.  It.  was  established  many  years  ago  by  F.  W.  Mitchell,  who  was  succeeded  by  Euslin  &  Trow,  who  were  in  turn 
succeeded  by  Littlefield  &  Euslin.  the  firm  name  later  becoming  Littlefield  &  Hosmer,  under  which  style  the  business  was 
'  conducted  up  to  1889,  when  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch  assumed  sole  control.  Mr.  Hosmer  is  a  commission 
merchant  and  wholesale  dealer,  handhng  all  kinds  of  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  bananas  and 
handles  oranges  and  lemons.  He  receives  from  various  points,  and  ships  throughout  Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts.  The 
quarters  occupied  are  commodious,  ample  and  well-appointed,  and  a  large  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  all  orders  receiving  immediate 
attention;  and  relations  once  formed  with  this  responsible  house  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connection.  Mr. 
Hosmer  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  been  in  this  city  some  twenty  years,  and  is  a  well-known  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce 
Exchange. 


ILLIAM  K.  CRAIG  &  CO.,  Machinists  and  Engineers,  No.  9  Quincy  Row.— Messrs.  William  K.  Craig  &  Co.,  machinists  and 
engineers,  are  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  boilers,  engines,  elevators,  shafting,  pulleys,  etc.,  and  give  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  inspection  of  elevators  and  the  repairing  of  machinery  in  general.  They  also  construct  coffee  roasting  machinery, 
with  all  the  necessary  connections.  Their  establishment  is  well-equipped,  and  they  have  in  their  employ  twelve  skilled  mechan- 
ics. The  firm  was  organized  and  commenced  business  at  the  present  locality  three  years  ago,  occupying  the  second  floor, 
30  X  50  feet  in  dimensions.  The  partners  are  William  K.  Craig  and  William  J.  Donovan,  natives  of  this  State;  the  former  of 
middle  age,  the  latter  a  young  man.  They  are  both  thoroughly  skilled  and  experienced  machinists  and  engineers,  Mr.  Craig  having  been 
foreman  for  George  T.  McLaughlin  for  ten  years,  while  Mr.  Donovan  worked  for  the  same  concern  eight  years.  Mr.  Craig  devotes  his 
attention  to  the  inside  work  of  the  establishment,  while  Mr.  Donovan  looks  after  outside  affairs  and  makes  personal  inspection  of  elevators. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  city  government  and  is  identified  as  an  active  member  of  the  American  Order  of  Foresters  and  other  societies. 


370  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

IDAMS  HOUSE,  George  O.  Hall,  Proprietor,  No.  553  Washington  Street.— The  Adams  House  is  one  of  the  representative  insti- 
tutions and  a  valued  feature  of  Boston,  combining  in  the  most  perfect  manner  every  comfort,  elegance  and  convenience  with 
the  refined  and  quiet  atmosphere  of  the  best  circles  of  home  life.  It  occupies  the  site  of  its  predecessor  of  half  a  century  ago 
and  was  opened  to  the  public  September  20,  1883,%y  Messrs.  Hall  &  Whipple,  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  George  G.  Hall,  suc- 
ceeding to  the  sole  control  in  1886.  It  has  ever  been  a  favorite  stopping-place  for  the  eminent  in  every  profession  and  those 
most  prominent  in  public  life.  Repeated  enlargements  of  this  magnificent  hotel  have  at  different  periods  been  necessitated 
to  meet  the  growing  demands  of  the  public  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  largest  on  the  continent.  With  its  superb  accommodations,  elegant 
appointments  and  expert  management,  the  Adams  House  is  known  at  home  and  abroad  as  one  of  the  best  kept^  most  luxurious  and  popular 
hotels  in  the  country.  It  is  a  noble  specimen  of  architectural  achievement,  its  solid  and  ornate  marble  front  being,  a  conspicuous  feature  in  a 
neighborhood  of  massive  and  imposing  business  structures.  The  main  building  is  erected  of  white  Vermont  marble,  six  stories  in  height, 
while  the  additions  made  in  1887  and  1891  are  of  stone  and  brick  and  five  stories  each.  The  accommodations  for  guests  embrace  fifty-five 
suites  of  parlor,  bedroom  and  bath,  and  405  single  rooms,  with  two  large  dining-rooms  on  the  first  floor,  seating  400  people,  all  conducted  on 
the  European  plan.  Every  modern  accessory  of  the  decorator,  cabinet-maker  and  upholsterer  have  been  utilized  and  the  entire  house  is  a 
beautiful  and  artistic  exhibit  of  the  most  advanced  achievement  in  the  above  lines.  Marble  wainscots  and  staircases,  mosaic-tiled  floors, 
frescoed  ceilings,  mahogany  finished  and  decorated  walls,  with  furniture  and  furnishings  in  keeping,  characterize  the  apartments  and  corri- 
dors of  this  palatial  hotel.  It  embraces  every  modern  improvement,  including  electric  lights,  two  passenger  elevators,  steam  heat,  electric 
bells,  a  spacious  billiard  hall,  a  well-managed  barber-shop  and  a  finely  stocked  bar,  while  there  are  two  pubhc  parlors  and  a  reception-room 
on  the  second  floor  and  a  ladies'  reception-room  on  the  office  floor.  The  cuisine  of  the  Adams  is  made  the  constant  study  of  the  most  expert 
caterers  and  an  experienced  staff  of  assistants  meet  the  demands  of  the  elaborate  bills  of  fare  for  which  this  house  is  so  widely  noted.  The 
most  celebrated  statesmen,  diplomats  and  railway  magnates  of  the  present  day  are  guests  of  the  Adams  when  in  Boston,  and  it  is  recognized 
as  the  beau  ideal  home  for  gentlemen,  while  its  praises  are  sung  by  both  sexes  all  over  the  world.  Mr.  Hall,  the  esteemed  proprietor,  was 
born  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  since  boyhood.  He  is  a  member  of  the  National  Hotel  Men's  Association  and  a  host  among  a 
thousand,  one  who  understands  how  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  most  critical  and  fastidious  of  guests;  and,  with  the  able  assistance  of  his 
brother,  Mr.  A.  D.  Hall,  as  assistant  manager,  Messrs.  Jno.  J.  Warden  and  Gaino  Sampson  as  room  clerks  and  Mr.  E.  D.  Plummer  as  cashier, 
has  made  the  Adams  House  the  "  Mecca  '"  for  all  who  appreciate  good  living. 

HUTUAL  RESERVE  FUND  LIFE  ASSOCIATION,  George  L.  Lewis,  RIanager,  New  England  Branch,  No.  120  Tremont  Street.— 
The  three  generations  of  the  mighty  American  pubhc  now  mingling  in  the  mortal  arena— the  young  man  just  across  the 
threshold  of  the  business  world,  the  man  in  his  prime  who  has  about  gauged  the  extent  of  his  capacities  and  the  elderly  man 
whose  increasing  years  and  lessening  strength  warn  him  that  life's  day  has  a  limit— all  are  equally  interested  in  the  mighty 
problems  involved  in  life  insurance.  This  age  finds  the  community  largely  one  of  thoughtful  and  intelligent  men,  who  have 
full  knowledge  of  the  value  and  benefits  of  life  insurance  and  are  educated  up  to  the  duties  inherent  upon  them  to  protect 
their  families,  but  who  are  apt  to  become  bewildered  as  to  which  is  the  company  and  scheme  best  adapted  to  meet  their  requirements.  Among 
the  companies  whose  methods  and  plans  have  been  examined,  the  Mutual  Reserve  Fund  .Life  Association,  of  New  York,  seems  to  offer 
most  substantial  inducements.  This  association  is  represented  in  Boston  by  Mr.  George  L.  Lewis,  as  manager  for  New  England,  with  head- 
quarters at  No.  120  Tremont  Street.  It  is  the  largest  purely  mutual  life  association  in  the  world  and  provides  perfect  insurance  at  the  lowest 
cost  consistent  with  the  greatest  security,  or  at  about  one-half  the  usual  rates  charged  by  the  old-system  companies.  Its  reserve  fund  now 
amounts  to  $3,179,720.64,  while  its  total  death  claims,  paid  to  the  widows  and  orphans  and  beneficiaries  of  deceased  members  are  $12,030,141.- 
59.  The  admission  fee,  payable  once  only  and  the  annual  dues  for  expenses  of  management,  are  limited  to  a  fixed  charge  per  $1,000  of  insur- 
ance, payable  in  advance  and  is  uniform  for  all  ages.  The  Mortuary  Fund  to  pay  death  claims  is  collected  separately  and  kept  distinct. 
Applicants  for  $20,000  or  more  must  not  be  over  fifty-five  years  of  age  and  be  recommended  by  two  physicians  on  separate  examinations.  On 
the  first  week  day  of  the  months,  of  February,  April,  June,  August,  October  and  December,  mortuary  calls  are  made  upon  the  living  members 
for  the  sum  required  to  meet  the  approved  death  claims,  including  the  Reserve  Fund.  The  sum  required  from  each  member  is  according  to 
age  and  amount  of  insurance  held.  Members  desiring  to  pay,  annually  or  otherwise,  in  advance,  may  do  so  at  the  maximum  rate,  and  the 
amount  not  required  during  the  year  will  be  applied  to  reduce  the  next  payment.  The  pillars  of  strength  of  this  association  are  a  reserve 
fund,  graded  rates,  selected  risks,  the  tontine  system,  an  open  ledger  and  a  Trust  Company  to  protect  the  reserve  fund.  It  has  a  million 
dollars  of  insurance  in  force  in  Boston,  on  1,500  members,  while  its  annual  business  averages  $50,000,000.  Its  total  policies  in  force  now 
aggregate  $215,207,910.  Its  executive  officers  are  Edward  B.  Harper,  president;  John  W.  Vrooman.  treasurer;  F.  T.  Braman,  secretaiy; 
Louis  Y.  Manning,  assistant  secretary;  all  of  whom  are  expert  authorities  in  life  insurance  matters  and  stand  high  in  the  financial  world. 
Mr.  Lewis,  the  manager  for  New  England,  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  in  the  prime  of  life,  an  experienced  and  successful  life  underwTiter  and 
a  reliable,  responsible  business  man. 

j  OONSOCKET  RUBBER  COMPANY,  Lincoln  and  Essex  Streets.— As  a  source  of  supplies  for  every  kind  of  manufactured  goods 
the  city  of  Boston  possesses  advantages  and  facilities  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  country  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  any  other  city 
in  the  Union.  Numerous  and  varied  as  are  the  industries  here  represented,  they  are  ever  multiplying,  happily  as  the  city 
expands  itself  and  the  population  increases.  One  of  the  enterprises  which  have  gained  a  permanent  establishment  in  our 
midst  and  assumed  the  leading  position  in  its  line  is  the  agency  of  the  Woonsocket  Rubber  Company,  located  at  Lincoln  and 
Essex  Streets,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  E.  H.  Cutler,  as  selling  agent.  This  company  has  a  reputation  and  a  trade 
practically  world-wide,  as  manufacturers  of  rubber  boots  and  shoes,  with  factories  at  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  and  Millville,  Mass.  where  they 
give  employment  to  a  thousand  hands,  and  conduct  one  of  the  leading  industries  of  New  England.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1867, 
and  is  officered  as  follows;  Joseph  Eanigan,  president;  Frederick  Cook,  treasurer;  and  W.  S.  Ballou,  general  manager;  all  of  whom  reside 
in  Providence,  R.  I.,  while  the  main  offices  of  the  company  are  at  Providence,  Boston  and  New  York.  The  Boston  office  was  opened  about 
1870,  on  Pearl  Street,  and  in  1875  Mr.  Cutler  took  the  management.  In  1889  the  present  oremises  were  occupied,  consisting  of  a  wareroom, 
50  X  150  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  basement  of  the  same  size,  lor  storage,  and  every  facility  is  at  hand  for  promptly  supplying  the  most 
extensive  demand.  The  house  has  pursued  a  thoroughly  successful  career,  and  vigilance,  push  and  the  highest  commercial  integrity  have 
been  its  characteristics  from  the  outset.  The  stock  carried  is  immense  and  comprehensive,  embracing,  as  it  does,  every  grade,  style  and 
size  of  rubber  boots  and  shoes,  and  which  are  recognized  wherever  introduced  as  the  highest  type  of  perfection  as  regards  both  quahty  of 
material,  reliability  of  workmanship  and  uniform  excellence.  Receiving  his  supplies  direct  from  the  manufacturers  and  in  immense  quanti- 
ties, Mr.  Cutler  cannot  be  undersold  in  the  market,  while  he  is  able  to  offer  terms  with  which  no  other  house  in  the  trade  can  possibly  com- 
pete. The  goods  of  this  company  ai-e  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  the  British  Provinces.  England,  France  and  Germany, 
Mexico  and  Switzerland,  and  are  the  standard  the  world  over.  Mr.  Cutler,  the  seUing  agent,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  who  has  always  followed 
this  line  of  trade,  and  is  a  young  man  of  large  business  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  personal  worth. 


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ILLIAM  J.  DINSMORE,  Manufacturer  of  Regalia  and  Supplies,  No.  531  Washington  Street.— The  manufacture  of  sociely 
regalia,  badges  and  jewels  is  an  important  industry,  owing  to  the  great  number  of  fraternal  orders  that  exist,  and  a  leading 
representative  of  the  industry  in  this  city  is  -Mr.  William  J.  Dinsmore,  whose  place  of  business  is  at  No.  531  Washington 
Street.  Mr.  Dinsmore  has  long  been  favorably  known  in  business  and  social  circles.  Having  had  thorough  experience  he, 
in  June,  1887,  estabhshed  business  at  No.  15  Harrison  Avenue  Ebctension,  removing  to  his  present  address  in  1888,  and  he  has 
always  met  with  the  most  substantial  success  in  his  enterprise.  The  quarters  occupied  for  the  business'are  equipped  with  all 
requisite  facilities,  and  employment  is  found  for  from  ten  to  eighteen  skilled  hands.  Mr.  Dinsmore  manufactures  and  deals  at  wholesale  and 
retail  in  every  description  of  society  regalia,  badges,  jewels,  regalia  and  supplies  for  the  orders  of  Masonry,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Red  Men,  K.  of  H., 
U.  O.  G.  C,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  etc.,  and  designs  and  manufactures  goods  in  this  line  for  new  societies.  Estimates  are  furnished  at  shortest 
notice,  and  satisfaction  is  guaranteed  in  everything  ordered  from  this  establishment,  while  the  prices  are  of  the  most  reasonable  character. 
Mr.  Dinsmore  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  also  of  the  Red  Men  and  other  fraternities,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  him. 
-He  has  recently  enlarged  his  shops  and  facilities  for  handling  his  growing  business  and  published  the  most  elaborate  and  compre- 
hensive catalogue  of  badges,  banners,  trimmings  and  general  society  supplies  that  has  ever  been  issued.  It  contains  over  eleven  hundred 
illustrations,  showing  some  of  the  latest  novelties  as  well  as  the  older  and  standard  patterns  of  the  various  lines  of  goods  listed.  Mr.  Dins- 
more attributes  his  success  to  giving  personal  attention  to  business,  making  reliable  goods  at  correct  prices  and  serving  his  customers 
promptly. 


REYNOLDS  &  HALEY,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Sausages,  Tripe,  Pigs'  Feet, 
Bologna  Sausages,  Etc..  Nos.  78  and  80  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— The  prosperous  business  owned  and  controlled  by  Messrs. 
Reynolds  &  Haley,  of  Nos.  78  and  80  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Boston,  is  an  evolution  of  a  concern  founded  in  the  year  1851,  by 
one  J.  B.  Severens.  That  gentleman  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of  Severens  &  Haley,  which  name  in  turn,  gave  place  to 
that  of  A.  S.  Haley,  the  predecessor  of  the  existing  firm,  Mr.  J.  D.  Haley  of  the  present  firm  being  his  brother.  Messrs.  Rey 
nolds  &  Haley  are  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  beef,  pork,  lard,  hams,  sausages,  tripe,  pigs'  feet,  bologna  sausage,  etc., 
the  house  handUng  largely  Western  goods,  the  connection  of  the  concern  being  located  in  Boston  and  vicinity.  The  premises  occupied 
by  the  house  comprise  two  cellars  and  two  stalls.  These  are  models  of  completeness  and  able  management,  and  form  one  of  the  attrac- 
tions of  the  historic  and  flourishing  Faneuil  Hall  Market.  The  partners  are  Mr.  W.  P.  Reynolds  and  Mr.  J.  D.  Haley,  respectively,  sound, 
able,  courteous  and  conscientious  men  of  business,  meriting  the  respect  of  all.  Mr.  Reynolds  has  been  at  this  stall  for  the  past  fifteen  years, 
was  allied  with  Mr.  A.  S.  Haley  during  a  period  of  twelve  years,  his  sojourn  in  the  market  having  commenced  during  the  year  1877.  He  is 
a  native  of  New  Market,  N.  H.,  while  Mr.  Haley  comes  from  Wolfborough,  in  the  same  State.  His  residence  in  Boston  covers  a  period  of 
ten  years,  five  of  which  have  been  spent  as  an  occupant  of  the  market. 


A.  TWOMBLY,  Florist,  No.  161  Tremont  Street.— One  of  Boston's  best  known  and  most  popular  florists  is  W.  A.  Twom- 
bly.  He  was  formerly  the  junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  S.  W.  Twombly  &  Sons,  established  in  1874,  and  upon  the  retirement 
of  his  father  and  brother,  in  1889,  assumed  sole  control  of  the  business.  Mr.  Twombly  was  born  in  this  city,  and  is  a  practi- 
cal and  experienced  florist,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  every  feature  and  detail  of  the  business.  He  occupies  a 
commodious  and  neatly  appointed  store  and  basement,  and  his  place  is  fitted  up  with  patent  cash  railway  service,  electric 
light  and  all  conveniences,  while  an  efficient  staff  of  assistants  is  employed.  A  large  and  inviting  stock  is  always  kept  on 
hand  here,  and  includes  choice  cut  flowers,  fresh  and  fragrant  roses,  beautiful  floral  designs,  elegant  boutonnieres  and  bouquets,  wreaths, 
baskets,  rustic  work,  mosses,  grasses,  plants  in  great  variety,  and  everything  in  this  line.  Appropriate  emblematic  designs  are  made  for  all 
occasions  at  short  notice,  special  attention  being  given  to  weddings  and  funerals,  and  all  orders  by  telephone  (215)  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion.   Cut  flowers  are  a  specialty,  and  floral  decorations  of  every  description  are  attended  to  in  the  most  superior  manner. 


GROSS  &  CO.,  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Etc.,  Cellar  No.  10  North  Side,  Nos.  62 and  64  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— This  prominent 
house  was  founded  by  Messrs.  Cook  &  Conant  as  far  back  as  1836.  Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Cook,  during  the  course  of 
the  year  1846,  the  firm  name  became  Conant  &  Gross,  and,  in  1851,  during  which  year  Mr.  Conant  withdrew  from  the  firm, 
the  house  was  under  the  sole  control  of  Mr.  Isaac  S.  Gross.  That  gentleman  died,  deeply  lamented,  in  1873,  and  the  business 
then  came  into  the  control  of  Mr.  J.  Gross,  the  present  partnership  of  J.  Gross  &  Co.  being  formed  in  1885.  The  firm 
are  dealers  in  beef,  pork,  lard,  hams,  etc.,  handling  a  full  line  of  these  goods,  its  transactions  being  with  steamers,  vessels, 
retailers  and  jobbers;  the  house,  moreover,  supplying  families,  hotels  and  restaurants,  the  operations  of  the  firm  being  in  native  and  Western 
goods.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  house  are  excellently  located.  Cellar  No.  10,  on  the  North  Side,  is  used  for  storage  and  the  house  also 
owns  a  storage  at  No.  17  Fulton  Street.  The  partners  are  Mr.  J.  Gross  and  Mr.  C.  M.  Ryder,  both  of  whom  are  members  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Mr.  Gross  being  a  native  of  Cape  Cod,  now  residing  in  Somerville,  and  Mr.  Ryder  is  a  native  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  but  has 
lived  in  Boston  for  the  past  twenty  years. 


fl  ING  &  GODDARD,  Pipe,  Fittings,  Plumbers'  Supplies,  Pumps,  Hose,  Etc.,  Nos.  11  and  13  Wendell  Street.— Though 
only  a  few  years  established,  King  &  Goddard,  wholesale  dealers  in  pipe,  fittings,  pumps,  hose,  cotton  and  rubber  belting, 
hydrants,  plumbers'  materials,  etc.,  have  already  reached  the  fore-front  rank  in  their  line,  and  have  an  extensive  and  flourish- 
ing trade  throughout  the  United  States.  The  quarters  occupied  as  office,  salesroom,  etc.,  are  spacious,  commodious,  and 
well-equipped,  and  a  staff  of  eight  or  more  is  employed  in  the  concern.  An  exceedingly  large  and  varied  stock  is  constantly 
kept  on  hand  here,  and  includes  automatic  fire  extinguishers,  bath  tubs,  brass  pipe  and  fittings,  belting,  bibbs,  cement-lined 
pipe,  chain  pumps,  cistern  pumps,  copper  pumps,  corporation  cocks,  corrugated  pipe,  cotton  belting,  cotton  hose,  (Eureka)  cucumber  pumps, 
Douglas  pumps,  drive  points,  enameled  pipe  and  fittings,  filters,  fire  hose,  fire  pumps,  fittings,  force  pumps,  galvanized  pipe  and  fittings,  gar- 
den hose,  gas  pipe  and  fittings,  grates,  gauges,  hair  felting,  hose,  hose  pipes,  hydrants,  iron  pipe,  iron  pumps,  Johnson  pumps,  lace  leather, 
lawn  sprinklers,  linen  hose,  Lowell  spray  nozzles,  mill  hose,  (Eureka)  nozzles,  all  kinds  of  oil  cups,  packing,  plumbers'  materials,  pipe  and  fit- 
tings, pipe  hooks,  (Eclipse)  pumps,  pump  leather,  rubber  bucket  pumps,  rubber  belting,  hose  packing,  (Hamilton)  service  boxes,  soil  pipe 
and  fittings,  spiral  pipe,  steam  pipe  and  fittings,  hose  pumps,  tan  liquor  pipe,  union  pumps,  valves,  water  pipe  and  fittings,  wood  pipe,  wood 
pumps,  woven  hose,  etc.  etc.,  the  following  being  leading  specialties,  "  Perfection  "  lawn  sprinklers,  "  Clean  Sweep  "  sewer  and  gas  traps,  the 
*'  Lowell "  and  "  Gem  "  hose  nozzles,  Thurston's  automatic  hose  reel,  and  Hall's  hose  mender.  Every  article  sold  is  fully  warranted,  and 
the  prices  quoted  are  maintained  at  the  lowest  consistent  figures,  liberal  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade,  while  all  orders  are 
promptly  and  reliably  attended  to.  Mr.  C.  W.  King,  who  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth,  was  formerly  with  Fuller,  Dana  &  Fitz,  this  city,  for 
quite  a  time.  Mr.  W.  M.  Goddard  was  born  in  this  State,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  with  Geo.  Draper  &  Son,  manufacturer  of  special- 
ties, Hopedale,  Mass. 


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COLONIAL  HOUSE    J    F    &C    H    SMITH    -^RlHIIECTS 


F.  8k  G.  H.  smith.  Architects,  No.  23  School  Street.— Few,  if  any,  among  Boston's  leading  architects  enjoy  a  better  reputa- 
tion for  skill  and  reliability  than  J.  F.  &  G.  H.  Smith,  whose  office  is  at  No.  22  School  Street,  Room  10.  The  firm  is 
certainly  a  thoroughly  responsible  -one,  and  receives  a  highly  flattering  measure  of  recognition,  its  patronage  extending 
throughout  the  State.  The  Messrs.  Smith  occupy  well-equipped  quarters  at  the  address  above  noted,  and  employ  several 
competent  assistants.  They  are  prepared  to  make  plans  for  buildings  of  every  description,  giving  special  attention  to 
residences,  business  blocks,  church  edifices  and  high-class  structures,  and  guarantee  the  utmost  satisfaction.  Designs, 
,  etc.  are  furnished  at  short  notice,  while  construction  is  personally  supervised,  and  all  work  undertaken  by  these  gentlemen  is 
certain  to  be  performed  in  the  most  expeditious,  careful  and  superior  manner.  Mr.  J.  F.  Smith,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle-age,  bom  in 
Maine,  has  long  been  a  prominent  builder  and  contractor  in  this  city,  and  Mr.  G.  H.  Smith,  his  son  and  partner,  is  a  comparatively  young 
man  and  a  Bostonian  by  birth.  He  is  a  thoroughly  expert  draughtsman  and  a  skilful  all-round  architect,  of  ample  experience  in  his  pro- 
fession, master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches.  Mr.  Smith  the  younger  is  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  School  of  Technology,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Architectural  Club.  He  was  formerly  draughtsman  for  F.  L.  Smith,  and  prior  to  the  inception  of  the  present  copart- 
nership in  June,  1891,  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hill  &  Smith  for  several  years. 


specificati 


URPHY  &  McCarthy,  publishers  and  Manufacturers,  No.  75  Essex  Street.— The  date  of  the  foundation  of  this  house, 
occurred  in  1873,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  the  Boston  office  having  been  established  in  1875  and  the  New  York  office  in  1885. 
Messrs.  Murphy  and  McCarthy  are  pubhshers  and  manufacturers;  the  specialty  being  Catholic  and  historical  works;  the 
leading  book  now  published  by  the  house  being  "  Discourses  from  the  Pulpit."  A  conception  of  the  character  and  excel- 
lence of  that  work  may  be  gathered  from  a  perusal  of  a  review  of  the  same  appearing  in  "  The  Pilot"  for  July  25, 1891. 
The  following  is  an  extract  from  such  review:  "In  'Discourses  from  the  Pulpit'  a  remarkable  volume  is  offered  to  the 
Catholic  laity.  Here  are  grouped  sermons  by  Cardinal  Wiseman,  Cardinal  Manning,  Cardinal  Newman,  and  Cardinal  Gibbons;  Arch- 
bishop Ryan,  Bishop  Conroy  and  Father  Ryan,  Father  Mernck,  Father  Buckley,  Father  CKeefe,  Father  Farrell,  Father  Maguire,  Father- 
Lambing  and  Father  Brann  *  *  *  The  varied  nature  of  the  discourses,  which  range  from  the  purely  devotional,  adapted  to  special  sea- 
sons, to  the  controversial,  especially  adapts  the  volume  to  family  use  as  it  contains  something  to  suit  all  tastes."  The  Boston  office  is.^ 
the  center  for  the  New  England  trade;  the  house  employing  canvassers  constantly  traversing  the  region;  the  principle  upon  which/ 
Messrs.  Murpl  y  and  McCarthy  dispose  of  their  works  in  Boston  being  the  installment  plan,  the  New  York  house  being  engaged  at 
wholesale  as  well  as  installments.  The  control  of  the  Boston  office  is  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  A.  A.  Moynahan,  who  has  been  in  charge  of 
the  establishment  since  1885,  when  be  also  opened  the  New  York  office.  He  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  his  residence  in  America  dating  from, 
his  boyhood. 


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jl  MERICAN  CO-OPERATIVE  ASSOCIATION,  Manufacturers  of  Exclusively  Hand-Made  Fine  Havana  and  Domestic  Cigars, 
No.  150  State  Street.— Though  only  a  year  or  so  established,  this  house  has  already  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  business. 
The  secret  of  its  prosperity  is  not  far  to  seek,  however.  Turning  out  a  distinctly  superior  article,  prompt  and  reliable  in  fill- 
ing orders  and  withal,  exceptionally  low  in  their  prices,  quality  of  goods  considered,  they  have  been  enabled  to  achieve  the 
success  that  has  attended  their  well-directed  efforts.  Messrs.  Edward  J.  Tomlin,  H.  Finkler  andM.  Harris,  the  proprietors, 
are  all  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and  natives  of  Boston.  They  are  all  men  of  practical  skill  and  thorough  experience,  as 
well  as  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  are  active  members  of  Cigarmakers'  Union,  No.  97,  of  this  city.  They  occupy  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses, the  whole  of  a  25  s  125  foot  floor,  with  ample  and  complete  facilities  and  employ  a  dozen  or  more  expert  hands.  Their  special  brands, 
"  A.  C.  A.,"  ten  cent  cigar  and  "  150,"  five  cent  cigar,  are  made  from  carefully  selected,  thoroughly  prepared  and  best  available  Havana  and 
domestic  leaf  by  first-class  workmen,  by  hand  entirely,  and  are  noted  for  choice  flavor,  purity,  finish  and  all  other  features  of  merit,  being 
maintained  at  a  uniformly  high  standard.  A  large  and  very  fine  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  all  orders  for  the  trade  receiving  prompt 
attention,  while  the  most  liberal  inducements  are  offered  to  dealers,  and  relations  once  formed  with  the  American  Co-op&rative  Association, 
are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connection. 

M.  McPHAIL  PIANO  CO.,  No.  167  Tremont  Street.— Of  the  many  characteristic  and  noteworthy  piano  manufacturing  con- 
cerns in  Boston  not  one  has  been  more  surely  and  deservedly  successful  than  has  the  A.  M.  McPhail  Piano  Company,  whose 
wareroom?  are  located  at  No.  167  Tremont  Street,  with  factory  at  No.  520  Harrison  Avenue.  This  well-known  house  was 
established  nearly  fifty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Andrew  M.  McPhail;  and  under  his  thorough,  conservative  and  well-directed 
efforts  the  business  has  always  rested  on  a  firm  basis,  and  there  never  has  been  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  concern  when 
the  instruments  have  not  borne  an  unimpeachable  reputation  for  superior  musical  excellence  and  thoroughly  honest  con- 
struction. In  the  spring  of  1891  the  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  Massachusetts  State  laws,  with  a  cash  capital  of  $40,000,, 
and  with  Mr.  A.  M.  McPhail,  president;  Mr.  William  Barry  Owen,  treasurer;  Mr.  John  C.  Warren,  secretary  and  general  manager.  Only  the 
very  highest  grade  of  goods  is  manufactured  by  this  company,  it  being  the  intention  and  business  principle  of  the  concern  to  constantly 
maintain  the  first-class  reputation  acquired  for  these  instruments  under  Mr.  McPhail's  careful  management.  Although  Mr.  McPhail  still 
retains  his  connection  with  the  company  as  its  president,  yet  from  his  advancing  years  it  is,  necessarily,  not  possible  for  him  to  keep  up  his 
active  work  in  the  business,  and  the  responsibility  of  the  development  of  the  enterprise  therefore  devolves  upon  the  remaining  officers,  who- 
are,  through  many  years  of  experience,  thoroughly  competent  to  conduct  it  to  a  successful  issue.  The  results  of  last  year's  work  have 
surpassed  all  expectations  and  have  been  exceedingly  gratifying,  as  showing  that  a  g<Jod  piano  can  always  be  sold  if  it  is  properly  presented- 
to  the  pubhc  and  pushed.  With  new  factory  facilities,  which  have  already  been  acquired,  being  necessitated  by  the  growth  of  the  business- 
during  the  last  year,  ample  opportunity  will  be  given  for  future  development  of  the  manufacture;  and  it  is  the  intention  to  place  these 
instruments  at  the  head  of  the  list  where  they  belong.  Unless  all  signs  are  at  fault,  the  prosperity  of  this  company  is  bound  to  be  main- 
tained and  increased.  The  secret  of  its  success  is  not  far  to  seek,  however.  Turning  out  a  class  of  instruments  of  unequivocal  excellence, 
paying  special  attention  to  the  character  of  each  individual  piano,  rather  than  by  promiscuous  advertising  and  cheap  devices  to  simply 
increase  the  amount  of  sales  without  special  reference  to  the  quality  of  the  work  turned  out,  and  with  a  very  fair  and  reasonable  grade  of 
prices,  it  is  in  the  nature  of  things  that  the  company  should  maintain  the  substantial  and  influential  patronage  it  now  so  deservedly  enjoys. 
The  instruments  are  receiving  unstinted  praise  and  very  flattering  recognition  from  the  best  judges  and  critics,  who  all  unite  in  testifying  to- 
their  superior  merits  as  to  tone,  action,  style  of  case,  etc.  In  truth,  these  instruments  are  thoroughly  superior  in  every  respect,  being  hand- 
some in  design,  very  honestly  perfect  in  construction,  with  very  elastic  touch,  fine  singing  quahty,  purity  and  brilliancy  of  tone,  with  ample 
power  and  resonance.  There  is  certainly  no  better  piano  in  the  market  to-day.  Their  capacity  for  standing  in  tune  is  very  remarkable,  the 
cases  being  thoroughly  braced  by  steel  compensating  rods  which  counteract  the  strain  of  the  strings  on  the  plate  and  case.  All  those  who 
have  tested  the  McPHAIL  Pianos  readily  admit  the  merits  noted.  They  have  been  repeatedly  awarded  the  highest  premiums  by  the  Massa- 
chusetts Charitable  Mechanics'  Association,  and  other  organizations,  and  speak  most  eloquently  for  themselves  wherever  exhibited.  Mr. 
McPhail,  the  honored  founder  of  the  enterprise,  is  a  Massachusetts  man,  and  has  always  been  recognized  as  a  leading  American  pianos 
maker,  whose  aim  has  ever  been  to  produce  an  honest,  reliable  and  superior  instrument.  His  coadjutors  in  the  management  are  experi- 
enced officers  who  exercise  immediate  personal  supervision  over  every  detail  of  the  work,  and  by  their  energy  and  industry  are  bound  tO' 
assure  the  future  success  and  permanent  prosperity  of  this  enterprising  corporation. 

B.  BAILEY  &  CO.,  Perfumers,  Etc..  Nos.  130  and  132  Lincoln  Street.— The  pronounced  success  which  attended  the  en- 
terprise of  Messrs.  T.  B.  Bailey  &  Co.,  as  manufacturers  of  perfumes  and  flavoring  extracts,  at  Milford,  Massachusetts,, 
between  the  year  of  its  inception  in  1873,  and  the  year  1884,  was  such  as  to  render  a  wider  scope  and  a  more  important  center 
,  of  operations  imperative,  and  at  the  latter  date  the  firm  made  Boston  its  headquarters  for  a  wholesale  trade,  which  embraces 
the  whole  of  the  Union  within  the  territory  it  covers,  and  in  all  the  busy  centers  of  which  it  has  patrons.  The  premises  occu- 
pied consist  of  a  second  floor  at  Nos,  130  and  132  Lincoln  Street,  where  every  appurtenance  which  can  be  used  to  advantage 
in  the  production  of  choice  perfumes  of  deUcious  bouquet  at  popular  prices,  and  of  the  very  numerous  kinds  of  flavoring  extracts,  whole- 
some and  appetizing  in  their  character,  is  provided,  tlmty  expert  and  qualified  employees  being  regularly  engaged  under  the  personal 
direction  of  Mr.  Bailey,  the  conscientious  principal,  who  is  zealous  for  the  prestige  of  his  house,  and  sedulous  in  his  careful  scrutinizing  of 
every  phase  in  the  process  of  manufacture,  lest  any  article  should  be  permitted  to  leave  the  establishment  which  could  tarnish  its  fame.. 
The  patrons  of  the  house  represent  the  most  responsible  drugstores  and  other  dealers,  from  one  end  of  the  country  to  the  other.  While 
this  general  supervision  of  affairs  is  undertaken  by  the  principal,  his  son,  who  has  a  thorough  training  in  the  business,  directs  the  detailed- 
work  of  the  Shops.    Mr.  T.  B.  Bailey  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  lives  in  Boston,  where  he  is  honored  as  a  skilled  and  practical  chemist. 

I  YMAN  B.  BROOKS,  Designer,  Engraver,  and  Lithographer,  No.  103  Milk  Street.— This  house  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  bank 
checks,  bonds  and  certificates  of  stock,  and  turns  out  a  distinctly  superior  class  of  designs  for  commercial  headings,  labels, 
etc.  Mr.  Brooks  is  also  manufacturer  of  Brooks'  Pocket  Safety  Check-Book,  an  article  of  exceptional  merit,  and  which  has 
secured  unequivocal-recognition  from  bankers  and  business  men  everywhere  throughout  the  United  States.  Mr.  Brooks, 
who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  learned  his  art  with  Jno.  R.  Jewett,  in  that  city.  He  is  a 
man  of  long  and  varied  experience,  as  well  as  practical  skill,  and  was  formerly  engaged  in  the  wholesale  stationery  business 
for  a  number  of  years,  embarking  in  this  present  line  in  1875.  He  occupies  commodious  and  well-equipped  quarters,  employing  half  a  dozen 
expert  assistants,  and  gives  close  attention  himself,  to  every  detail  of  the  business.  All  kinds  of  copper,  steel  and  wood-engraving  and  litho- 
grapliing  are  executed  though  the  printing  is  done  by  contract;  original  designs,  check-books,  certificates,  bonds,  etc.,  are  made  to  order,  at 
short  notice,  and  a  large  stock  of  vignettes,  safety  checks,  designs,  bank  titles,  etc.,  is  constantly  kept  on  hand.  In  short,  all  classes  of  work 
in  the  lines  above  indicated,  are  executed  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  at  reasonable  rates,  and  all  orders  receive  prompt 
and  personal  attention. 


■274  BOSTON;  ITS  FINANCE,  COMMERCE  AND  LITERATURE. 

I  HIDSEY  &  PARTRIDGE,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Surgical  and  Electrical  Instruments,  No.  169  Tremont  Street.— This  repre- 
sentativo  noose  was  founded  in  1887  b.y  Messrs.  Chidsey  &  Partridge  and  in  May,  1890,  Mr.  Partridge  retired,  sinoeiwhich  date 
Mr.  R.  G-.  Chidsey  has  continued  the  business  as  sole  proprietor,  without  change  in  the  firm  name,  bringing  to  bear  ripe 
experience,  marked  ability  and  thorough  technical  knowledge.  He  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  an  authority  in  every 
branch  of  his  business.  All  the  various  specialties  handled  by  him  are  of  superior  accuracy  and  are  standard  the  world 
over.  Nowhere  can  surgeons  and  physicians,  electricians,  dealers  or  consumers  secure  such  reliable  equipments  at  such 
moderate  rates.  A  full  and  complete  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  and  the  trade  is  large  and  influential,  at  both  wholesale  and  retail, 
extending  to  all  parts  of  New  England  and  other  portions  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Mr.  Chidsey  is  a  native  ot  Connecticut,  with  an 
experience  of  fifteen  years  in  this  line  of  trade  and  is  universally  respected. 

I  ONANT  &  BEAN,  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Fruits  and  Produce,  No.  15  North  Side,  Paneuil  Hall  Market,— The 
miscellany  of  Boston's  more  prosperous  commercial  houses  does  not  include  the  name  of  one  more  justly  entitled  to  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  upon  the  pages  of  this  treatise  than  that  ot  Messrs.  Conant  &  Bean,  ot  No.  16  North  Side,  Faneuil  Hall 
Market.  Messrs.  Conant  &  Bean  are  commission  merchants  and  dealers  in  fruits  and  produce.  The  foundation  of  their  busi- 
ness was  laid  thirty-five  years  ago,  by  Messrs  Furber,  Conant  &  Co.  The  house  receives  consignments  ot  produce  from  all 
over  New  England,  New  York  State  and  the  South,  and  the  connection  is  located  in  the  States  ot  Massachusetts,  Maine,  Ver- 
mont, Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut,  extending  also  throughout  the  South  and  West.  The  specialty  ot  the  house  is  the  trade  in  oranges  and 
lemons  and  the  firm  prides  itself  upon  the  promptitude  with  which  it  disposes  and  makes  returns  ot  consignments.  The  directorate  of 
the  house  comprises  the  names  ot  Mr.  H.  S.  Beao  and  Mr.  H.  H.  Kendal,  which  gentlemen  justly  rank  eminently  among  Boston's  representa- 
tive merchants.  Mr.  Bean  is  a  native  ot  Deerfleld,  N.  H.,  and  his  identification  with  Boston's  prosperity  commenced  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago.  His  esteemed  partner  has  been  a  member  of  the  Arm  for  fifteen  years,  his  alUance  with  the  house  commencing  twenty  years  ago,  and 
he  has  lived  in  Boston  thirty-six  years. 

j  E0R6E  T.  McLAUTHLIN  &  CO.,  Machineiy,  No.  120  Fulton  Street.- Results  of  Machinery.— Machinery  may  truly  be  said  to 
underlie  the  great  growth  and  general  prosperity  of  not  only  the  city  and  suburbs  of  Boston,  but  of  the  whole  country. 
Almost  everything  that  pertains  to  the  development,  the  progress,  the  ordinary  comforts  and  the  luxuries  of  American  lite, 
has  been  fostered  and  made  generally  available  through  the  aid  of  machinery.  It  is  through  our  lead  in  mechanical  inven- 
tion, and  t^  perfecting  ot  machinei'y  and  adapting  it  to  the  needs  ot  every  industry  that  our  country  has  made  its 
unequaled  progress  and  been  able,  almost  in  its  infancy,  to  take  its  position  as  one  of  the  foremost  nations  ot  the  earth.  The 
older  nations  have  learned  somewhat  from  us  in  the  invention  and  applications  of  machinery,  but  have  not  been  able  to  keep  pace  with  our 
more  ambitious  mechanical  geniuses.  Imagine  the  condition  we  should  be  in,  it  one  can  approach  a  comprehension  of  it,  had  we  made  no 
greater  progress  in  mechanical  invention  during  the  last  one  hundred  years  than  the  most  progressive  of  European  countries.  Especially 
attempt  to  discern  our  condition  and  the  world's  condition,  had  the  last  century  shown  no  advance  in  machinery,  and  compare  with  the 
progress  that  'las  been  made.  The  mind  cailnot  conceive  the  vast  difference.  Wc  can  only  say  that  the  history  of  material  progress  could 
have  been  written  on  one  small  page  in  one  case,  while  in  the  other  it  would  require  many  volumes.  Boston  has  been  a  foster-mother  in  the 
advancement  of  the  mechanical  arts  and  the  invention  and  manufacture  of  machinery  and  mechanical  appliances.  Her  lead  in  these  mat- 
ters has  been  largely  due  to  the  ingenuity,  energy  and  persevei-ance  of  her  progressive  mechanics.  Among  them  is  the  subject  of  this 
notice,  George  T.  MoLauthlin  ot  No.  120  Fulton  Street.  He  is  of  Plymouth  County  stock,  and  of  ancestry  of  noted  mechanical  genius. 
He  was  born  in  Duxbury  in  1826,  within  six  miles  of  old  Plymouth  Rock.  He  was  early  and  ever  fond  ot  study  and  the  acquisition  of  knowl- 
edge pertaining  to  mechanics.  The  district  school  was  his  early  educator,  but  desiring  an  academic  education,  he  began  the  making  of 
shoes  at  the  age  of  sixteen  by  which  he  acquired  means  for  that  purpose.  From  seventeen  years  of  age  he  employed  help  in  his  shoemak- 
ing  business,  which  he  carried  on  during  vacations.  When  at  school  away  from  home  he  worked  mornings  and  evenings  to  help  pay 
expenses.  At  eighteen,  he  commenced  teaching  school,  which  he  followed  tour  winters  with  marked  success,  introducing  many  novel  feat- 
ures. He  especially  taught  his  scholars  how  to  learn,  how  to  make  study  a  pleasure,  and  how  to  govern  the  school  themselves.  In  his 
shoeshop  he  developed  the  "  gang  "  system,  each  man  taking  a  special  part.  Great  efficiency  was  soon  acquired  by  each  member  in  his 
special  work,  resulting  in  largely  increased  product.  A  few  years  later  the  "  gang  "  system  was  rapidly  coming  into  general  use.  In  1886 
—forty  years  after  the  gang  commenced  work— all  the  members  still  living,  a  reunion  was  held  at  Mr.  McLauthlin's  house  which  led  to  a  spon- 
taneous recognition  by  the  press  of  this  initiatory  progressive  step  in  that  branch  of  industry.  Mi\  McLauthlin's  ingenuity  and  mechani- 
cal taste,  while  it  had  served  him  in  his  work  and  in  his  teaching  to  great  purpose,  was  not  satisfied,  and  his  longing  for  a  business  of  wider 
scope  and  one  in  which  his  natural  talent  could  reach  a  higher  development,  led  him  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  into  the  machinery  business, 
which  he  commenced  at  Marshfield,  Mass.,  in  the  manufacture  of  such  shoe  machinery  as  was  then  known.  This,  now  large  industry,  was 
then  without  a  representation  as  a  manufactory.  In  1850  he  moved  to  Plymouth.  Mass..  where  he  added  water  wheels  and  general  machine 
work  to  his  business.  There  he  had  a  partner  for  a  short  time  with  the  affix  of  "  &  Co."  to  his  name,  but  he  has  ever  since  continued  alone, 
using  the  same  title.  In  1852  he  came  to  Boston  and  opened  an  office  on  State  Street,  where  his  business  office  remained  till  1865,  when  he 
moved  it  into  his  works  at  No.  130  Fulton  Street.  In  1854  he  moved  his  woi'ks  to  Boston  and  after  the  great  Fourth  of  July  fire  ot  1861  in  East 
Boston,  in  the  midst  of  which  they  were  entirely  ruined,  he  secured  his  present  location.  It  is  through  a  life  of  honest  purpose,  strict  econ- 
omy, hard  work  and  indefatigable  perseverance  that  he  has  acquired  his  present  enviable  position.  He  has  applied  himself  to  study,  work,  or 
business  an  average  of  nearly  fifteen  hours  a  day  from  boyhood  up.  He  has  spent  much  study  and  experiment  on  inventions  and  improve- 
ments. The  reputation  obtained  for  first-class  work  and  honorable  dealing,  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  that  business  with  the  house  has  proved 
satisfactory  to  its  patrons.  It  may  be  well  to  drop  a  caution  here  not  to  confound  this  house  with  any  other.  The  name  of  this  house  is 
George  T.  McLauthlin  &  Co.,  and  its  only  place  of  business  is  at  No.  120  Fulton  Street,  where  it  has  been  tor  the  last  thirty-one  years.  He 
issues  a  business  card,  tree  to  all,  containing  on  its  reverse  side  such  a  mass  of  information  as  is  rarely  found  in  so  small  a  space.  Its  value  is 
so  highly  appreciated  that  many  calls  are  made  for  it.  Among  the  specialties  of  this  house,  aside  from  general  machine  work,  are  foimd  The 
Hoadley  Portable  Engines,  of  wide  reputation  for  highest  economy  and  durability,  McLauthlin's  Safety  Boilers,  highly  commended  by  our' 
best  steam  experts  and  by  those  who  have  them  in  use,  The  Test  Turbine  "VVater  Wheels,  the  result  of  5,300  automatic  test  experiments  by  aid 
of  a  mechanism  with  which  results  were  shown  within  one-twentieth  of  one  per  cent,  of  absolute  accuracy.  Elevators  of  such  utility  and  rea- 
sonable cost  as  to  place  them  among  the  leaders  of  their  class.  Crushing  and  Pulverizing  Mills,  which  produce  impalpable  powder  or  any 
•coarser  grade  desired,  and  grind  succcesstuUy  many  materials  on  which  all  other  mills  have  failed,  McLauthlin's  Bark  Shaving  Mills,  ot  new 
invention  and  proving  superior  to  any  others,  soon  saving  their  cost  through  a  larger  percentage  ot  tannin  at  reduced  expense  and  time. 
The  house  is  also  far  in  the  lead  in  the  manufacture  ot  fireproof  or  tinned  shutters,  dooi-s,  etc.  Fire  Escapes  are  a  specialty  on  which  a  force 
•of  men  are  constantly  engaged.  Mr.  McLauthlin  is  now  engaged  on  a  line  of  Automatic  Sight  Alarm,  and  Recording  Speed  Indicators,  a 
valuable  acquisition  to  the  engineering  art. 


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AVIS,  CHAPIN  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce,  Nos.  83 
and  85  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Cellar  No.  15,  South  Side. — The  niembership  roll  of  that  august  and  influential  iustitution— the 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  does  not  include  the  name  of  a  more  prominent,  time  honored  and  reputable  commercial 
house  than  that  of  Messrs.  Davis,  Cbapiu  &  Co.,  of  Nos.  83  and  85  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  commission  merchants  and  whole- 
sale dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  and  produce.  The  house  had  its  origin  sixty  years  ago.  The  foundation  was  laid 
by  Mr,  Davis,  the  title  of  the  concern  then  being  Davis  &  Wiggin.  The  firm  name  as  at  present  existing,  was  assumed  during 
the  currency  of  the  year  1853  and  during  the  lengthy  histoi-y  of  the  house  its  course  has  been  taken  through  the  periods  of  sunshine 
-and,  alike,  through  those  of  commercial  depression  which  from  tune  to  time  has  jeopardized  our  commerce,  direct  to  the  haven  of  crowning 
prosi)erity.  Messrs.  Davis,  Chapin  and  Wiggin  were  all  highly  esteemed  men  of  business  and  they  all  died  in  harness,  the  firm  to-day  being 
controlled  by  Mr  Chapui,  allied  with  Mr.  J.  A.  Barker.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  house  have  been  in  their  possession  during  the  long 
course  of  the  history  of  the  concern.  They  consist  of  a  floor  and  basement,  excellently  located  and  eouipped  with  every  convenience  designed 
to  facilitate  the  conduct  of  a  large  and  expanding  business,  including  telephone  connection,  the  number  of  the  house  being  2336  and  a  staff  of 
eight  employees  is  maintained.  The  house  receives  consignments  from  every  important  productive  center  of  the  Union  and  its  connection 
extends  throughout  New  England,  New  York  State  and  the  South.  Mr.  J.  A.  Barker  is  a  native  of  Charlestown  and  his  identification  with 
the  house  commenced  fifteen  years  ago,  his  membership  of  the  firm  dating  from  1887.  He  is  a  thorough  and  practical  business  man  and  one 
of  Boston's  representative  merchants. 

B.  SEABS,  Importer,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's  Fine  Furs,  Nos.  39  and  41  Summer  Street.— The  lead- 
ing and  best  known  fur  emporium  in  Boston  is  that  of  Mr.  E.  B.  Sears,  located  at  Nos.  39,  41, 43  and  45  Summer  Street.  This 
representative  house  was  established  by  Mr.  Sears  in  July,  1885,  occupying  at  the  start  one  floor  and  basement  and  the  pro. 
prietor  has  gradually  increased  his  facilities  and  extended  his  premises  until  he  now  has  four  floors  and  a  basement  at  Nos. 
39  and  41  Summer  Street,  measuring  35  x  100  feet  each,  together  with  the  ground  floor  and  basement  at  Nos.  43  a:ia  45, 
which  are  of  similar  dimensions  and  enjoy  the  distinction  of  possessing,  not  only  the  largest  establishment  in  the  fur  trade 
in  New  England,  but  also  the  largest  storage  facilities,  the  handsomest  store  and  the  best  stock  of  any  furrier  in  Boston.  He  has  not  hidden 
away  his  splendid  stock  of  sealskin  garments  in  out-of-the-way  corners  of  the  city,  where  people  who  wear  such  costly  robes  will  not  venture 
but  has  solved  the  problem  of  attracting  the  public  by  securing  this  desirable  site,  convenient,  alike,  to  the  61ite  of  the  city  and  hotel  sojourn 
^rs,  and  fitting  up  his  emporium  in  the  most  elaborate  and  recherch6  manner.  The  results  are  what  might  be  expected.  Mr.  Sears  is  fast 
controlling  the  best  American  trade  in  fine  furs.  Being  in  the  best  possible  location,  he  adopted  at  the  outset  the  rule  of  having  the  very  best 
goods  and  the  most  expert  workmanship.  He  felt  confident  that  this  would  best  please  the  trade  and  bring,  at  a  modest  percentage  of 
profit,  a  sure  competency.  Years  have  but  proved  the  accuracy  of  his  policy.  Fashionable  folks  may  prefer  the  Back  Bay  or  Dorchester 
Heights  to  reside  in,  but  they  remember  where  the  reliable  fur  store  is.  Every  day  brijigs  old  and  new  customers,  and  Cambridge 
-and  Somerville  people  make  it  their  resort  when  in  quest  of  fur  goods.  The  establishment  is  fully  stocked  with  every  sort  and  sample  of  the 
furrier's  art — great  sealskin  sacks  and  dainty  little  ear  muffs,  with  furs  and  wraps  enough  for  a  battalion  of  beauty  one  hundred  thousand 
strong,  and  at  prices  which  make  an  inquirer  a  purchaser  in  every  instance.  Mr.  Sears  is  the  leading  importer  as  well  as  largest  manufac- 
turer and  dealer  in  this  line,  receiving  the  best  raw  sealskins  direct  and  putting  them  through  processes  of  the  most  elaborate  character  such 
as  make  them  far  superior  to  ordinarily  prepared  furs.  After  dressing  them,  he  dyes  them  with  the  most  famous  dyes  and  Sears'  seal  goods 
can  be  relied  upon  to  need  no  re-dyeing,  because  they  do  not  fade.  He  manufactures,  alters,  stores  and  insures  furs  and  his  facilities  in  each 
of  these  branches  are  unequaled.  The  new  storage  department  was  added  last  fall  and  is  fitted  with  every  protection  of  the  Boston  Electric 
Protection  Company.  The  ground  floor  is  exclusively  a  retail  fur  store,  where  the  most  magnificent  seal  sacks,  dolmans,  paletots,  ulsters, 
and  wraps  in  the  world  are  obtainable  at  very  moderate  prices;  also  fur  capes,  collars,  boas,  caps,  gloves  and  other  small  furs.  All  goods 
here  displayed  are  made  of  the  very  best  material,  by  skilled  and  expert  hands  and  beautifully  trimmed  and  finished.  The  seal  garment 
department  exclusively  is  on  the  second  floor,  where  are  also  ladies'  reception  and  toilet-rooms,  and  storage  facilities.  The  third  floor  is 
^ven  up  to  storage-rooms  and  the  tailoring  department,  while  the  general  workshop  is  on  the  iourth  floor.  The  house  is  protected  through- 
out by  the  Automatic  Fire  Alarm  System  and  all  windows,  doors  and  storage-rooms  are  provided  for  by  the  Boston  Electric  Protection  Com- 
pany, The  main  salesroom  presents  a  claim  for  beauty  and  finish  rarely  equaled  by  any  mercantile  establishment  in  the  city.  It  was  closed 
to  the  pubhc  for  four  months  during  1891,  and  was  fitted  up  on  a  scale  of  magnificence  that  is  highly  creditable  to  the  taste  and  enterprise  of 
the  proprietor.  The  main  fixtures  are  of  antique  oak,  hand-made  and  hand-carved  and  9  feet  in  height;  the  pillars  are  covered  with  plush, 
and  on  each  are  handsome  plate  glass  mirrors,  and  around  the  base  are  richly  upholstered  seats.  The  floor  is  covered  with  Persian  rugs  and 
the  room  is  lighted  by  electricity,  wTiile  the  private  office  on  this  floor  is  provided  with  a  long  distance  telephone.  Mr.  Sears  is  a  Massachu- 
sett's  man  by  birth  and  training  and  has  been  in  Boston  for  twenty-five  years.  From  1869  to  1873  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  H.  A.  Good- 
rich &  Co.,  at  Fitchburg;  and  from  1872  to  1875  was  in  business  alone  in  that  city.  He  was,  subsequently,  for  seven  years,  the  fur  buyer  for 
Jordan,  Marsh  &Co.,  and  in  his  present  enterprise  his  success  has  been  achieved  in  the  face  of  extreme  competition  and  one  all  the  more 
creditable  as,  in  every  case,  for  every  garment  made  or  sold  the  public  has  obtained  the  full  worth  of  its  money.  Mr.  Sears  is  a  member  or 
■officer  of  thirteen  different  organizations,  being  a  thirty-second  degree  Maaon;  also  proprietor  of  the  ''  Wyoming  Kennels,"  and  owner  of  the 
celebrated  St.  Bernard  dog,  "  Sir  Beividere,"  the  winner  of  fifty-three  first  and  special  prizes  in  two  years,  and  who  was  imported  by  Mr.  Sears 
in  Febtniary,  1891.  Mr.  Sears  has  the  valued  assistance  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Davis  in  the  manufacturing  department,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the 
fur  industry  for  twenty-five  years  and  is  an  expert  authority  therein.  The  elaborate  finish,  the  perfect  cut  and  symmetry  of  all  work  ema- 
nating from  this  house  has  become  justly  celebrated  and  tends  to  bear  us  out  in  the  trite,  but  truthful  assertion  that  "  merit  tells." 

|HOMAS  P.  FROST,  Forwarding  Agent  and  Truckman,  at  Old  Colony  Railroad,  Office  No.  33  Dorchester  Avenue.— There  is, 
perhaps,  not  one  among  the  many  solid  citizens  engaged  in  the  forwarding  and  trucking  of  merchandise  in  Boston,  who  is 
better  known  or  more  highly  regarded  than  Thomas  P.  Frost.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  leading  representatives  of  the  fine 
indicated  in  this  city  and  for  forty  years  has  been  an  important  factor  in  transportation  and  commercial  circles.  Mr.  Frost, 
who  is  now  a  gentleman  somewhat  paSt  the  meridian  of  life,  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  been  m  Boston  since  childhood.  He 
■is  a  self-made  man,  deservedly  esteemed,  both  in  his  business  relations  and  in  private  life,  and  has  won  success  by  deserving 
it.  This  business  was  originally  established  in  1820,  by  Deaue  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  iu  1850  by  Mr.  Frost,  who  retired  from  active  con- 
nection therewith  in  1889,  when  his  sons,  Edwin  T.  and  Charles  B.  assumed  control,  and  under  their  efficient  management  it  has  since  been 
conducted  with  iminterrupted  prosperity  in  the  father's  name.  The  Messrs.  Frost  the  younger,  are  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
natives  of  this  city.  They  are  men  of  thorough  experience,  as  well  as  of  push  and  energy,  being  associated  with  their  father  in  running  the 
business  for  a  nmnber  of  years  and  are  members  of  the  Master  Teamsters'  Association.  They  employ  over  twenty-five  in  help,  including 
drivers,  stablemen,  etc.,  and  have  in  service  thirty-five  horses  and  a  great  number  of  trucks  and  wagons.  Merchandise  generally  is  for- 
warded to  all  points  with  care  and  despatch,  freight  is  carted  and  shipped  by  rail  and  water  in  the  most  prompt  and  reliable  manner  and 
steam-engines,  boilers,  beams,  columns,  machinery  and  heavy  packages  of  every  description  are  moved.  Baggage,  personal  effects,  etc.  are 
transferred  and  teaming  of  all  kinds  is  done,  all  orders  receiving  prompt  and  personal  attention. 


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|HE  "  STEREO-RELIEF  "  DECORATIVE  COMPANY  OF  NEW  ENGLAND,  No.  239  Cambridge  Street.— The  growth  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  "  Stereo  Relief  "  Decorative  Company  of  New  England,  while  furnishing  a  striking  example  of  the  prompt  recogni- 
tion of  merit,  has  been  in  keeping  with  the  increasing  demand  in  the  United  States  for  the  finest  decoi-ative  effects  and  that  dis- 
cruninating  selection  of  the  most  perfect  types  of  material  and  patterns  that  human  skill  and  taste  have  been  able  to  devise. 
The  combination  named  is  most  happily  presented  in  the  productions  of  this  house,  whose  specialty  of  ' '  Stereo-Rehef  "  ceiling 
and  wall  decorations  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  pre-eminent  in  all  the  elements  of  permanency  and  beauty  in  ornamentation. 
This  company  was  organized  July  5, 1890,  with  a  capital  of  $600,000,  and  occupies  spacious  and  attractive  quarters  at  No,  293  Congress  Street.  In 
all  attempts  to  obtain  the  best  artistic  effects  in  decorating  walls  or  ceilings,  there  is  nothing  which  insures  success  with  greater  certainty 
than  variety.  To  obtain  this  variety,  the  decorator  must  be  familiar  with  all  the  decorative  materials  that  can  be  placed  at  his  command, 
and  at  the  head  of  the  list  stands  the  "  Stereo-Relief  "  decorations,  as  the  recognized  leader  for  all  kinds  of  wall  and  ceiling  ornamentations. 
The  high  rehef  in  which  this  new  composition  can  be  produced  forms  one  of  its  prominent  features,  an  elevation  of  sis  or  eight  inches  being 
as  readily  shown  as  one  of  half  an  inch.  And,  as  the  material  is  cast  in  flexible  molds,  a  perfect  under-cut— that  great  desideratum  of  artis- 
tic relief  work — is  obtained  with  ease.  In  representation  of  heads  and  figures  a  life-like  resemblance  is  effected,  and  architectural  details  are 
also  followed  with  a  similar  fidelity,  while  in  fmits,  vines  and  flowers,  the  grace,  beauty  and  pose  of  nature  are  retained,  and  the  stiffness  and 


preciseness  of  stamped  work,  such  as  the  Lincrusta  Walton  or  papier-machS,  are  avoided.  The  material  is  manufactured  tor  the  trade  in 
forms  suitable  for  friezes,  dadoes,  panels,  fillings,  borders,  moldings,  wainscotings,  vignettes,  capitals,  corbels,  sign  letters,  ornamental 
center-pieces,  carvings  and  brackets.  The  company  have  over  three  thousand  new  designs  in  all  styles,  mcluding  Rococo,  Renaissance, 
Egyptian,  Moorish,  Grecian,  Byzantine,  Romanesque,  Mediaeval,  modern,  etc.,  suitable  for  the  purposes  above  named.  Fruits,  flowers  and 
vines  are  brought  out  with  a  fidelity  to  nature  in  matter  of  form,  and  the  work  is  particularly  adapted  to  the  soroUs  and  richness  of  design 
developed  in  the  XVI.  century.  Besides  modelling  designs  from  architects'  plans,  this  company  carry  constantly  in  stock  a  large  variety 
of  finely  executed  patterns  of  friezes,  fillings,  borders,  panels,  dadoes,  capitals,  rosettes,  fleurs-de-lis,  etc.,  from  which  the  decorator  can  make 
selections  and  combinations,  enabling  him  to  lay  out  a  plan  of  decoration  without  the  necessity  of  delay  m  making  to  order.  This  is  a  new 
feature  in  relief  decoration,  which  will  be  appreciated  by  decorators,  as  well  as  architects  and  builders.  This  company  executed  important 
contracts  for  the  decoration  of  the  Tremont  House  dining-room.  Hotel  Denmark,  the  American  House  billiard-room,  the  Columbia  Theater, 
Waverly  Hall,  Hyde  Park,  Frost  Brothers'  dining-room.  Silver  Grill  restaurant,  John  Stetson's  residence  and  Albert  Geiger's  two  flats  on 
Commonwealth  Avenue,  and  others  in  this  city;  also  the  Narragansett  Hotel  dining-room,  Providence,  R.  I.  Their  "  Stereo-Relief  "  is  thor- 
oughly fire-proof,  durable  and  sanitary  and  admirably  adapted  for  churches,  theaters,  public  halls,  hotels,  restaurants  and  private  resi- 
dences; while,  as  a  substitute  for  paint,  paper,  frescoing,  kalsomining  or  other  hard  finish,  it  is  infinitely  more  economical-quality  and 
durability  being  considered.  Correspondence  is  invited,  especially  from  architects,  builders  and  the  trade  generally.  Orders  by  telegraph 
or  mail  will  receive  immediate  attention.  The  oSBcers  of  the  company  are  Sidney  F.  Squires,  president;  Charles  R.  Mills,  vice-president; 
William  H.  Stinson,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  Clarence  F.  White,  general  manager,  gentlemen  of  well-known  executive  ability,  so 
essential  in  the  conduct  of  a  business  of  this  magnitude,  and  whose  financial  standing  warrants  them  as  abundantly  able  to  meet  all  contracts 
that  may  be  placed  in  their  hands,  with  promptness  and  eminent  satisfaction. 


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A.  STUBBS,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Oysters,  Clams,  Quahaugs,  Etc.,  No.  154  Atlantic  Avenue,  Head  T.  Wharf  .—For 
twenty-three  years  or  more  J.  A.  Stubbs,  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  oysters,  clams,  quahaugs,  etc.,  has  been  engaged  in 
the  line  indicated.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  handlers  of  shelltish  in  Boston,  and  has  a  big  trade,  shipping  extensively 
throughout  New  England,  New  York  and  the  whole  of  the  United  States.  He  controls  large  oyster  beds  on  Long  Island 
I  *  Sound  and  in  Virginia,  and  receives  supplies  from  Norfolk,  Warren  River,  Stamford,  Providence,  New  York  and  other 
points.  The  premises  occupied  for  business  purposes  are  commodious,  ample  and  conveniently  situated,  the  facilities  for 
receiving,  packing,  shipping,  etc.  being  of  a  very  superior  character,  and  from  twelve  to  fifteen  in  help  are  employed.  A  very  large  and 
choice  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  here  including  Blue  Points,  Saddle  Rock  and  other  favorite  brands  of  oysters,  clams,  quahaugs, 
lobsters,  crabs,  mussels  and  shellfish  of  every  variety  in  season ;  and  all  orders  receive  prompt  attention,  substantial  inducements  being 
offered  to  dealers  and  large  consumers, 


JOLTON,  KIDDER  &  CO., Wholesale  Commission  Merchants  in  Beef,  Mutton,  Lamb,  Veal,  Poultry,  Butter,  Eggs,  Chicago  Butts 
and  Rolls,  Basement,  No.  82  Blackstone  and  No.  34  John  Streets.— Messrs.  Bolton,  Kidder  &  Co.  are  wholesale  commission 
merchants  in  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  veal  and  poultry ;  also  handling  butter,  eggs,  Chicago  butts  and  rolls,  and  deal  quite  exten- 
sively in  general  country  produce,  likewise.  They  receive  from  various  sections  of  the  country,  East  and  West,  and  ship 
throughout  the  New  England  States.  This  reUable  house  was  established  in  February,  1890.  The  quarters  occupied  are 
spacious,  commodious  and  well-equipped,  with  ample  and  excellent  receiving  storage  and  shipping  facilities,  and  eight  in 
help  are  employed.  A  very  large  and  fine  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  and  all  orders  by  mail  or  express  are  attended  to  in  the  most 
prompt  and  trustworthy  manner  at  lowest  market-prices;  while  consignments  placed  here  are  certain  to  be  judiciously  handled.  The 
individual  members,  Messrs.  Charles  J.  Bolton,  Charles  A.  Kidder  and  George  J.  Clark,  ai'e  all  men  of  thorough  experience,  Mr.  Bolton  having 
had  an  experience  of  eight  years  in  this  Une,  while  Mr.  Kidder's  experience  extends  over  fourteen  years  and  that  of  Mr.  Clark  eighteen  years. 


gEORGE  W.  HUNT  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Steel,  No.  48  Purchase  Street.— One  of  the  youngest,  but  also  one  of  the  most  creditable 
establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  is  that  of  George  W.  Hunt  &  Co.  This  business  was  organized  in  June,  1891,  by  the  sole 
proprietor,  Mr.  Hunt,  who  brings  to  bear  a  solid  knowledge  of  his  vocation,  having  been  engaged  in  the  trade  for  the  past  twenty- 
four  years,  the  greater  part  of  the  time  with  the  house  of  Howe,  Brown  &  Co.  He  is  quickly  acquiring  a  large,  first-class 
patronage  from  all  parts  of  New  England.  The  store  occupied  has  dimensions  of  25  x  100  feet,  and  contains  a  large,  very 
superior  stock.  Mr.  Hunt  is  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  the  best  tool  steel  for  lathe,  planer  and  other  tools,  best 
granite  steel  for  drills,  points,  etc.,  spring  steel  of  all  sizes,  Bessemer,  open  hearth  and  crucible  machinery  steels,  soft  forging  and  turning 
steel,  lathe  spindles  and  forgings  to  order,  Bessemer  screw  rods,  cold  drawn  machinery  steel,  and  sheet  steel  and  iron  of  all  grades.  He 
lias  influential  connections  with  manufacturers  of  these  products  and  can  meet  all  the  wants  of  the  trade  upon  the  most  acceptable  terms. 
A  native  of  Boston  Mr.  Hunt  has  long  been  popularly  known  in  its  business  circles. 


|AMES  H.  DILLAWAY,  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Etc.,  Nos.  77  and  79  Quincy  Market.— In  Quincy  Market  there  are  to  be  found 
some  of  the  finest  and  oldest  stands  devoted  to  the  sale  of  fresh  meats,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  Nos.  77  and  79  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  James  H.  Dillaway.  The  stalls  are  fitted  up  in  a  first-class  manner  and  supplied  with  all  the  latest  approved 
appliances  for  the  preservation  of  meats  and  the  speedy  handling  of  suppUes  and  the  filling  of  orders.  Mr.  Dillaway  estab- 
lished business  here  in  1880  and  until  1890  only  occupied  stall  No.  77.  A  very  heavy  stock  of  beef,  veal,  pork,  lard,  hams,  etc. 
is  carried  which  can  be  relied  upon  for  freshness  and  wholesomeness.  His  stalls  are  models  of  cleanhness  and  order,  and 
always  present  an  inviting  appearance.  He  supplies  some  of  our  best  hotels,  boarding-houses,  families  and  restaurants  with  meats  and  a 
■large  trade  has  been  established  which  is  constantly  increasing.  Mr.  Dillaway  is  a  native  of  East  Cambridge  and  resides  in  Cambridge.  He 
is  highly  esteemed  for  his  thoroughly  sound  business  principles,  integrity  and  energy. 


jAERISON  SWAN  &  CO.,  Poultry  and  Wild  Game,  No.  1  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— The  inception  of  the  prosperous  business 
house  of  Messrs.  Harrison  Swan  &  Co.,  of  No.  1  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  dealers  in  poultry  and  wild  game,  was  accomplished 
under  the  name  of  Messrs.  Swan  &  Fitch,  the  date  of  the  foundation  of  the  house  occurring  during  the  currency  of  the  year 
1873.  The  title  of  the  firm  subsequently  hecame  Messrs.  Swan  &  Valpey,  then  Swan  &  Co.,  and  ultimately,  four  years  ago,  the 
present  cognomen  was  adopted  and  the  existing  condition  of  affairs  came  into  being.  The  business  is  both  at  wholesale  and 
retail  and  the  trade  area  encompassed  in  the  operations  of  the  house  includes  the  whole  of  New  England.  The  commodities 
handled  comprise  both  Western  and  native  goods;  the  specialty  being  dressed  poultry.  The  premises  wherein  Messrs.  Harrison  Swan  &  Co. 
conduct  their  operations  are  one  of  the  attractions  of  the  historic  building  in  which  they  are  located.  They  are  ably  and  systematically  man 
aged  and  are  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience,  including  telephone  connection;  the  number  of  the  house  being  1633.  The  Senior 
partner  in  the  concern  is  Mr.  Harrison  Swan,  to  whom  belongs  the  honorable  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  ablest  of  Boston's  merchants. 
He  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Arlington,  while  his  esteemed  partner,  Mr.  Stephen  J.  Moulton,  who  has  been  allied  with  the  house  for  four- 
teen years,  four  of  which  have  been  spent  as  a  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Lawrence,  his  residence  being  in  Boston.  To  engage  in  the 
preparation  of  a  review  of  Boston's  prosperity,  and  to  omit  from  the  pages  of  the  work  the  name  of  the  house  of  Harrison  Swan  &  Co.  were 
to  occupy  one's  self  with  a  futile  task,  such  review  being,  at  the  best,  incomplete.  Indeed,  it  rather  behooves  one  who.' has  charged  himself 
with  the  duty  in  question,  to  accord  the  firm  a  position  of  emphatic  prominence. 


E.  MORRISON  &  CO..  Fruits  and  Produce,  Faneuil  Hall  Market.— The  confines  of  the  historic  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  in  the 
city  of  Boston,  Mass.,  do  not  contain  a  more  prosperous  and  reputable  business  house  than  that  owned  and  controlled  by 
Messrs.  C.  E.  Morrison  &  Co.  The  house  has  been  in  existence  during  a  period  of  thirty-five  years,  the  business  title 
having  been  the  same  throughout,  and  the  address  of  the  firm  being  always  as  at  present.  Messrs.  Morrison  &  Co.  are 
commission  merchants  and  dealers  in  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  and  produce.  The  trade  area  covered  by  the  house 
extends  throughout  the  entire  country  and  a  heavy  export  trade  in  apples  is  conducted,  the  point  of  destination  being 
Liverpool,  England.  The  connection  of  the  concern  is  highly  valuable  and  is  constantly  expanding;  unqualified  prosperity  having  been  the 
lot  of  the  partners  in  the  concern  since  the  foundation  of  their  enterprise.  The  house  makes  a  specialty  of  the  promptitude  with  which  it 
makes  returns  upon  consignments,  and  the  satisfactory  manner  in  which  goods  are  handled  evokes  the  enthusiastic  appreciation  of  parties 
shipping  to  the  house.  The  partners  are  Mr.  C.  E.  Morrison,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  Mr.  F.  E.  Richardson,  who  hails  from  the  State  of 
Maine,  and  whose  alliance  with  the  house  commenced  seventeen  years  ago,  the  gentleman  having  been  a  member  of  the  firm  for  five  years 
and  Mr.  R.  T.  Chamberhn,  which  gentleman  claims  Vermont  as  his  birth-place.  He  has  been  identified  with  the  house  for  a  period  of 
fifteen  years  and  joined  the  firm  three  years  ago. 


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pEORGE  D.  LAMONT,  Choice  Cuts  Beef,  Pork,  Lamb,  Poultry,  Ham,  Corned  Beef  and  Bacon,  Stall  No.  7  Union  Market.— This 
popular  and  responsible  house  was  established  in  1880  on  Salem  Street,  whence  it  was  removed  to  Prince  Street,  and  has 
occupied  the  present  quarters  since  1890.  The  stall  here  occupied  is  ample,  cleanly  and  well-kept,  while  a  large  and  first- 
class  stock  is  always  carried,  including:  choice  fresh  beef,  pork,  mutton,  lamb,  veal,  poultry  and  game  in  season,  hams,  corned 
beef  and  bacon.  Goods  are  delivered  free  in  every  part  of  the  city,  several  assistants  being  in  attendance,  and  customers 
can  rely  upon  receiving  prompt  and  satisfactory  service.  Mr.  Lament,  who  is  a  native  of  this  State,  is  a  prominent  and 
popular  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F,  having  occupied  several  important  positions. 


title. 


HASKELL  &  CO.,  (Successors  to  Parsons  &  Co.,)  "Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  No.  133  Commerce  Street.— A  prominent, 
reliable  and  old-estabhshed  house  enjoying  a  most  enviable  reputation  for  deahng  in  only  first-class  goods  is  that  of  Messrs. 
W.  Haskell  &  Co.  This  well-known  house  was  founded  originally  in  1860,  by  Messrs.  Parsons,  Haskell  &  Langf ord,  and 
some  years  afterward  the  firm  title  of  Messrs.  Parsons,  Langford  &  Company  was  assumed,  and  the  business  was  conducted 
most  successfully  by  them  on  Commercial  Street,  when  the  firm  of  Parsons  &  Company  took  control  of  the  business. 
Owing  to  the  decease  of  Mr.  Parsons  in  May,  1873,  the  concern  passed  into  the  control  of  Mr.  Haskell,  under  the  present  firm 
Mr.  Haskell  was  born  in  Eoclrport,  Maine,  in  1809,  over  four  score  years  ago,  and  is  without  any  doubt  the  oldest  and  longest  experi- 


enced man  in  this  business  in  Boston.  He  has  been  engaged  in  it  ever  since  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  and  for  thirty-five  years  followed  the 
perilous  life  of  a  fisherman  on  the  New  England  coast  and  the  banks  of  Newfoundland.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  very  large  and  influential, 
wholesale  in  its  character,  and  extends  throughout  the  New  England  and  adjacent  States.  Shipments  from  the  very  best  and  most  reliable 
fishing  groimds  are  received  daily  and  none  but  first-class  goods  are  handled.  The  stock  embraces  every  kind  of  fresh  and  salt  water  fish  in 
season,  lobsters,  crabs,  clams,  oysters,  etc.  Every  convenience  for  the  healthful  preservation  of  the  goods  handled  is  provided,  and  perish- 
able supplies  are  shipped  in  the  very  best  condition.    Mr.  Haskell  devotes  his  personal  attention  to  his  business. 


g  AYNES  &  CO.,  Pharmacists,  No.  60  Washington  Street,  Corner  Hanover  Street,  No.  877  Washington  Street,  Corner  Warrenton 
Street,  No.  44  Beach  Street,  Cox-ner  Harrison  Avenue. — The  trading  title  of  "  Jaynes  &  Co."  is  one  that  has  become  a  house_ 
hold  word  in  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States.  Messrs.  Jaynes  are  by  very  far  the  largest  retail  druggists  and  pharma- 
cists in  New  England.  They  obtain  their  supplies  direct  from  the  great  manufacturing  houses  without  the  intervention  of  a 
middle  profit,  and  put  up  a  large  number  of  popular  and  valuable  preparations  upon  their  own  premises.  The 
headquarters  of  the  firm  are  at  No.  50  Washington  Street,  and  consist  of  four  floors,  each  35  x  60  feet  in  measurement;  the 
ground-floor  being  fitted  up  and  appointed  in  a  styleworthy  of  a  high-class  metropolitan  pharmacy,  and  stocked  in  the  most  complete 
manner  with  everything  incidental  to  the  trade  in  the  purest  and  most  reliable  qualities,  while  the  top  floor  is  provided  with  all  things 
proper  to  a  really  well-equipped  laboratory,  and  there  five  fully  qualified  assistants  are  ever  busily  employed  in  preparing  and  putting  up 
Jaynes'  "Balsam  of  Tar,"  "  Sarsaparilla,"  "Dyspeptic  Cure,"  ',' Catarrh  Cure,"  "Kidney  Cure,"  and  a  variety  of  other  medicaments  for 
which  the  house  is  famed.  And  the  house,  which  manufactures  in  all  no  less  than  eighty  specialties,  has  a  staff  of  thirty-five  qualified  clerks. 
The  business  was  founded  in  1882  by  Mr.  Charles  Jaynes,  who  now  so  ably  conducts  its  affairs.  His  responsible  association  with  the  trade  is 
of  long  .standing,  he  having  been  for  twenty-one  years  travehng  salesman  for  important  drug  houses.  He  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  but  has 
resided  in  Boston  for  twenty-four  years,  arid  numbers  among  his  social  afiiiiations  membership  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


L.  GLOVER,  Provision  Dealer,  No.  7  Blackstone  Market.— One  of  the  most  reliable  and  well-known  meat  and  provision 
dealers  in  this  section  of  Boston,  is  Mr.  J.  L.  Glover,  who  first  established  himself  in  this  business  in  1870,  and  for  the 
past  fotu-  years  has  been  located  at  the  present  desirable  site.  The  attractive  stall  occupied  is  fitted  up  with  all  the 
latest  refrigerating  facilities,  etc.,  while  an  able  assistant  is  constantly  employed  to  attend  to  the  needs  of  customer^, 
and  all  orders  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  executed.  The  stock  of  food  products  dealt  in  is  selected  with  great 
care,  and  includes  Western  and  Brighton  beef,  veal,  mutton,  pork,  lamb,  poultry  and  game  in  season,  etc.,  all  of  which 
are  guaranteed  to  be  wholesome  when  offered  for  sale,  and  may  be  purchased  at  fair  prices.  The  general  wholesale  and  retail  trade, 
which  has  been  developed,  is  both  large,  extensive  and  lucrative.  Mr.  Glover  has  acquired  an  expert  knowledge  of  the  provision  trade, 
having  been  employed  in  this  market  for  the  five  years  previous  to  embarking  in  this  enterprise  tor  himself. 


JLBERT  HALLETT,  Printer,  No.  Ill  Arch  Street.— From  the  time  of  Governor  Wlnthrop  to  the  present  day  this  city  has  been 
one  of  the  world's  seats  of  learning,  and  that  great  educator,  the  printing  press,  has  wielded  a  power  in  this  center  of  intel- 
lectual activity  which  has  been  productive  of  incalculable  benefit  throughout  the  entire  land.  One  of  the  most  prominent 
printers  of  every  variety  of  job  and  commercial  work  in  this  section  of  the  city  is  Mr.  Albert  Hallett  of  No.  Ill  Arch  Street, 
who  began  business  in  1888,  and  in  the  comparatively  brief  intervening  period  to  the  present,  has  risen  to  an  eminence  in  the 
trade  which  is  highly  flattering.  His  well-appointed  establishment  occupies  the  third  floor  of  the  building  at  the  address  indi- 
cated, equipped  with  electric  motor  and  five  of  the  latest  improved  presses.  A  corps  of  ten  skilled  and  efficient  operatives  is  employed,  and 
a  large  amount  of  printing  of  all  varieties  is  executed.  Mr.  Hallett  does  much  work  for  the  leading  commercial  houses  of  this  quarter, 
and  invariably  gives  entire  satisfaction  with  regard  to  material,  workmanship  and  price.  He  gives  his  entire  time  and  personal  attention 
to  the  interests  of  his  patrons,  and  uses  his  utmost  endeavors  to  please  them  in  every  respect.  A  special  feature  of  this  establishment  is  its 
imitation  typewriter  printing.  The  difference  cannot  be  detected.  Mr.  Hallett  is  the  only  printer  in  Boston  who  does  this  "  typewriter  " 
printing. 


LARK  BROS.  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Fruits  and  Produce,  No.  112  Clinton  Street  and  Nos.  1,  3 
and  5  Essex  Avenue. — One  of  the  largest  concerns  among  the  produce  commission  houses  of  the  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Clark 
Bros.  &  Co.,  No.  113  Clinton  Street  and  Nos.  1,  3  and  5  Essex  Avenue.  They  occupy  a  spacious  stall  and  large  office,  employ 
twelve  persons,  and  carry  a  heavy  stock  of  merchandise.  Consignments  are  received  from  the  Eastern  and  Western  States 
and  the  British  Provinces.  Liberal  cash  advances  are  made,  and  the  firm  has  a  well-established  reputation  for  making 
quick  sales  at  good  prices.  The  office  has  complete  telephone  and  telegraphic  communication,  and  all  other  desirable  facil- 
ities. The  firm  are  heavy  dealers  in  apples,  onions,  turi)ips,  and  a  general  line  of  produce ;  making  a  specialty  of  potatoes,  which  they  sup- 
ply in  any  quantity,  from  a  bag  to  a  cargo.  Their  sales  of  potatoes  last  year  amounted  to  over  300,000  bushels.  This  business  was  established 
in  1869  by  the  firm  of  Clark  Bros.  Subsequently  Mr.  Elijah  C.  Clark  became  the  sole  proprietor,  continuing  the  business  under  the  present 
style  of  Clark  Bros.  &  Co.  Mr.  Clark  was  born  in  Bangor,  Me.  He  is  a  resident  of  Somerville,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen 
from  1879  to  1882  and  also  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  from  1882  to  1884  and  is  at  the  present  time  a  tinjstee  of  the  public  library  of 
Somerville.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and  the  Masonic  Order.  He  served  with  distinction  in  the  late 
war,  but  is  not  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R. 


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IRANCIS  BATCHELDEE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Commission  Merchants,  Beef,  Mutton,  Lamb,  Veal,  Etc.,  Nos.  55,  57  and  59  Black- 
stone  Street.— An  old  established  and  prominent  house  in  this  city  devoted  to  the  business  o£  receiving  and  dealing  in  butter, 
cheese,  eggs,  beans,  beef,  pork,  lard,  hams,  etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Francis  Batchelder&Co.  located  at  Nos.  51,  65,  and  59  Black- 
stone  Street.  This  house  has  a  national  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  all  goods  handled  and  especially  is  this  true  of  the 
celebrated  Valley  Falls  Creamery  Butter  for  which  Messrs.  Batchelder  &  Co.  are  sole  agents.  The  business  was  established 
about  1869,  and  has  occupied  the  present  location  ten  years.  The  premises  occupied  for  business  purposes  comprise  19,000 
bqudie  teet  The  business  furnishes  employment  to  twenty-five  hands,  and  six  traveling  salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  upon 
the  road.  Messrs.  Batchelder  &  Co.  handle  butter  on  commission.  They  receive  and  deal  extensively  in  Western  and  Brighton  meats  of  all 
kinds,  also  keep  a  full  line  of  canned  goods,  pickles,  ketchups,  etc.  Messrs.  Bachelder  &  Co.  have  opened  a  stall  in  Clinton  Market  for  the 
handlmg  of  fresh  beef  and  pork  direct  from  the  famous  Cuddihy  Beef  and  Pork  Packing  Co.,  which  is  fitted  up  with  all  improvements  and 
is  30  X  40  feet  in  dimensions.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  large  in  New  England,  but  goods  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 
Messrs.  Batchelder  &  Co.  do  a  business  amounting  to  about  three-quarters  of  a  million  per  year.  The  house  is  conducted  on  sound  busi- 
ness principles  and  its  management  is  characterized  by  energy  and  sagacity;  consignments  placed  here  are  sure  to  be  handled  in  the  most 
expeditious  and  trustworthy  manner,  while  immediate  returns  are  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  The  house  has  excellent  storage  facilities 
and  a  heavy  and  fine  stock  is  kept  constantly  on  hand.  Mr.  Batchelder  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  is  a  member  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce 
E.xchange,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Vermont  Board  of  Trade,  and  maintains  an  A  1  standing  in  the  trade.  Mr.  F.  S.  Snyder,  the 
junior  partner,  is  a  young  man,  and  has  charge  of  the  Hotel  Purveying  Department,  spending  his  winters  in  Florida  and  summers  among  the 
mountains  and  at  the  seashore. 


RNOULD  &  SAEEfiMEIGNA,  Importers  of  Paris  Milhnery  and  Feathers,  No.  20  Temple  Place.— Among  the  extensive  establish- 
ments that  have  been  given  a  place  in  this  volume  none  deserve  more  favorable  consideration  at  our  hands  than  the  widely 
known  house  of  Messrs.  Arnould  &  Sarremeigna.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  store  and  basement  25  x  75  feet  in 
dimensions,  the  salesroom  being  elegantly  finished  with  ebony  fixtures  and  handsomely  appointed.  A  full  line  of  imported 
and  domestic  millinery  goods  is  carried,  the  assortment  embracing  straw  goods,  flowers,  feathers,  ribbons,  satins,  velvets, 
silks,  bonnets  and  hat  frames,  felt  hats,  etc.,  which  are  offered  at  most  reasonable  prices.  The  firm  import  du-ect,  thus  giv- 
ing their  customers  advantages  in  goods  and  prices  rarely  obtained  elsewhere.  From  fifteen  to  eighteen  skilled  and  expert  milliners  are 
employed  and  all  orders  are  promptly  filled.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  J.  C.  Arnould  and  P.  SarrSmeigna,  were  formerly  with  a  New 
York  house  in  this  line.  Both  are  practical  men,  and  are  natives  of  France.  They  are  agents  for  United  States  and  Canada  for  Lindaraja 
Balm,  and  have  in  successful  operation  a  miUinery  establishment  at  No.  162  Bellevue  Avenue,  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 


P.  DRISCOLL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Provision  Dealers,  "No.  18  Blackstone  Market.— This  business  was  founded  over 
thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Hoogs,  the  present  company  having  had  sole  control  of  affairs  for  the  past  decade.  This 
representative  and  responsiljle  house,  under  efScient  management,  has  always  been  conducted  upon  the  highest  standard  of 
commercial  integrity,  and  a  liberal  and  permanent  trade,  of  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  character,  extending  throughout 
'  the  entire  city  and  its  environment,  is  enjoyed,  while  three  assistants  and  two  teams  are  in  constant  service.  The  very 
choicest  and  best  class  of  goods  is  handled,  including  beef,  veal,  lamb,  mutton,  pork,  salt,  smoked  and  corned  meats  of  all 
kinds,  poultry  and  game  in  season,  etc.,  and  these  are  offered  at  fair,  reasonable  prices  in  every  instance.  Mr.  DriscoU,  the  sole  proprietor 
of  this  house,  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth,  and  his  well-merited  success  is  due  to  his  fair  and  equitable  business  methods.  He  is  also  .a 
member  of  the  firm  at  No.  44  Merchants  Row. 


j  YER  &  CO.,  Opticians,  No.  130  Washington  Street.— During  the  past  halt  century  a  steady  advance  has  been  made  in  the  mter- 
esting  and  important  branch  of  activity  devoted  to  the  construction  of  devices  for  aiding  and  extending  the  power  of  vision. 
A  leading  source  of  supply  for  this  class  of  goods  in  Boston  is  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Ayer  &  Co.,  the  well-known  opti- 
cians, which  is  recognized  as  the  leading  exponent  of  the  business  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  has  been  established  here 
since  1876.  Mr.  Ayer  has  devoted  many  years  to  the  study  and  practical  work  of  adjusting  glasses  to  all  classes  of  "eye 
invalids,"  and  carries  in  stock  the  very  best  quality  of  pebbles  and  crystals  in  gold,  silver,  nickel,  shell,  and  rubber  frames  at 
remarkably  low  prices;  and  is  also  prepared  to  repair  spectacles  and  eyeglasses  in  the  most  skillful  manner,  and  to  carefully  set  occulists' 
prescriptions.  After  long  and  patient  study  on  the  subject  Mr.  Ayer  is  able  to  offer  superior  instruments  of  his  own  construction.  He  looks 
after  blurred,  weak  and  imperfect  eyesight,  and  most  perfectly  fits  and  adjusts  crystals.  Ayer's  perfection  crystal  spectacles  and  eyeglasses 
are  the  very  best  in  the  market.  The  house  also  carries  a  fine  and  well-selected  stock  of  watches  and  jewelry,  which  are  sold  at  rock-bottom 
prices.     Mr.  F.  W.  Ayer,  the  head  of  this  successful  firm,  is  a  thorough  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches,  mechanical  as  well  as  scientific. 


I  HARLES  S.  BINNER  &  CO.,  Makers  of  Manifold  Letter  and  Order  Books,  and  Printers,  No.  137  Pearl  Street.— This  firm  are 
makers  of  manifold  letter  and  order  books,  printers  and  manufacturers  of  transfer  paper  for  typewriters,  and  their  patron- 
age, which  is  very  large,  extends  throughout  the  New  England  States.  This  flourishing  business  was  estabhshed  in  1888  hy 
Binner,  Kelsey  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  in  1890  by  Charles  Binner  &  Co.,  under  which  firm  name  it  has  since  been  con- 
ducted with  uninterrupted  success.  They  occupy  two  spacious  floors  with  ample  and  complete  facilities,  every  department 
being  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  appliances  and  appurtenances :  while  some  fifteen  expert  bands  are  employed  in 
,  in  addition  to  half  a  dozen  traveling  salesmen.  Estimates  are  given  on  all  classes  of  book  and  job  printing,  fine  commercial 
work  being  a  specialty.  Binding  is  done  also  in  the  most  superior  manner,  at  short  notice,  and  blank  books  of  all  kinds  are  made  to  order 
likewise.  A  large  and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand  here  besides^  and  includes  manifold  letter  and  order  books  in  great  vari- 
ety; typewriter  specialties  andafull  and  fine  assortment  of  office  ledgers  and  account  books,  special  inducements  being  offered  to  the 
trade  in  prices.     Mr.  Binner,  who  is  now  the  sole  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  is  a  man  of  practical  skill  and  experience. 


B.  FAIRLIE.  Bakers'  Supplies,  Jams,  Jellies,  Mince  Meat,  Etc.,  No.  206  State  Street.— The  date  of  this  gentleman's  establish- 
ment in  business  occurred  during  the  currency  of  the  year  1889;  Mr.  Fairlie  having  been,  prior  to  his  initial  embarkation 
upon  the  commercial  highway,  for  eight  years  identified  with  Mr.  Josiah  Knights.  The  business  conducted  by  the  gentle- 
•  man  is  purely  at  wholesale,  and  his  connection,  which  is  highly  valuable  in  character,  extends  throughout  the  entire  New 
England  section  of  the  Union.  The  business  embraces  the  handling,  as  a  dealer,  bakers'  supplies  in  heavy  variety,  the  same 
comprising  jams,  jellies,  mince  meat,  etc.  Mr.  J.  B.  Fairlie  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  his  residence  in  Boston  covering  the 
space  of  ten  years. 


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J  RANK  A.  ANDREWS,  Watchmaker,  No.  377  Washington  Street.— Prior  to  entering  upon  a  business  career  on  the  basis  of  his 
own  resources,  which  event  occurred  during  1890,  Mr.  Frank  A.  Andrews,  of  No.  377  Washington  Street,  (Room  No.  4)  was 
engaged  in  the  important  capacity  of  head  watchmaker  with  the  well-known  house  of  Bigelow,  Kennard  &  Co.  Mr.  Andrews 
has  had  over  sixteen  years'  experience  in  his  business.  He  served  his  apprenticeship  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  was  subse- 
quently identified  with  the  business  conducted  by  Mr.  George  W.  Hazen,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  that  of  Quinche  &  Krugler 
of  New  York,  which  firm  are  importers  of  "  Borel  and  Courvoisier  "  watches.  During  the  continuity  of  1890,  Mr.  Andrews 
bought  out  the  business  owned  by  Mr.  Hiram  W.  Smith  at  the  present  address;  that  gentleman  having  been  established  for  a  period  of  forty 
years.  Mr.  Andrews  conducts  a  general  watchmaking  business  and  engages  extensively  in  the  repairing  of  watches,  chronometers  and 
music  boxes.  He  undertakes  the  repair  and  guaranty  of  repeaters,  chronographs,  (split  seconds  or  flyback)  calendar  or  any  kind  of  plain 
and  complicated  watches ;  his  specialty  being  the  rating  and  fine  timing  of  watches  and  the  complete  de-magnetization  thereof.  He  also  fur- 
nishes watches,  jewelry  and  diamonds  at  lowest  rates.  His  business  premises  are  located  upon  the  second  floor  of  the  building,  and  Mr. 
Andrews  is  assisted  in  the  conduct  of  his  business  by  a  staff  of  three  skilled  assistants.    He  is  a  native  of  Lowell,  Mass. 


A.  WHITAKER,  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Fresh  Beef,  Basement,  No.  33  South  Market  Street.— Thirty-three  years  of  uninter- 
rupted prosperity  marks  the  business  career  of  L.  A.  Whitaker,  wholesale  dealer  in  fresh  beef.  No.  33  South  Market  Street. 
He  is  one  of  the  oldest  established  and  one  of  the  best  known  representatives  of  the  line  indicated  in  Boston,  and  his  trade 
is  very  large,  disposing  of  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  per  week  on  an  average.  Mr.  Whitaker  was  born  in  Canada,  and  is  a 
*  man  of  entire  reliability,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  those  who  have  business  relations  with  him.  He 
opened  a  store  at  No.  78  South  Market  Street  in  1858,  and  subsequently  associated  himself  with  Swift  Bros.  &  Co.,  in  Clinton 
Market,  where  he  remained  for  a  number  of  years,  being  at  the  present  location  since  January  1,  1891.  Mr.  Whita'ker  occupies  here  a  com- 
modious, well-equipped  basement,  with  a  capacious  ice-box,  and  employs  several  assistants.  A  large  and  prime  stock  of  fresh  beef  is  con- 
stantly kept  on  hand,  and  all  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 


P.  NORTON  &  CO.,  Cigar  Manufacturers,  Factory  No.  48  India  Street. — Cigar  manufacturing  is  carried  on  very  exten- 
sively by  the  firm  of  Messrs.  F.  P.  Norton  &  Co.,  No.  48  India  Street,  and  their  goods  have  a  most  excellent  reputation. 
The  factory  comprises  four  floors,  each  35  x  75  feet  in  area,  and  160  skilled  hands  are  employed.  Among  the  leading 
brands  are  the  following:  Eye,  Oliver  Goldsmith,  Bouquet  de  la  France,  Old  State  House,  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Robert  Fulton,  La  Real,  Primas,  Esposa,  Casa  Grande,  and  Infants.  These  are  all  ten-cent  cigars,  and  will  compare  favor- 
ably with  any  of  that  grade  in  the  market,  both  as  to  quality  of  the  stock  and  style  of  workmanship.  In  the  line  of  five- 
cent  goods  the  favorite  brands  are  Rajab  and  Buds.  The  "  Eye  "  cigar  has  attained  immense  popularity  with  the  best  class  of  trade  and  the 
most  appreciative  consumers.  From  four  to  five  millions  of  these  cigars  are  manufactured  annually,  and  of  other  brands  the  yearly  produc- 
tion is  from  six  to  seven  millions.  The  trade  of  the  firm  is  largely  with  the  wholesale  grocers  of  Boston,  but  is  also  considerable  among  the 
dealers  in  all  parts  of  New  England.  This  firm  was  organized  and  the  business  established  twelve  years  ago— formerly  at  No.  108  State 
Street,  but  for  the  past  five  years  at  the  present  location.    Mr.  Norton  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  skilled,  practical  cigarmaker. 


ROACH  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  Salt  and  Pickled  Fish,  Lobsters,  Etc.,  Nos.  30,  31, 33  and  33 
Commercial  Wharf  and  Nos.  69  and  70  Atlantic  Avenue.— The  prominent  house  of  Mr.  J.  Roach  &  Co.  was  established  in 
1885  by  Mr.  John  Mart,  the  present  proprietors  succeeding  to  the  control  in  1888.  A  store  50  x  75  feet  in  dimensions  is  occu- 
pied and  the  firm  enjoy  flrst-class  facilities,  have  good  shipping  and  packing  accommodations.  Their  extensive  trade  is 
'  wholesale  exclusively  and  fish  of  all  kinds  are  sold  on  commission.  They  handle  cod,  herring,  halibut,  redsnapper,  king- 
flsb,  salmon,  etc.,  and  can  meet  the  most  exacting  requirements.  They  offer  substantial  inducements  both  as  to  price  and 
quality,  and  not  only  hold  their  old  customers  but  are  steadily  enlarging  their  trade.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  James  Roach  and  B. 
C.  Gilpatrick,  are  natives  of  Maine  but  have  been  in  Boston  nearly  ten  years. 


jEORGE  E.  HOMER,  Watches,  Jewelry,  Silverware  and  Diamonds,  Wedding  and  Engagement  Rings,  Sterling  Silverware, 
No.  45  Winter  Street,— A  thoroughly  reliable  house  engaged  in  the  jewelry  busmess  is  that  of  Mr.  George  E.  Homer.  It  was 
established  in  1881  by  Mr.  James  Homer  who  died  in  June,  1891  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  the  present  proprietor,  who 
was  engaged  in  this  business  on  Tremont  Street  for  five  years.  Mr.  Homer  is  a  practical  watchmaker  and  is  thoroughly 
experienced  in  the  business.  The  store  occupied  is  of  ample  dimensions,  handsomely  appointed  and  provided  with  every 
facility.  The  stock  carried  embraces  a  most  beautiful  assortment  of  fine  gold  and  silver  watches  for  ladies  and  gentlemen, 
of  the  very  best  European  and  American  manufacture,  elegant  diamonds,  pearls,  rubies,  emeralds  and  other  rare  and  precious  gems 
mounted  in  the  most  unique  and  original  styles;  wedding,  engagement  and  souvenir  finger-rings;  ear-rings  and  pendants;  brooches  and 
bracelets,  bangles,  necklaces,  shawl-pins,  cuff-buttons,  watch-chains,  charms,  chatelaines  and  lockets;  French,  Swiss,  and  American  clocks 
of  all  kinds,  art  novelties  in  gold,  silver,  bronze,  brass,  for  use  and  ornament;  solid  silver,  gold  and  plated  wares;  eyeglasses,  spectacles, 
lenses,  opera-glasses  and  other  optical  goods.  A  specialty  is  the  repairing  of  fine  watches,  clocks  and  jewelry,  also  engraving.  Mr.  Homer 
is  also  agent  tor  the  genuine  Rogers  goods  and  makes  a  specialty  of  solid  silver  and  plated  ware.  He  manufactures  a  line  of  souvenir  spoons 
which  are  general  favorites  with  the  public,  including  "  Memorial  Hall"  spoons,  the  "Old  South,"  "Bunker  Hill,"  "  Paul  Revere  "  and 
"  Mechanics  Building,"  and  the  trade  of  the  house  extends  throughout  the  United  States.    Mr.  Homer  is  a  native  of  Boston. 


JACKSON  &  SON,  Importing  Tailors,  No.  848  Washington  Street.— A  prominent  and  emphatically  better-class  tailoring 
establishment  is  that  conducted  by  Messrs.  W.  Jackson  &  Son,  the  foundation  of  whose  house  occm-red  in  1874- 
The  title  of  the  house  at  the  time  of  its  foundation  was  Gilbert  &  Jackson,  the  personnel  of  that  firm  being  Mr.  L.  Gilbert, 
(who  retired  in  1883)  and  the  present  senior  partner,  the  adoption  of  the  existing  name  and  the  coming  into  being  of  the 
*  present  conditions  taking  place  in  1888.  Messrs.  Jackson  &  Son  are  importing  tailors,  the  specialty  being  fine  garments.  A 
high-class  trade  is  catered  to  and  the  connection  is  located  throughout  the  city  and  suburbs.  An  elegant  store  is  occupied, 
the  ground  area  covering  2,000  feet.  A  staff  of  thirty  employees  is  kept  constantly  and  both  partners  take  an  active  part  in  the  cutting  depart- 
ment of  the  business,  they  being  respectively  thorough  experts  at  the  art.  The  partnership  comprises  the  names  of  Mr.  W.  Jackson  and  Mr. 
J.  Jackson,  both  members  of  the  Boston  Merchant  Tailors'  Association.  The  former  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Germany,  his  residence  in  this 
■country  having  commenced  with  his  boyhood.    He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.    His  son  is  a  native  of  New  York. 


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F.  BENNETT,  Manufacturing  Stationer,  Commercial  Printing  and  Lithographing,  Estimates  and  Slcetches  Furnished,  No.  6 
Federal  Street.— Mr.  Bennett  has  been  established  in  business  since  1853,  and  has  been  at  his  present  location  since  April,  1888. 
He  deals  extensively  in  every  description  of  commercial  stationery,  and  fills  orders  promptly  and  in  the  highest  style  of  the 
art  for  commercial  printing  and  lithography  of  every  description.  A  specialty  is  made  of  blank  books  and  check  books  which 
*  are  made  to  any  required  pattern,  and  when  required  are  supplied  with  the  Cutter  Tower  Company's  patent  flexible  slide 
binding.  Owing  to  Mr.  Bennett's  wide  and  influential  connection  with  the  leading  manufacturers  of  the  country  he  is  able 
to  offer  substantial  advantages  m  the  way  of  goods  and  prices,  and  business  relations  entered  into  with  him  are  sure  to  prove  pleasant  and 
profitable. 

flOUTH  BOSTON  IRON  WORKS,  Engineers,  Founders  and  Machinists,  Ordnance  and  Projectiles,  No.  5"  Foundry  Street.— 
The  South  Boston  Iron  Works,  widely  known  as  engineers,  founders  and  machinists,  make  a  specialty  of  ordnance,  pneu- 
matic gun  carriages,  and  all  classes  of  projectiles  and  heavy  machinery.  The  business  was  founded  m  1807,  by  Mr.  Cyrus 
Alger,  on  the  present  site,  under  the  name  of  the  Alger  Foundry,  and  in  1887  the  South  Boston  Iron  Company  succeeded  to 
the  control.  In  1882  the  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  with  W.  P.  Hunt, 
president  and  treasurer;  and  W.  P.  Hunt,  Jr.,  secretary  and  superintendent.  The  plant  covers  a  ground  area  of  220,000 
square  feet,  and  the  works  are  splendidly  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  operated  by  four  steam-engines  of 
350-horse  power,  and  three  boilers  of  300-horse  power,  while  employment  is  given  to  from  330  to  400  skilled  hands.  The  capacity  of  the 
foundry  enables  the  casting  of  125  tons  in  one  piece.  These  works  were  kept  at  work  day  and  night  by  the  United  States  government  dur- 
ing the  late  war,  and  their  guns  and  projectiles  formed  an  important  factor  in  defending  the  Union  and  bringing  hostiUties  to  a  successful 
close.  Their  guns  sunk  the  Merrimac  and  the  Alabama,  and  played  a  conspicuous  part  all  along  the  coast  from  Norfolk  to  New  Orleans. 
From  March,  1863,  to  February,  1874,  these  works  furnished  the  United  States  Ordnance  Department  with  580  guns,  (190  of  them  weighing 
twenty-flve  tons  each),  and  also  the  same  number  to  the  Navy  Department.  In  1880  they  built  the  first  all-steel  gun  made  in  this  country, 
and  have  constantly  filled  the  position  of  "  advance  guard  "  in  all  experiments  and  improvements  looking  to  the  betterment  of  our  defenses 
in  case  of  war.  They  are  at  present  engaged  in  building  forty-three  breech-loading  mortars  for  the  government,  and  are  also  fitting  out  the 
monitor  "  Terror  "  with  a  complete  system  of  pneumatic  machinery  for  steering,  working  her  guns  and  loading  them.  They  are  likewise 
filling  a  contract  for  the  West  End  Electric  Power  Station,  calling  for  six  fly  wheels,  twenty-eight  feet  in  diameter  and  ten  feet  wide,  weigh- 
ing sixty  tons  each,  with  speed  circumference  of  li  miles  per  minute;  while  they  are  also  building  large  quantities  of  ball  boxes,  stands, 
sole  plates,  etc.,  for  jack  shafts,  and  engine  and  dynamo  belt  tightners,  and  shipments  are  made  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  The 
president,  Mr.  W.  P.  Hunt,  Sr.,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  since  1847.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Forbes 
Lithograph  Manufacturing  Company,  a  director  of  the  Boston  Lead  Works,  a  trustee  of  the  Home  Savings  Bank,  and  a  substantial,  public- 
spirited  citizen.  The  secretary  and  superintendent,  Mr.  W.  P.  Hunt,  Jr.,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  a  young  man  of  large  practical  experience 
in  this  branch  of  industry.  He  has  been  connected  with  these  works  since  ;1878,  serving  five  years  at  the  bench,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.  The  South  Boston  Iron  Works  are  to  move  to  Middleborough,  Ky.  next  summer  and  have 
organized  with  $500,000  capital  under  Kentucky  laws. 

PSEPH  BALCH,  Wool,  No.  64  Federal  Street.— The  house  of  Joseph  Balch  is  a  prominent  representative  of  the  wool  trade. 
Only  one  year  established,  it  has  already  exerted  a  powerful  influence  on  the  development  of  the  wool  trade  with  foreign 
countries.  Mr.  Baloh  buys  on  orders  throughout  the  coimtry,  or  sells,  at  brokerage  from  samples,  and  handles  domestic  and 
foreign  wools  of  the  various  grades,  and  the  care  with  which  he  selects  "  clips  "  and  grades  as  to  quality,  has  ranked  him 
among  the  most  expert  and  responsible  buyers  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Many  mills  buy  their  wool  through  him,  avail- 
ing themselves  of  his  more  intimate  knowledge  of  the  market,  and  as  the  wool  seller  pays  the  brokerage  commission,  the 
extent  of  the  trade  through  responsible  brokers  like  Mr.  Balch  is  very  large.  The  rapid  rise  and  success  of  this  house  is  an  illustration  of 
what  ability  and  perseverance,  backed  by  honesty  and  intelligence  as  buyers,  can  accomplish  in  legitimate  trade.  Mr.  Balch  was  brought  up 
in  the  well-known  houses  of  Harding,  Martin  &  Coverly  and  Weston,  Whitman  &  Co.  He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  is  a  son  of  the 
late  Joseph  W.  Balch,  formerly  president  of  the  Boylston  Insurance  Co. 


jLLEN,  MORSE  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  in  Fruits,  Produce,  Etc.,  No.  82  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  Also  No.  14  North  Side.— 
The  history  of  the  prosperous  business  owned  and  controlled  by  Allen,  Morse  &  Co. ,  commences  so  remotely  as  the  year  1826 ; 
the  title  of  the  house  at  the  date  of  the  inception  of  its  fortunes  being  "  Aldrich  &  Co."  The  date  of  the  assumption  of  the 
existing  name  and  the  present  conditions  occurred  just  two  years  ago,  the  members  of  the  partnership  having  had  lengthy 
experience  of  their  business.  Messrs.  Allen,  Morse  &  Co.  are  commission  merchants  in  fruits  and  produce ;  the  house  hand- 
ling, moreover,  in  immense  volume,  butter,  cheese  and  eggs.  The  business  is  both  at  wholesale  and  retail  and  a  full  hue  of 
goods  is  carried ;  the  connection  of  the  concern  being  located  throughout  the  New  England  section.  The  house  handles  a  full  line  of  goods, 
and  the  reputation  it  enjoys,  both  for  promptitude  in  handhng  and  making  returns  upon  consignments,  is  the  marvel  and  envy  of  all  with 
whom  the  house  has  dealings.  The  partners  are  Mr.  Albert  A.  Allen,  who  is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  whose  identification  with  the  market 
fruit  business  covers  a  period  of  three  years;  the  gentleman  joining  the  firm  in  1888.  The  second  partner  is  Mr.  Almon  Allen,  his  brother, 
also  a  native  of  Maine,  which  gentleman  has  transacted  business  in  the  market  for  a  period  of  six  years,  while  the  third  element  in  the  part, 
nership  is  Mr.  Almon  S.  Morse,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire  and  a  gentleman  whose  identification  with  the  trade  of  Faneuil  Hall  Market 
extends  over  a  period  of  forty-five  years.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


H.  JOHNSON  &  CO.,  Wholesale,  Retail  and  Commission  Fish  Dealers,  No.  114  FaneuU  Hall  Market.— There  is  perhaps  no 
firm  engaged  in  the  handling  of  sea  food  in  Faneuil  Hall  Market  which  is  better  known,  as  few  enjoy  a  more  substantial 
patronage  than  that  of  F.  H.  Johnson  &  Co.  They  are  wholesale,  retail  and  commission  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  fresh, 
pickled,  smoked  and  salt  fish,  and  have  a  large  trade  throughout  Boston  and  New  England.  This  prosperous  business  was 
I  *  established  many  years  ago  by  Ben.  Hawes,  who  was  succeeded  by  Joel  Foster,  and  in  1873  passed  into  control  of  F.  H. 
Johnson,  who  conducted  it  alone  up  to  about  seven  years  since,  when  he  took  into  partnership  his  son,  F.  E.  Johnson.  The 
Messrs.  Johnson  occupy  a  commodious,  well-equipped  stall  (No.  114),  with  ample  and  excellent  facilities,  and  employ  a  staff  of  ten  in  help, 
They  keep  on  hand  always  a  large  and  first-class  stock,  including  every  variety  in  season,  and  all  orders,  wholesale  or  retail,  are  attended  to 
in  the  most  prompt  and  reliable  manner,  while  the  prices  prevailing  are  maintained  at  the  very  lowest  consistent  figures,  the  most  liberal 
inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade  and  large  consumers.  Mr.  Johnson,  the  elder,  is  a  native  of  Nahant,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for 
many  years,  his  son  being  a  native  of  this  city.  Both  are  men  of  thorough  experience  in  this  line,  as  well  as  of  energy  and  business  ability, 
and  sustain  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  trade.  The  senior  member  of  the  firm  has  been  in  the  fish  business  some  thirty-five  years,  and  prior 
to  succeeding  Joel  Foster  here  had  been  with  that  gentleman  for  quite  some  time. 


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B.  BAILEY,  Specialties  in  Fine  Chocolates  and  Bon-Bons,  No.  45  West  Street.— Attention  is  here  directed  to  J.  B.  Bailey 
whose  specialties  in  fine  chocolates  and  bon-bons  are  noted  for  their  purity,  delicious  flavor  and  choice  quality,  being 
maintained  at  a  uniformly  high  standard.  They  are  made  from  absolutely  pure,  best  availab.e  ingredients,  by  expert  con- 
I  fectioners,  and  Bailey's  fine  chocolates  and  bon-bons  are,  in  fact,  conceded  to  be  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  high-grade  confec- 
tions, and  of  the  superiority  thereof  certainly.no  more  unfaiUng  criterion  could  be  adduced  than  the  extensive  sale  they 
command.  Mr.  Bailey  is  a  native  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  where  he  was  in  business  for  several  years.  He  is  a  man  of 
practical  skill  and  thorough  experience,  and  was  formerly  of  the  firm  of  Page  &  Bailey,  established  in  1869,  at  Lowell,  Mass.  He  subse- 
quently conducted  a  store  at  Lynn,  and  in  November,  1873,  established  the  flourishing  business  at  the  present  location.  The  quarters  here 
occupied  as  store  and  factory  are  commodious,  neatly  fitted  up  and  well-equipped,  and  a  dozen  in  help  are  employed  and  a  very  large 
and  inviting  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand. 


IGELOW  &  JORDAN,  Fine  Picture  Framing,  No.  66  Summer  Street.— These  enterprising  young  gentlemen  established 
themselves  in  this  business  in  1890,  and  by  dint  of  skill,  energy,  and  steady  application  they  have  built  up  a  large  and  sub- 
stantial trade  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the  finer  grades  of  picture  frames  and  moldings.  The  premises  occupied  are  ' 
supplied  with  everything  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business.  The  firm  carry  a  large  and  complete 
stock  of  goods  in  new  and  beautiful  design  and  are  prepared  to  manufacture  anything  in  their  hne  from  designs  submitted  to 
them.    They  have  in  their  employ  designers  as  well  as  expert  and  accomphshed  carvers.    An  extensive  wholesale  and  retail 

trade  has  been  established.    Messrs.  Bigelow  &  Jordan  were  formerly  with  Mr.  C.  M.  Thatcher  in  this  line  and  are  thoroughly  experienced 

and  practical  young  business  men.    Mr.  Bigelow  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  Mr.  Jordan  of  Maine. 


I  ENEY  MITCHELL,  MedalUst,  Seal  and  Gem  Engraver,  No.  110  Tremont  Street.— This  business  was  established  by  Mr.  F.  N. 
Mitchell  over  fifty  years  ago,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Henry  Mitchell  in  1861.  The  demand  upon  this  gentleman's  services 
is  of  heavy  and  regular  volume  from  all  over  the  United  States,  emanating  from  a  representative  class  of  customers. 
The  latest  processes  and  inventions  have  from  time  to  time  been  adopted  and  a  full  equipment  of  the  most  approved  tools 
and  accessories  is  now  employed.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  now  of  middle  age.  His  trade  is  large  and 
widely  extended  and  the  quality  of  his  work  is  everywhere  recognized  as  of  the  highest,  while  prices  quoted,  character  of 
workmanship  considered,  are  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation. 


T.  CHURCH  &  CO.,  Apothecaries,  Corner  of  Court  and  Howard  Streets.— Ranking  among  the  leading  pharmacists  in  the 
city  and  the  oldest  in  the  ward  in  which  they  are  located  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  F.  T.  Church  &  Co.  This  pharmacy  dates  its 
inception  back  over  forty  years,  when  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  F.  T.  Church,  (the  "  Co."  being  only  nominal)  established 
it  in  the  present  location.  From  the  first  the  venture  has  proven  most  successful  and  the  trade  now  enjoyed  is  hardly 
second  to  none  other  in  the  city.  Mr.  Church  sustains  a  high  reputation  for  his  knowledge  and  skill  in  the  laboratory  as 
well  as  for  vigilance  and  accuracy  in  compounding  and  dispensing  physicians'  and  family  prescriptions,  of  which  a  spe- 
cialty is  made,  as  also  for  his  valuable  compounds  in  the  form  of  tonics,  sarsaparillas,  tooth-powders,  lotions,  emulsions,  etc.,  Which  he  puts 
up  from  formulas  entirely  his  own.  In  catering  to  the  wants  of  his  patrons  he  is  assisted  by  a  staff  of  four  qualified  pharmacists  and  their 
ability  is  taxed  to  the  fullest  to  cope  with  the  demands  of  the  trade.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  store  and  basement,  each  25  x  50  feet 
in  area,  which  are  stocked  to  repletion  with  a  full  line  of  articles  usually  to  be  found  in  a  first-class  pharmacy  of  this  character,  besides 
many  compounds  of  his  own  manufacture.  The  trade  is  both  wholesale  and  retail.  The  sole  proprietor,  Mr.  F.  T.  Church,  is  a  native  of 
Little  Compton,  R.  I.,  but  has  been  a  resident  here  since  early  boyhood  and  has  always  been  engaged  in  this  line. 


J.  MUEPHY,  Plate  Music  Printing  for  Piano,  Band,  Banjo  and  Guitar,  No.  27  Boylston  Street.— The  Hub  Plate  Music  Print- 
ing Company  was  established  twelve  years  ago  by  Mr.  E.  J.  Fossitt,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1891. 
The  flrst-class  work  executed  here  is  not  excelled  in  the  city.  Mr.  Murphy,  who  was  with  the  founder  of  the  business  ten 
years  previous  to  succeeding  to  the  control,  has  been  eminently  successful  in  maintaining  the  high  reputation  which  the 
house  has  for  years  enjoyed.  He  is  prepared  to  do  all  kinds  of  plate  music  printing  and  has  a  large  and  increasing  trade 
with  the  music  publishers  of  Boston.    He  employs  several  skilled  assistants  and  all  orders  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily 

filled  at  most  reasonable  prices.    The  house  is  supplied  with  all  necessary  machinery.    In  mechanical  execution  the  work  is  unsurpassed. 

Mr.  Murphy  is  a  native  of  Boston. 


ASCHER,  Custom  Tailor,  No.  27  Boylston  Street.— The  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch  is  one  of  Boston's  leading 
and  best  known  custom  tailors.  He  turns  out  a  very  superior  class  of  work,  is  prompt  and  thoroughly  reliable  in  executing 
orders  and  receives  an  extensive  patronage  from  clothing  and  tailoring  establishments.  Mr.  Ascher,  who  was  born  in 
Peyseren,  Poland,  and  went  to  London  and  remained  ten  years,  has  been  in  this  city  some  twenty  years.  He  is  a  practical 
cutter  himself,  of  long  and  thorough  experience  and  is  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches.  Hej  started  in  business  on  his 
own  account  in  1871,  on  Haymarket  Square  and  later  was  on  Pitts  Street,  then  on  Beverley  Street,  subsequently  on  Summer 
Street  and  Avery  Street,  whence  he  moved  to  the  present  commodious  quarters  at  No.  27  Boylston  Street,  June  17, 1891.  Mr.  Ascher  occupies 
here  the  whole  of  a  50  x  120  foot  floor,  with  complete  and  perfect  facilities,  including  electric  motor  power,  fourteen  machines,  etc.,  and  gives 
employment  to  between  100  and  150  hands.  Suits,  coats,  pants  and  vests  of  every  description  are  made  for  clothiers  and  merchant  tailors  in 
the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  at  lowest  possible  figures.  All  orders  receive  prompt  and  personal  attention,  and  all  work 
turned  out  from  here  is  certain  to  render  satisfaction. 


P.  CURTIS  &  CO.,  Produce  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  No.  176  Atlantic  Avenue.— The 
enterprise  of  Messrs.  C.  P.  Curtis  &  Co.,  in  its  line  is  a  prominent  one  and  a  large  local  trade  has  been  established.  The 
business  was  founded  in  1887,  under  the  above  style  of  firm  and  has  since  become  widely  known  throughout  the  pro- 
ducing sections  of  the  country  as  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  enterprising  commission  houses  in  the  city.  The  firm  deal 
largely  in  eggs,  poultry,  fruit  and  berries,  also  vegetables  of  all  kinds,  and  salt  water  fish,  receiving  large  consignments  from 
the  Provinces,  Cape  Cod  and  Maine.  The  goods  are  received  direct  from  producers,  and  consignments  of  goods  however 
large  are  quickly  placed  and  prompt  returns  are  made.  Goods  are  also  shipped  direct  from  producers  on  orders,  inducements  being  offered 
in  this  direction  unsurpassed  by  those  of  any  other  house  in  the  trade.  Mr.  C.  P.  Curtis  is  a  native  of  the  Provinces,  but  has  been  a  resident 
of  Boston  tor  thirty-seven  years.    He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  served  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  was  disabled  and  discharged. 


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JNDREVVS  &  STEVENS,  Provisions,  Tremont  Market,  No.  47  Bromfield  Street.— This  business  was  originally  founded  in  1843. 
at  No.  9  Bromfield  Street,  by  Messrs.  Andrews  &  Ward.  A  removal  was  made  to  the  corner  of  School  and  Tremont 
Streets,  later  on  a  further  removal  to  No.  30  School  Street,  and  the  present  quarters  were  taken  possession  of  over  twenty 
years  ago.  On  the  dissolution  of  the  co-par tnei'ship  of  Messrs.  Andrews  &  Ward,  Mr.  Andrews  continued  alone  for  some 
time  and  then— twenty-one  years  ago— admittsd  to  partnership  Mr.  Stevens,  the  present  firm  of  Andrews  &  Stevens  being 
formed,  the  copartners  being  Alonzo  Andrews  and  C.  E.  Stevens.  The  former  is  a  native  Bostonian  and  has  long  been 
familiarly  and  favorably  known  to  the  public.  Mr.  Stevens  was  born  in  Hillsboro,  Mass.,  and  comes  from  an  old  Massachusetts  family,  he 
being  a  great  grandson  of  Ami  Andrews,  who  was  with  the  expedition  led  to  Quebec,  Canada,  by  the  traitor  Arnold,  in  1T75.  He  has  resided 
in  Boston  since  3834.  Messrs.  Andrews  &  Stevens  occupy  a  commodious,  neatly  equipped  store  and  carry  a  large  stock  of  choice  meats, 
poultry,  game,  fruits,  vegetables  and  general  produce. 


|HOMAS  E.  BIXBY  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  No.  3  [Long  Wharf.— Messrs.  Thomas  E.  Bixby  &  Co.  are  commission  mer- 
chants, largely  engaged  in  the  South  American  trade  and  that  between  Surinam,  Dutch  Guiana  and  Boston.  They  import 
sugar,  cocoa  and  other  tropical  products,  and  export  provisions,  produce  and  general  merchandise.  The  firm  was  estab- 
lished in  1871  under  its  present  organization.  Mr.  Thomas  E.  Bixby  is  a  resident  of  Francestown,  N.  H.  His  brother,  jMr 
Arthur  N.  Bixby,  lives  at  Surinam.  Both  gentlemen  were  born  in  South  America,  of  New  England  parents,  their  father  hav- 
ing been  in  the  South  American  trade  many  years  ago.  As  one  of  the  old  and  substantial  concerns  in  their  line  of  business 
this  house  stands  high  in  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  entire  commercial  community. 


E.  POWERS  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Produce  and  Provisions,  No.  37^  Merchants  Row.— Among  the 
old  established  and  rehable  produce  commission  houses  of  the  city  of  Boston,  a  leading  one  is  that  of  W.  £.  Powers  &  Co., 
located  at  No.  374-  Merchants  Row.  This  business  was  originally  founded  in  1865  by  Blessrs.  C.  P.  Walker  &  Co.,  who  con- 
ducted it  up  to  1889,  when  the  present  proprietors  assumed  sole  control  of  affairs.  The  desirable  premises  occupied  are 
large  and  commodious  and  are  fitted  up  with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  handiuig  and  storing  of  the  heavy 
stock  at  all  times  carried.  Only  carefully  selected  goods  are  dealt  in  and  these  include  all  the  different  grades  of  creamery 
and  dairy  butter,  eggs,  all  kinds  of  meats  and  produce  and  provisions  in  general.  Mr.  Powers  is  always  prepared  to  fill  the  largest  orders  at 
the  lowest  ruling  market  prices  and  his  large  trade  extends  throughout  the  entire  city  and  State.  He  makes  liberal  advances  on  consign- 
ments of  first-class  provisions  and  his  facilities  and  connections  are  such  that  quick  sales  are  always  secured,  while  his  house  has  ever 
obtained  an  excellent  reputation  for  promptness  in  making  returns.  Having  resided  in  Boston  for  the  past  fourteen  years,  Mr.  Powers  is 
most  widely  and  favorably  known  throughout  this  community,  having  been  proprietor  of  a  restaurant  for  a  number  of  years  before  branch- 
ing out  in  this  enterprise,  and  he  is  highly  regarded  in  trade  jircles  for  his  just  methods.    He  is  a  native  of  Vermont. 


FULLARTON  &*C0.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Coffees,  Teas,  Spices,  Cream  Tartar,  BXustard,  Etc.,  No.  13  Blackstone  Street.— 
Messrs.  J.  FuUarton  &  Co.,  of  No.  12  Blackstone  Street,  wholesale  dealers  in  coffees,  teas,  spices,  cream  tartar,  mustard, 
etc.,  have  been  established  in  business  since  the  year  18G3.  The  progenitor  of  the  business  was  Mr.  J.  Fullarton,  who  con- 
tinued to  conduct  his  operations  in  the  field  of  commerce,  alone,  until  1880,  when  the  present  partnership  was  formed.  The 
premises  occupied  by  the  house  consist  of  three  lofts,  covering  respectively  an  area  of  1,875  feet.  They  are  adequately 
supplied  with  steam-power  and  contain  all  the  necessary  improved  machinery  for  grinding  coffees,  spices,  etc.  The  house 
also  owns  a  roaster  of  modern  construction  and  a  specialty  of  the  business  is  roasting  coffee  for  the  trade.  The  premises  are  managed  in  a 
most  able  and  commendable  manner  and  a  staff  of  five  assistants  is  constantly  maintained.  The  operations  of  the  concern  are  entirely  at 
wholesale  and  the  connection  is  mainly  composed  of  the  jobbing  trade  of  New  England.  A  heavy  stock  of  choice  goods  is  constantly  on 
hand  and  the  house  makes  "■  excellence  in  quality  "  its  standard  precept.  The  partners  are  Mr.  J.  Fullarton  and  Mr.  George  E.  Hanscom,  the 
latter  being  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 


N.  ALLEN  &  BERRY,  Label  Printers,  No.  99  Broad  Street.— One  of  the  prominent  representatives  of  .this  industry  is  the 
firm  of  Messrs.  J.  N.  Allen  &  Berry,  label  printers.  No.  99  Broad  Street,  corner  of  Franklin  Street,  where  they  have  been 
located  for  three  years,  after  removal  from  No.  146  Franklin  Street.  They  occupy  three  floors,  measuring  50  x  75  feet  each, 
well-equipped  with  ten  power  presses  and  all  the  necessary  appliances  for  conducting  the  business  upon  an  extensive 
scale.  About  thirty  hands  are  employed  and  the  production  comprises  every  style,  shape,  quality  and  description  of  labels 
required  by  any  and  every  line  of  business.  The  business  of  this  house  was  established  in  1875,  and  by  the  excellence  of 
their  work  they  have  secured  a  large  amount  of  trade  with  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and  extending  into  Canada  and  South  America. 
The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  J.  N.  Allen  and  A.  N.  Berry.  Mr.  Allen  is  a  skillful  engraver  and  a  designer  of  most  artistic  taste  and 
originality.  He  was  bom  in  Concord,  N.  H.  Mr.  Berry  is  a  practical  printer  of  thorough  experience.  His  native  place  is  Lowell,  Mass., 
but  Boston  has  been  his  home  for  the  past  thirty  years.    They  are  members  of  the  Master  Printers'  Club,  of  this  city. 


|RVINGr  &  CO.,  Commission,  Grain,  Flour,  Etc.,  No.  214  State  Street.- This  house  has  been  established  for  a  period  of  seven 
years  and,  during  its  career,  the  genius  of  prosperity  has  been  the  constant  attendant  of  the  firm.  Every  kind  and  grade 
of  flour  is  handled,  the  house  receiving  from  the  New  York  and  Western  miUers,  subsequently  disposing  of  the  goods  in  car 
lots  to  the  Ijobbing  houses  of  New  England.  The  premises  occupied  are  excellently  located  and  admirably  equipped  with 
every  convenience  designed  to  facilitate  the  conduct  of  a  large  and  expanding  business,  including  Long  Distance  Telephone 
connection,  the  number  being  2879.  The  partnership  is  controlled  by  Kenneth  Irving,  who  is  a  native  of  Picton,  N.  S.,  and 
a  respected  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


ij\I.  H.  RICHARDSON'S  Ladies' and  Gent's  Custom  Hand-Sewed  Hygienic  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  25  Bromfield  Street.— An  old- 
established  custom  boot  and  shoe  house  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Richardson.  The  business  was  founded  in  1864,  in 
Salem,  but  was  moved  to  the  present  location  in  April,  1879.  Mr.  Richardson  makes  a  specialty  of  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  fine 
boots  and  shoes.  He  has  made  the  foot  and  a  proper  fitting  shoe  a  study,  and  is  prepared  to  advise  with  those  having 
trouble  with  their  feet.  He  does  custom  work  only  and  has  customers  in  all  parts  of  the  UniteJ  States,  many  families 
obtaining  all  their  shoes  from  him.  A  corps  of  experienced  workmen  are  employed.  He  has  every  facility  for  turning  out 
the  best  of  work,  his  employees  being  among  the  most  expert  in  the  city,  the  leather  and  other  materials  of  first-class  quality,  and  every 
attention  being  paid  to  workmanship  and  finish.  Lasts  are  modeled  for  all  kinds  of  feet  and  repairing  is  neatly  done.  Mr.  Richardson  is  a 
native  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  and  a  resident  of  Maiden. 


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|IKE  MANUFACTURING  .COMPANY,  Plumbers'  Specialties,  69  Federal  Street.— The  leading 
house  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  plumbing  specialties  and  supplies  represented  in  Boston  is  that 
of  the  Pike  Manufacturing  Company,  whose  salesrooms  are  located  at  Nos.  69  to  "73  Federal  Street. 
The  foundation  of  this  extensive  business  was  laid  by  Mr.  Paphro  D.  Pike,  who  came  to  Boston 
twenty-five  ;  years  ago,  from  Stowe,  Vt.,  and  acquired  a  thorough  scientific  knowledge  of  the 
plumber's  trade.  In  1878  he  established  business  for  himself,  and  has  since  continued  to  lengthen  and 
strengthen  his  stakes,  extend  his  commercial  relations,  increase  his  facilities  for  doing  business,  and 
.expand  his  popularity  with  the  trade,  until  he  has  built  up  an  establishment  prepared  to  battle  on  even  terms  with 
its  most  formidable  comi>etitors  in  any  part  of  the  world.  He  had  at  one  time  a  dozen  different  shops  in  this  city, 
and  his  inventive  genius  and  mechanical  skill  became  known  all  over  the  country.  In  May,  1889,  the  present  com- 
pany was  incorporated,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000,  and  with  Paphro  D.  Pike, 
president  ;  Chas.  A.  Bemis,  vice-president ;  Otto  B.  Cole,  treasurer.  The  plant  of  the  company  is  located  at  Pell 
City,  Ala.,  where  the  company  have  extensive  and  valuable  possessions,  and  where  they  give  steady  employment  to 
six  hundred  workmen.  This  company  are  specially  deserving  of  notice  as  being  the  manufacturers  of  P.  D.  Pike's 
Plumbing  and  Ventilating  System.  This  system  has  for  its  object  the  ventilation  of  sewer,  soil  and  waste  pipes,  and 
tjieir  connections,  and  to  prevent  the  siphoning  of  the  traps.  Maintaining  a  continuous  current  of  air  at  all  times  to 
draw  the  gases  and  foul  air  from  the  pipes  and  receptacles  and  preventing  them  from  being  driven  into  the  house  by 
flushing.  In  the  systems  heretofore  in  use,  the  ventilation  has  been  mainly  into  the  soil  pipe  or  chimney.  When  sep- 
arate ventilating  pipe  has  been  used  there  has  been  no  independent,  continuous  ventilating  pipe,  so  connected  to  the 
soil  pipe  and  receptacles  that  a  continuous  current  of  air  was  maintained  at  all  times.  Estimates  and  special  fittings 
are  promptly  furnished  and  thorough  satisfaction  is  assured  in  all  cases.  Pike's  Improved  Adjustable  Traps  are 
beyond  question  the  cheapest  and  best,  conforming  to  the  strictest  sanitary  regulations.  They  can  be  adjusted  to 
more  positions  than  any  trap  in  the  market ;  they  are  easily  placed,  take  up  but  little  space,  and  where  plumbing 
is  left  exposed  they  present  a  finished  appearance.  Their  shape  is  such  that  they  are  most  thoroughly  flushed,  and 
they  hold  such  a  body  of  water  that  they  cannot  be  siphoned.  The  Pike  Open  Lavatory,  made  in  various  sizes  and 
styles,  of  Italian  or  Tennessee  mai-ble,  and  elaborately  decorated,  is  the  acme  of  convenience,  utility  and  substan- 
tial elegance.  These  and  other  specialties  and  supplies  manufactured  by  this  company  are  to  be  found  at  the  Bos- 
ton salesrooms,  where  a  large  and  important  trade  is  daily  transacted.  Mr.  Pike,  the  president  and  general 
manager,  resides  at  Lynn,  and  is  largely  interested  in  the  industries  and  development  of  Pell  City,  Ala.,  being 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Pell  City,  and  one  of  its  foremost  organizers  and  promoters,  as  well  as  a  director 
of  the  Pell  City  Land  Company  and  the  Pell  City  Grlobe.  Mr.  Pike  is  still  in  the  early  prime  of  life,  and  is 
a  true  type  of  the  self-made  man,  who  rises  by  his  own  industry,  energy  and  skill  to  a  commanding  position 
in  the  business  world. 


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MONG-  the  houses  that  have  been  active  and  prominent  in  the  importation  of  and  wholesale  trade  in 
fine  liquors  in  this  city,  and  whose  success  and  enterprise  have  rapidly  advanced  them  to  general  favor 
in  business  circles,  is  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Durkee,  Davis  &  Drake.  This  business  was  inaugu- 
rated in  1888,  by  the  present  co-partners,  Messrs.  L.  C.  Durkee,  W.  L.  Davis  and  M.  W.  Drake.  Mr. 
Durkee,  who  is  a  native  of  Montague  City,  Mass.  has  the  misfortune  of  being  blind.  Mr.  Davis, 
born  in  Maine,  has  resided  in  Boston  since  a  boy,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business.  Mr.  Drake,  a 
native  of  the  Old  Bay  State,  started  in  the  liquor  trade  twenty  years  ago  with  Ralph  Smith  &  Co.  The  extent  of 
the  business  requires  the  occupancy  of  an  entire  five-story  building,  40  x  50  feet  in  dimensions  and  it  is  admir- 
ably appointed  throughout.  The  first  floor  contains  elegantly  furnished  business  offices,  in  which  customers  are 
received.  Employment  is  found  for  fifteen  assistants.  A  very  heavy  stock  is  carried  of  the  choicest  foi-eign  and 
domestic  wines  and  liquors,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  "  Owl  "  brand,  rye  and  bourbon  whiskies,  of  which 
the  firm  have  sold  thousands  of  cases  and  have  yet  to  hear  of  an  instance  in  which  the  goods  did  not  give  the  best 
of  satisfaction.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends  all  throughout  New  England  and  all  orders  are  executed  with 
'  promptness  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 


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